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@Velocio
Yeah, there's a specific "No cycles" sign about 20m before the mini-stretch outside of Central St Martins.
They pull you over before you can jump Southampton Row normally, and just after the signs (which none of us ever pay attention to as you just assume the bus lane is fine) so that they can patronisingly point them out to you.
The reason it's bus only is that there are 2 bus stops a little further up, and there's no room to overtake the bus without going in to oncoming traffic. As they couldn't widen the lane and it barely fits a bus, they restricted the use of the lane instead.
I'm the first to criticise dumb rules, but the lack of space on this stretch and the fact that buses will stop make this one quite sensible. We'd be the first to point out how dumb it is if cyclists were to use it and there was an accident, because there really isn't the space if buses are in the lane too.