100th London night bus launched

Mayor Ken Livingstone has announced that London is going to get its 100th night bus.

Bus line 281 will run a 24-hour service from Hounslow to Tolworth in West London from Saturday. There were 57 night bus routes with about 15 million passengers in 2000. They are now much safer with the new service of a dedicated police unit which patrols buses and taxis. All of the buses also have CCTV. Ken Livingstone, mayor of London, noted how much the bus service is overhauled in the last six years and the 100th night bus proves it.
"We have dramatically expanded and improved London's night bus service over the last six years so that it is now a safe, clean, cheap and reliable route home.", he said.