The campaigners aiming to reinstate the axed N213 night bus were due to recreate the route in a special protest on Tuesday night.

The N213, the only night bus running between Croydon and Sutton was cancelled by TfL on July 4 because it says the route is only used “lightly”.

Campaigners fear vulnerable Sutton youths will be forced to take unlicensed cabs or walk home after a night out in Croydon.

They are also concerned Sutton residents working in Croydon’s clubs and bars will have no way of getting home late at night.

Laura Wheeler, 22, a university student from Sutton started the campaign on facebook with her sister May attracting over 4,000 members to their protest group.

She spoke to the Croydon Guardian before they set off.

She said: “We have a double decker London bus and a loud sound system.

“We also have a lot of posters and banners. We are going to leave from Wallington and follow the route through to Croydon at about 9pm.”

She said they were hoping to pack the bus with people affected by the cancellation and put pressure of TfL to reinstate the route.

This is the third protest the campaigners have organised. Hundreds of people met in Wallington Town centre to protest at the beginning of July.

The dynamic group of young people also attracted the attention of London Mayor Boris Johnson when they organised a demonstration front of Fairfield Halls during the Mayor’s question time at the end of July.

They handed him a petition and asked him what he was going to do about the problem. He promised to look into the matter.

Miss Wheeler said: “We did get a letter from Boris Johnson but he just paraphrased what TfL have already told us. We are hoping this big protest will get a lot of attention.”

Sutton MP Tom Brake and Councillor Steve O’Connell, the Sutton and Croydon member of the Greater London Assembley, have also pledged to support the campaign.

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