A new super-fast bus service has been announced creating a travel ‘superloop’ around London.

Six new routes will be created and four incorporated into the network, complete with fresh branding.

It will have the same fares as existing TfL bus services, but with fewer stops and faster journey times.

It will start by rebranding TfL’s four existing express bus routes – 607, X26, X140 and X68 as Superloop.

It will also double the number of buses on TfL’s longest route – the 24 mile X26 between Croydon and Heathrow – with buses every 15 minutes from later this year.

The plans propose a fast service to make more stops linking many of the peripheral boroughs.

It is part of a £6m investment by the Mayor in outer London bus services alongside the expansion of the ultra-low emission zone to the Greater London boundary.

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New services are planned between North Finchley and Harrow, North Finchley and Walthamstow and between Walthamstow to the Royal Docks via Ilford.

Future links are also proposed between Hillingdon, Hounslow, Brent, Bexleyheath, Bromley, Sutton and Havering.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan said: ‘When I made the tough decision to expand the Ulez London-wide, one of my key commitments to Londoners was to improve transport links in outer London.

‘Today I am delivering on that commitment as we announce the Superloop, the game-changing new network of express buses that will add over four million additional kilometres to our bus network in outer London, linking stations, town centres, hospitals and transport hubs.

‘These new routes will make it much easier for Londoners to get around the capital, and help build a better, greener London for everyone.’

Alex Williams, chief customer and strategy officer at Transport for London, said: ‘The Superloop complements a million additional bus kilometres committed by the mayor in the capital’s outer ring and includes improvements from Sutton in the south to Brent Cross in the north, as well as transformational changes to London’s rail network outside the centre of the city.’

Ben Curtis, of Campaign for Better Transport, said: ‘Millions across the capital use the bus every day and we are delighted that thousands more will now benefit from a joined-up public transport network thanks to the introduction of Superloop services.’

John Holland-Kaye, CEO of Heathrow Airport said bus routes were ‘vital’ for thousands of workers and and passengers travelling to the hub.

‘We welcome the announcement of a Superloop service that will provide quicker connections and we look forward to continuing to work with the mayor to deliver vital connectivity in outer London,’ he said.

Conservative London Assembly Member Nick Rogers described the plans as a ‘superflop’ which ‘amounts to nothing more than a repackaging of existing routes and vague promises’.

‘The mayor’s rushed plans have been thrown together in a panic and do nothing to address the devastating impact of his ULEZ tax.’

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