England's most lucrative bus lane cameras revealed... and three are in London

Francesca Gillett2 March 2017

England’s ten most lucrative bus lane traps have been revealed - and three of the driving fine hotspots are in London.

Councils catch nearly 4,000 motorists a day driving through bus lanes with the RAC calling the cameras a “cash bonanza”.

Included in the ten most profitable bus lane cameras in England were two in the London borough of Kingston upon Thames, the figures collected by the BBC show.

Fines from the bus lane in Eden Street brought in the third highest income in England (more than £2,000 a day) while London Road was ranked the eighth most lucrative motorist trap, making about £1,700 a day.

Southampton Row in Camden, which runs north from Holborn station, came in tenth, making about £1,600 a day.

Lucrative: Southampton Row in Camden was the tenth biggest earning camera for councils in England.
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In total, English local councils received a total of £31 million in 2015 to 2016 from bus lane camera fines.

Drivers caught in Greater London face penalties of £130 while those outside the capital are charged £60. If the fine is paid within two weeks, the £130 fine for Londoners is halved to £65.

The biggest earning camera in England was Newcastle’s John Dobson Street, which fined drivers nearly £6,000 a day between February and October 2016.

A large proportion of these were refunded after drivers complained the warning signs were inadequate.

Simon Williams from the RAC said the amount of money being raised by councils through bus lane camera fines is “frightening”.

He said: “Rather than just rubbing their hands together and taking the money councils should be asking questions as to why so many motorists are being caught driving in bus lanes."

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