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Vauxhall Bus Station. London. UK. April 12, 2020.Abdul Rouf. .“The road is quiet, hardly any traffic but you do get some passengers coming in here coughing, its scary because I lost 4 of my colleagues from the same depot, Westbourne Park Garage, the last one died the day before yesterday, 4 bus drivers died of the Corona virus, its really scary and theres no way to have safe distance because they have to come close to touch their passes , about a foot and a half away. They've given us gloves, some hand sanitiser, and sanitiser to wipe everything we touch, thats about it. I have been driving a bus for the last 25 years and I have never been scared of my life like this before. You cant see this virus, if you have got it or not and you can pass it to your family- thats the worrying thing. If I die thats no problem, but the effect I might pass to my family, thats the main concern. My wife is really worried, she doesnt want me to come to work but we have to live a life , earn some money, and thats it.”..General Intro Text:.There were 2.2 billion journeys on London's buses in the year to March 2019, far more than the 1.37 billion in the same period on the London Underground. Although service frequencies have been substantially cut during the pandemic, London's bus network still reaches further than other modes of public transport into the peripheral estates that house many critical workers. ..Yet drivers faced management's reluctance to make changes in dealing with the dangers posed to drivers by the virus. Up until late April, passengers were still boarding via the front doors, and tapping their Oyster cards ( transport payment cards) on electronic readers close to the driver...Some drivers started unilaterally blocking off the front few seats by their cabs and telling passengers to enter by the exit doors in the middle of the vehicle. In response, a manager at Arriva – one of the private companies that owns and operates the buses on contract to Transport for London (KEYSTONE/VII Photo/Seamus Murphy)