The largest amount of bus users are in....

[Bic Basher]

Camberwell and Peckham. 21.7% according to Election Data on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/election_data/status/486429566203072512

[titch juicy]

Bic Basher Wrote:

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> Camberwell and Peckham. 21.7% according to

> Election Data on Twitter.

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> https://twitter.com/election_data/status/486429566

> 203072512

Makes sense- no tube and loads of good bus routes

[Jeremy]

The reality is that Camberwell and Peckham (despite pockets of affluence) is one of the most deprived areas in the country. Bus is one of the cheapest ways to travel, and also there are probably less people commuting by train to white-collar jobs in central London.

[Bic Basher]

I think there are various factors to why that constituency has the highest amount of bus users in the country.

Rail services are on the fringe of the area and compared to somewhere like Forest Hill have less regular services.

It's viable to use the bus as an alternative to the train to central London.

As Jeremy mentions, it's still a deprived part of London.

The buses connect to Oval, Vauxhall and Elephant & Castle tube stations. In the case of the Elephant, it can work out cheaper to travel to the Elephant or Vauxhall on the bus and pay ?2.20 single on the tube for a Zone 1 journey in the morning peak.

Anyone who has travelled on a bus along the Walworth Road or Camberwell New Road can say the buses are always packed.

[Jeremy]

Yep... Walworth Road, northern Cambwerwell, Old Kent Rd have no rail links within convenient walking distance, so this must be a big factor. As well as deprivation and proximity to central London.