A campaign to connect Beddington commuters by reinstalling a vital bus service has been launched.

Member of Parliament for Carshalton and Wallington Tom Brake said Beddington residents have been disadvantaged since the X26 service was streamlined several years ago.

The express service, which travels from Croydon to Sutton, Kingston and then to Heathrow, no longer stops at the Plough Pub in Croydon Road, Beddington.

Mr Brake and Sutton Councillors John Keys, John Leach and Jenny Slark are now campaigning to reinstall the bus.

Mr Brake said: “This is an important campaign for the people of Beddington.

“It is a huge inconvenience for residents to have to find alternative transport to get them to Carshalton or Wallington Green to join the X26 there."

Liberal Democrat London Assembly Member and transport spokesman Caroline Pidgeon, who helped launch the campaign, said: “The decision to remove this service is senseless, especially as the route itself hasn’t changed.

“While publicising the campaign in Beddington, we were passed numerous times by buses on the X26 route, but none stopped to help residents of Beddington on their journey across South London.”

Mr Brake has launched an online campaign to publicise the issue which includes video footage of the bus back protest.

Bring Back Beddington’s X26 Bus can be found on Facebook.

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