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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

Superloops, Bees and bottlenecks: onboard England’s new bus routes

Bus passengers at Bolton Interchange on the first operational weekday for the new yellow liveried Bee Network of buses
The yellow liveried Bee Network of buses in Greater Manchester has ushered in a new era for deregulated services in England. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Can you make everything better with a bus? “I can’t speak for everyone,” says Janet McGlone, 74, onboard the SL3 Superloop service from Thamesmead shopping centre on her way home to Bexleyheath in south-east London. “But this has been a godsend for us.”

The Superloop, a psychedelic-branded network of express orbital buses dreamed up by the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, at the height of opposition to Ulez, has been running for just over a year, attempting to provide better public transport in the capital’s outer boroughs.

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