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Post by sid on Mar 26, 2017 19:47:30 GMT
A couple of useless ones I spotted today.
89 to Blackheath
486 to Charlton
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Post by DT 11 on Mar 26, 2017 20:16:05 GMT
A couple of useless ones I spotted today. 89 to Blackheath 486 to Charlton It was Blackheath before it was changed to Blackheath Village on the iBus as well as blinds. Was pretty stupid whenever boarding a 202 curtailing at "Blackheath" when the actual route goes to "Blackheath, Royal Standard". Blackheath Village is a better description.
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Post by vjaska on Mar 27, 2017 0:16:55 GMT
A couple of useless ones I spotted today. 89 to Blackheath 486 to Charlton I raise you an Upper Norwood lol - runs from one end of Beulah Hill to the other and comprises two separate turning points which Crown Point & All Saints Church and ironically are at opposite ends of Beulah Hill. It's a good job there's no turn for the 450 within Upper Norwood as it serves neither turning point and instead traverses through the area formerly known as 'Norwood New Town'.
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Post by ServerKing on Mar 27, 2017 16:22:58 GMT
I love "Enfield" on the 329s
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Post by Lewis J.N. on Mar 27, 2017 17:00:16 GMT
I don't see what the bus blinds people have against using 'Stn'. Whilst we can all campaign for the reintroduction of symbols which probably won't happen with TFL services, 'Stn' is a standard abbreviation which everyone knows and, given it's shorter than 'Station', can be used to save a lot of space on a destination blind. If I could change the content on some blinds I'd go from Harrow to Harrow Bus Station (thank you GR on the 340!), Ruislip to Ruislip Station and bring EXPRESS back on the 607s.
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Mar 27, 2017 17:42:54 GMT
I don't see what the bus blinds people have against using 'Stn'. Whilst we can all campaign for the reintroduction of symbols which probably won't happen with TFL services, 'Stn' is a standard abbreviation which everyone knows and, given it's shorter than 'Station', can be used to save a lot of space on a destination blind. If I could change the content on some blinds I'd go from Harrow to Harrow Bus Station (thank you GR on the 340!), Ruislip to Ruislip Station and bring EXPRESS back on the 607s. I think I have to disagree with having "Bus Station" on the blinds, I think that when a route terminates at a bus station the name of the bus station would do. The whole point of a bus station is to link routes and if a route terminates there it should be safe to assume it will terminate at the bus station. If the route doesn't terminate at the bus station of the same name, then a qualifier should be used. The situation at Canning Town is a good example, all the routes which terminate at the bus station bar the 147 have "Canning Town" as the display while the 241 and 474 have "Canning Town, Barking Road" as the display.
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Post by ben on Mar 27, 2017 19:10:56 GMT
I fear youre looking at it from a bus enthusiasts perspective. Whereas that may indeed be the point of a bus station, there are likely more than a few places where routes don't serve bus stations, or areas like Kingston where there are more than one bus station. From your average passengers perspective, a bus station is just a location, like a train station, or a town centre, or a bus garage. Its better to be explicit about these things because it avoids any confusion for people who aren't familiar and couldn't care less about becoming so.
On a related note, 'Harrow' on an H9/10, H18/19 must be the most useless ultimate ever - for a circular route where it ends up ultimately is irrelevant, but its *via* points are key!!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2017 19:36:36 GMT
The three Canning Town blinds are a bug of mine 147 uses Canning Town Station where as all other routes display a plain Canning Town, then you have Canning Town Barking Road / Canning town Hermit Road for the 241 /474
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Post by vjaska on Mar 27, 2017 20:16:39 GMT
The three Canning Town blinds are a bug of mine 147 uses Canning Town Station where as all other routes display a plain Canning Town, then you have Canning Town Barking Road / Canning town Hermit Road for the 241 /474 Personally, it should be Canning Town Station or Canning Town Bus Station for those routes terminating there whilst I don't understand why TfL brought in 'Canning Town, Barking Road' when 'Canning Town, Hermit Road' was fine.
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Post by Dillon95 on Mar 27, 2017 20:21:25 GMT
One thing that irritates me is the inconsistency with station names, for example the 162 uses 'Beckenham Junction' yet buses terminating at Woolwich Arsenal just say 'Woolwich'. Other things that have already been mentioned that bug me are 'Queen Mary's Hospital', 'Queen Elizabeth Hospital' and 'Princess Royal Hospital' rather than 'Sidcup, Queen Mary's Hospital', 'Woolwich Common, Queen Elizabeth Hospital' and 'Locksbottom, Princess Royal Hospital'. Also 'Station' being included for Sidcup, Eltham, Orpington, Lewisham etc yet not included for Bromley North, Bromley South, West Croydon, Dartford, New Eltham, Mottingham, Grove Park among others.
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Post by Lewis J.N. on Mar 27, 2017 22:09:27 GMT
I fear youre looking at it from a bus enthusiasts perspective. Whereas that may indeed be the point of a bus station, there are likely more than a few places where routes don't serve bus stations, or areas like Kingston where there are more than one bus station. From your average passengers perspective, a bus station is just a location, like a train station, or a town centre, or a bus garage. Its better to be explicit about these things because it avoids any confusion for people who aren't familiar and couldn't care less about becoming so. On a related note, 'Harrow' on an H9/10, H18/19 must be the most useless ultimate ever - for a circular route where it ends up ultimately is irrelevant, but its *via* points are key!! Possibly the point where LEDs would be most key as it could scroll via points and even update as it progressed around the circle if programmed correctly!! I have previously proposed my 'Harrow Circular, VIA WEALDSTONE' display. I do however have it on good authority that these circular routes should receive more descriptive blinds upon the next blind update, but when that will be I don't know.
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Post by Dillon95 on Mar 27, 2017 22:31:01 GMT
I love "Enfield" on the 329s What's next eh, a blind that just reads 'London' :0 haha
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Post by john on Mar 27, 2017 22:38:12 GMT
I love "Enfield" on the 329s What's next eh, a blind that just reads 'London' :0 haha Don't, I had someone actually ask me that when boarding a 372 in Aveley. His precise words were "does this bus go to London?".......
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Post by snoggle on Mar 27, 2017 23:17:50 GMT
What's next eh, a blind that just reads 'London' :0 haha Don't, I had someone actually ask me that when boarding a 372 in Aveley. His precise words were "does this bus go to London?"....... On a similar theme I once had someone come into the Travel info centre where I worked and say "I want a coach ticket". I said "yes, where to?". They then looked at me as if I was mad and said "London". Given we sold National Express tickets to all over the country I'm not clear how I was supposed to know he meant London without him telling me. The conversation then carried on in the same vein as I had to ask about dates of travel, time of travel, if they wanted a return etc etc etc. The person clearly had no idea that I was not a mind reader and unable to automatically divine what he really wanted without having to ask him. Gotta love the general public.
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Post by Dillon95 on Mar 28, 2017 0:33:39 GMT
What's next eh, a blind that just reads 'London' :0 haha Don't, I had someone actually ask me that when boarding a 372 in Aveley. His precise words were "does this bus go to London?"....... Oh god, what did you tell him? *facepalm*
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