In a new push in the campaign for a full timetable on the 603 Muswell Hill to Swiss Cottage bus route, Lib Dem Lynne Featherstone has launched a text message poll on the increasingly popular local service.

Local people can now send a text message to Ms Featherstone on whether the route should be expanded to a full service. The expansion of the route has secured the backing of Lib Dem Mayoral candidate Simon Hughes, but failed thus far to get the support of Labour’s Ken Livingstone.

To vote ‘yes’ for a full service on the route, respondents should text ‘bus yes’ to 07795 328 405, or ‘bus no’ if they don’t back a full timetable on the 603.

Ms Featherstone hopes the move will add to pressure on Labour Mayor Ken Livingstone to back a full service and also the local Labour party in Haringey which has attacked the trial service connecting Muswell Hill to Swiss Cottage as elitist. This is despite years of local residents and Lib Dems campaigning on the issue.

Lynne Featherstone comments:

“After such a tough campaign over several years it’s vital that as many people as possible show their support for the bus route. With Labour Mayor Ken Livingstone dithering over the service, we need to put weight behind Simon Hughes’s pledge for the full timetable on the route. With elections looming, the time for pressure is now.”