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Post by route53 on May 3, 2019 12:41:14 GMT
The 132 via the A102 is one example, and eastbound the 53 & 363 routes are also this via the Bricklayers Arms Flyover.
Are there any other examples of such routes in London (with the exception of the obvious 607, X26 and X68 routes of course :-) )
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Post by snoggle on May 3, 2019 12:51:50 GMT
The 132 via the A102 is one example, and eastbound the 53 & 363 routes are also this via the Bricklayers Arms Flyover. Are there any other examples of such routes in London (with the exception of the obvious 607, X26 and X68 routes of course :-) ) The A10 has some fast non stop sections.
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Post by vjaska on May 3, 2019 13:46:46 GMT
The 132 via the A102 is one example, and eastbound the 53 & 363 routes are also this via the Bricklayers Arms Flyover. Are there any other examples of such routes in London (with the exception of the obvious 607, X26 and X68 routes of course :-) ) The 96 east of Dartford.
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Post by Dillon95 on May 3, 2019 18:11:53 GMT
The B14 between Queen Mary's Hospital and Kemnal School.
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Post by thelondonthing on May 4, 2019 0:30:19 GMT
It's not strictly a non-stop section - because there are actually bus stops in place - but in practice, buses running between Hampton Court and Kingston usually enjoy a lengthy non-stop stretch of route along Hampton Court Road. Between the 'Hampton Court Gardens' and 'Church Grove - The King's Field' stops, buses are very rarely requested to stop, because both sides of the road are almost entirely walled, and there is very little along the road to attract visitors besides a view of the extremely high walls. This results in a nice long stretch of 40mph road, with a fantastic view of the Royal Parks on either side from the top deck of a double decker.
This used to be a brilliant section of road to enjoy in a Metrobus on a summer afternoon back in the day - the rush of air through the tiny front windows upstairs, and the clatter of bodywork and mighty roar of the engine when it was pushed to such dizzying speeds, while weighed down with a full load of passengers, was always something I enjoyed as a kid while on shopping trips to Kingston with my family.
The intermediate stops along Hampton Court Road do come into use more heavily during the annual Flower Show at the Palace, when several gates in the park walls are temporarily opened up - but for most of the year, it's just a nice, long, fast stretch of route. Well, except when there's traffic... and there's often traffic.
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Post by vjaska on May 4, 2019 1:32:29 GMT
It's not strictly a non-stop section - because there are actually bus stops in place - but in practice, buses running between Hampton Court and Kingston usually enjoy a lengthy non-stop stretch of route along Hampton Court Road. Between the 'Hampton Court Gardens' and 'Church Grove - The King's Field' stops, buses are very rarely requested to stop, because both sides of the road are almost entirely walled, and there is very little along the road to attract visitors besides a view of the extremely high walls. This results in a nice long stretch of 40mph road, with a fantastic view of the Royal Parks on either side from the top deck of a double decker. This used to be a brilliant section of road to enjoy in a Metrobus on a summer afternoon back in the day - the rush of air through the tiny front windows upstairs, and the clatter of bodywork and mighty roar of the engine when it was pushed to such dizzying speeds, while weighed down with a full load of passengers, was always something I enjoyed as a kid while on shopping trips to Kingston with my family. The intermediate stops along Hampton Court Road do come into use more heavily during the annual Flower Show at the Palace, when several gates in the park walls are temporarily opened up - but for most of the year, it's just a nice, long, fast stretch of route. Well, except when there's traffic... and there's often traffic. M's, along with T's & L's were great buses, had so many excellent memories of all three type but sticking to M's in particular, the one London United M route I used was the 337 and back then, it must of been a fun route to ride from my one return trip on one from Clapham Junction to Richmond as it was just a lovely, quick ride and to top it off, we interchanged to & from the 337 using another M route, the 37 which also was much more fun back in the day than now - still remember when the bridge at North Dulwich was closed, the 37 had to a take a fairly lengthy detour via West Dulwich & Dulwich Village and back in those days, diverted routes rarely served stops so it was just foot to the floor
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Post by thelondonthing on May 4, 2019 2:18:04 GMT
M's, along with T's & L's were great buses, had so many excellent memories of all three type but sticking to M's in particular, the one London United M route I used was the 337 and back then, it must of been a fun route to ride from my one return trip on one from Clapham Junction to Richmond as it was just a lovely, quick ride and to top it off, we interchanged to & from the 337 using another M route, the 37 which also was much more fun back in the day than now - still remember when the bridge at North Dulwich was closed, the 37 had to a take a fairly lengthy detour via West Dulwich & Dulwich Village and back in those days, diverted routes rarely served stops so it was just foot to the floor I also took the 337 in its latter Metrobus days, and I too recall my journeys being made rather briskly, at least between Richmond and Putney. I think traffic on the Upper Richmond Road must have been a lot lighter back then! I've also just remembered another old 'express' section of route from the M days. A while back, the 111's journeys at its northern end were split 50/50 between terminating at Cranford, The Avenue; and Heathrow Central. 111s terminating at Cranford would cross the Parkway - a dual carriageway feeding traffic from the A4 to the M4 - and then do a small loop to reach the stand by what was then (I think) the Berkeley Arms Hotel. But 111s heading to Heathrow would turn left onto the Parkway, and floor it down the dual carriageway to the next roundabout, before then joining the A4 and serving bus stops again. It was a shorter stretch than the Hampton Court Road, but it was always a riveting ride!
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Post by Frenzie on May 4, 2019 7:11:13 GMT
N9 between Heathrow Central and T5. I’ve had some very fast journeys down to that stretch reaching speeds in excess of 50mph. Quite fun with an unrestricted Scania or an LT, and if you also enjoy a bit of plane spotting, you can look into Heathrow and see the BA planes on the stands at T5.
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Post by 6HP502C on May 4, 2019 7:25:22 GMT
The 521 runs non stop fron London Bridge station to Monument and from Waterloo Bridge to Holborn station.
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Post by flatswhatflats on May 4, 2019 7:27:36 GMT
265 runs along the A3 Kingston bypass for part of its route, 50mph limit there.
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Post by george on May 4, 2019 8:01:14 GMT
The 85 has a fast section along Kingston hill
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Post by M1104 on May 4, 2019 9:50:22 GMT
Schoolbus 655 misses out Raynes Park Station and surrounding roads by staying along the dual carriageway section of Bushey Road that has no bus stops
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Post by thesquirrels on May 4, 2019 9:52:12 GMT
The 232 between Colney Hatch Lane and Henly's Corner and vice-versa can often be done with only one stop along the way, especially outside of shopping and peak hours.
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Post by wirewiper on May 4, 2019 10:26:11 GMT
The 8 runs non-stop from Parnell Road, Bow to Bow Church via the Blackwall Tunnel Northern Approach. At one time this was designated as a Motorway - and was used by open-platform Routemasters!
When all the new housing was built in the area I am surprised that the road was not realigned and bus stop bays put in so that buses could stop on the section of Tredegar Road between Fairfield Road and Wick Lane/Bow Interchange - a stop in this location for each direction would be very useful as it is quite a trek to and from the stops in Parnell Road.
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Post by class387 on May 4, 2019 20:28:27 GMT
626 is non stop from the London border to Dame Alice Owens to stop people getting on at Potters Bar Station.
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