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It’s strange to think that just four years ago, Superloop buses weren’t a thing. Now there are 11 different rapid bus services offering Londoners speedy travel around the outer edges in the city. And there are even more on the way.
The SL12 is set to launch later this year, and now TfL has confirmed that a Superloop service for northeast London been given the green light. The SL14 has been officially approved and will be up and running in 2027.
The route will travel between Stratford and Chingford via Leyton and Walthamstow. Londoners will be able to make use of it seven days a week from around 5am until 12.30am –it’ll run every 12 minutes during the day from Monday to Saturday and every 15 minutes during evenings, Sundays, and early weekday mornings. Just like every other Superloop route, it’ll use double-decker buses decked out with USB ports.
The approval follows a public consultation that ran at the end of last year. According to TfL, 83 percent of respondents said that the SL14 would be more convenient for them that existing routes and 81 percent agreed that it would speed up journey times.
When the new route launches, there’ll be changes to the current D8 service that runs between Crossharbour and Stratford Bus Station. It will be be diverted to terminate at Stratford City Bus Station, closer to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and Westfield Stratford City.
If all goes according to plan, TfL will also launch the SL13 between Ealing Broadway and the SL15 between Clapham Junction and Eltham next year. TfL is expected to announce the outcomes of the two consultations for those routes soon – you can read more about them here.
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SL14 full route
- Stratford Bus Station
- Leyton Station, High Road Leyton
- Grange Park Road
- Park Road, Church Road
- Gloucester Road, Church Road
- Markhouse Road, Queens road
- St James Street Station
- Blackhorse Road Station
- Shakespeare Road, Blackhorse Lane
- Guildsway, Billet Road
- Walthamstow Stadium, Chingford Mount Road
- Leonard Road, Chingford Mount Road
- Chingford Mount, Brooke Crescent
- Grove Road, New Road
- Chingford Hatch
Plus: all the upgrades and new services coming to London’s transport network in 2026.
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