I’m responding to your “consultation” on the proposed changes to the 15 Heritage service. Please therefore treat this email as not only a response to the consultation, but also a FOI request - who was it actually circulated to (it certainly seems not to have gone to any members of the general public), approximate numbers of people who will have received it, and numbers of responses viewing the proposed changes negatively that will be deemed sufficient to trigger a review?

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Dear

TfL Ref: FOI-2267-1819

Thank you for your email received by Transport for London (TfL) on 20 November 2018, asking for information about the Route 15 consultation.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.  I can confirm we do hold the information you require. You asked:

Who was it actually circulated to (it certainly seems not to have gone to any members of the general public), approximate numbers of people who will have received it, and numbers of responses viewing the proposed changes negatively that will be deemed sufficient to trigger a review?

Below is the list of organisations we wrote to on 7 November:

• Northbank BID

   

• Bee London

   

• City of London Culture Mile

   

• King’s College

   

• St Paul’s Cathedral

   

• Tower of London/Historic Royal Palaces

   

• VisitBritain

   

• Association of Leading Visitor Attractions

   

• Heritage bus groups

   

• London Transport Museum Friends

   

• London Bus Museum

   

• London Bus Company

   

• London TravelWatch

   

• Routemaster Association

   

• London Omnibus Traction Society

   

• London Borough of Tower Hamlets

   

• City of London

   

• City of Westminster

This is the wording of the stakeholder email:

“We are looking at making changes to the route 15 heritage (15H) bus service and would like to hear your views, as it is a popular service with visitors to London.

Currently, the 15H operates between Tower Gateway and Trafalgar Square daily between 9:30am and 6:30pm. Other buses that cover this route include the 11 and 26, as well as the main route 15 service.

We are proposing to reduce the 15H service to run during summer weekends and bank holidays only.

This is due to a number of factors, including fewer people using the service on weekdays and the vehicle does not allow step-free access.

Please let us know if you have any thoughts on these proposals. Grateful if you could send any comments to [email protected] by Wednesday 21 November, marking Route 15 heritage in the subject field”.

We have received a total of 28 responses that were not supportive to the changes to the route 15. All feedback received is considered before a final decision on our proposals is made.

If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for some reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.

Yours sincerely

Eva Hextall

FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

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