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To: The Mayor of London, TfL , GLA, Barnet Council and London TravelWatch.
Stop Edgware’s Bus Station and Bus Garage from being demolished.
Stop Edgware’s Bus Station and Bus Garage from being demolished – unless and until it is proven safe to do so and the replacement has building and fire safety approval.
Petition request
Petition request
We petition the Mayor of London to ensure that the existing Edgware bus station and bus garage are not demolished unless and until a safe, legally deliverable and operational replacement transport hub has been secured and approved. Any replacement interchange should provide at least equivalent or better accessibility, safety, shelter and interchange convenience than the current station.
Why is this important?
Barnet Council approved redevelopment plans that allow the demolition of the existing bus station and bus garage beside Edgware Underground station.
The bus station currently functions as a single sheltered interchange, allowing passengers to transfer easily between multiple bus routes and the Underground via a short, covered walkway linking the bus concourse to the Tube entrance. Around 23,000 passengers use the Edgware bus station each day.
Under the approved scheme the bus station would not be replaced. Instead, buses would operate from scattered separate roadside stops along Station Road, requiring passengers to wait outdoors and walk further between buses and the Underground.
Analysis of the proposed layout indicates that on average the bus-to-Tube interchange distance would increase by around 25-fold, from only a few metres today to well over 100 metres.
Edgware Underground station has step-free access, meaning it is widely used by disabled passengers and others who rely on accessible transport.
For passengers with limited mobility, one bus transfer that currently takes around 29 seconds within the sheltered station environment could take around six minutes if buses operate from dispersed roadside stops, requiring passengers to walk further and cross the busy Station Road (A5109). While this relates to a specific route, it illustrates the scale of potential change to interchange times. Longer transfers would affect all passengers but would disproportionately impact disabled people and others with limited mobility who rely on step-free stations and short interchange routes.
The redevelopment also relies on constructing a large underground electric bus garage beneath residential towers, which has not yet been demonstrated to be safely deliverable. During consultation, the London Fire Brigade raised serious fire-safety concerns about the proposal.
If the underground depot ultimately proves undeliverable, the current plans could allow the existing bus station and garage to be demolished before any replacement transport hub has been demonstrated to be safely deliverable and operational.
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