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Buses take the strain
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• Metropolitan bus operators coped well with passengers who were diverted by the 21 June rail strike.
In London, British Rail, the underground and London Buses were all hit.
London Buses says its subsidiary companies ran 81 services, and two of its own garages operated some buses. In all, about a third of London's buses ran, including all the contracted services, reports London Regional Transport. Harry Blundred says that his Docklands Minibuses carried 200% extra passengers, even though the automated Dockland Light Railway was also running during the strike. Greater Manchester Buses carried 10% more passengers but because people staggered their journey times, few extra buses were needed.
In Newcastle, where the Tyne & Wear Metro continued to run, Busways had little problem coping with extra passengers.
West Midlands Travel coped with an extended rush period but found problems of overcrowding only on its Birmingham-Coventry service. It also gained passengers on its
Londonliner coach services.
National Express was "not as busy as expected". Duplicate coaches were run in the South East up to London and in the Bournemouth and Southampton areas. However, after the initial rush, some of the extra vehicles were not neeed.