London Buses route ELC

London Buses route ELC was a London Underground rail replacement service for the East London Line in London, United Kingdom, contracted to Travel London. The service did not accept TfL bus tickets, bus passes or any on board payments.

History
The route was introduced on 23 December 2007 as a replacement for the East London Line, running between Canada Water and New Cross Gate, along with Route ELP (Rotherhithe - Canada Water) and Route ELW (Whitechapel - Shadwell - Wapping), in addition to Route ELS (Whitechapel - Shoreditch Bethnal Green Road) which had been running since the closure of Shoreditch Station. The route initially ran every 8 to 10 minutes (every 5 minutes during peak times) using a mixture of Travel London's own buses, and some hired from Metroline. The services were re-structured on 24 February 2008, with the withdrawal of the little used route ELP and a frequency reduction on the ELC to every 15 minutes at weekends. The ELP was replaced by an extra bus on the existing route 381 between Canada Water and Bermondsey stations. A further frequency reduction took place on 21 July 2008, this time the Monday to Friday peak frequency was reduced from every 5 minutes to every 10 minutes. The PVR decreased from 10 to 6 buses.

Route ELC was discontinued on 26 September 2009 due to lack of use.

Current route
Note: Rail Replacement Service ONLY stops at the London Underground Station stops listed below.

Route departing New Cross Gate

 * New Cross Gate railway station New Cross Road Stop M
 * New Cross railway station New Cross Road Stop V
 * Surrey Quays Station Rotherhithe Old Road Stop S
 * Canada Water Station Bus Station Stop D

Route departing Canada Water

 * Canada Water Station Bus Station Stop A
 * Surrey Quays Station Surrey Quays Shopping Centre Stop K
 * New Cross railway station New Cross Road Stop W
 * New Cross Gate railway station New Cross Road Stop O