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Post by evergreenadam on Sept 1, 2023 19:25:46 GMT
It certainly doesn’t make sense that the 218 departs from the low level bus station and the 306 departs from the high level bus station at Hammersmith. Both should serve the same stop in the high level bus station to provide easy interchange from the Underground and other bus routes. The first joint westbound stop is in King Street where long dwell times for boarding passengers causes the traffic to tail back onto Hammersmith Broadway, since following the introduction of the King Street cycleway there is no opportunity for any vehicle to overtake a stationary bus at the bus stop. That in turn delays other buses. You couldn’t make it up! This is one of the changes tfl got wrong from the start. The 306 north of Hammersmith is good as useless for anyone who wants Acton town centre. Personally I'd send the 440 back via West Acton giving them a link to CMH and I'd have only the 306 and not introduce the 218 The 306 I'd run from North Acton to Fulham Sands End. Even at the southern end I think it could do with an extension to Wandsworth Unfortunately the frequency of the 306 alone would not be sufficient for the volume of passengers between Acton Vale and Hammersmith. At x12mins it would be less frequent than the 266 it partially replaced. Patronage on the Fulham section of the 306 seems to have declined since it replaced the 391, perhaps due to its appalling performance record and so probably doesn’t need double deckers operating more frequently than x12mins.
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Post by northlondon83 on Sept 1, 2023 19:34:08 GMT
This is one of the changes tfl got wrong from the start. The 306 north of Hammersmith is good as useless for anyone who wants Acton town centre. Personally I'd send the 440 back via West Acton giving them a link to CMH and I'd have only the 306 and not introduce the 218 The 306 I'd run from North Acton to Fulham Sands End. Even at the southern end I think it could do with an extension to Wandsworth Unfortunately the frequency of the 306 alone would not be sufficient for the volume of passengers between Acton Vale and Hammersmith. At x12mins it would be less frequent than the 266 it partially replaced. Patronage on the Fulham section of the 306 seems to have declined since it replaced the 391, parhaos due to its appalling performance record and so probably doesn’t need double deckers operating more frequently than x12mins. I do wonder then if the 306 could be cut back to Hammersmith with another route being extended to Sands End, or have a route solely run between Hammersmith and Sands End
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Post by abellion on Sept 1, 2023 19:34:51 GMT
It certainly doesn’t make sense that the 218 departs from the low level bus station and the 306 departs from the high level bus station at Hammersmith. Both should serve the same stop in the high level bus station to provide easy interchange from the Underground and other bus routes. The first joint westbound stop is in King Street where long dwell times for boarding passengers causes the traffic to tail back onto Hammersmith Broadway, since following the introduction of the King Street cycleway there is no opportunity for any vehicle to overtake a stationary bus at the bus stop. That in turn delays other buses. You couldn’t make it up! This is one of the changes tfl got wrong from the start. The 306 north of Hammersmith is good as useless for anyone who wants Acton town centre. Personally I'd send the 440 back via West Acton giving them a link to CMH and I'd have only the 306 and not introduce the 218 The 306 I'd run from North Acton to Fulham Sands End. Even at the southern end I think it could do with an extension to Wandsworth What will the 306 do for Wandsworth? The 28/220 (and 295/C3 if you change) can get you into Wandsworth from almost all of the 306 route, and nobody would be taking it from the Acton end to Wandsworth when Westfield on the 220 is a much bigger objective with people passing up Southside, Putney Exchange, etc for it. Wandsworth-North Acton sounds like a disaster waiting to happen, there are enough horribly run and chaotic SW-NW routes already
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Post by northlondon83 on Sept 1, 2023 19:42:24 GMT
This is one of the changes tfl got wrong from the start. The 306 north of Hammersmith is good as useless for anyone who wants Acton town centre. Personally I'd send the 440 back via West Acton giving them a link to CMH and I'd have only the 306 and not introduce the 218 The 306 I'd run from North Acton to Fulham Sands End. Even at the southern end I think it could do with an extension to Wandsworth What will the 306 do for Wandsworth? The 28/220 (and 295/C3 if you change) can get you into Wandsworth from almost all of the 306 route, and nobody would be taking it from the Acton end to Wandsworth when Westfield on the 220 is a much bigger objective with people passing up Southside, Putney Exchange, etc for it. Wandsworth-North Acton sounds like a disaster waiting to happen, there are enough horribly run and chaotic SW-NW routes already The 306 feels like it lacks purpose, on both ends. The 306 is the only route on Imperial Road so they could benefit from a Wandsworth Link. Even then the C3 doesn't go to Wandsworth, it's rather long walk from Wandsworth Bridge to Wandsworth town centre. Changing buses also adds time to people's journeys As I said in a previous post the 306 could be split into two routes, with one operating from Hammersmith to Sands End or Wandsworth, making it more reliable. I'm not sure how much demand there is cross Hammersmith but I can't see many people from Fulham travelling to Acton
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Post by evergreenadam on Sept 1, 2023 19:59:26 GMT
What will the 306 do for Wandsworth? The 28/220 (and 295/C3 if you change) can get you into Wandsworth from almost all of the 306 route, and nobody would be taking it from the Acton end to Wandsworth when Westfield on the 220 is a much bigger objective with people passing up Southside, Putney Exchange, etc for it. Wandsworth-North Acton sounds like a disaster waiting to happen, there are enough horribly run and chaotic SW-NW routes already The 306 feels like it lacks purpose, on both ends. The 306 is the only route on Imperial Road so they could benefit from a Wandsworth Link. Even then the C3 doesn't go to Wandsworth, it's rather long walk from Wandsworth Bridge to Wandsworth town centre. Changing buses also adds time to people's journeys As I said in a previous post the 306 could be split into two routes, with one operating from Hammersmith to Sands End or Wandsworth, making it more reliable. I'm not sure how much demand there is cross Hammersmith but I can't see many people from Fulham travelling to Acton There are thousands of new flats being built on Imperial Road which will increase demand for bus services in the area eventually. A link to Wandsworth from Sands End would be useful.
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Post by abellion on Sept 1, 2023 21:09:45 GMT
What will the 306 do for Wandsworth? The 28/220 (and 295/C3 if you change) can get you into Wandsworth from almost all of the 306 route, and nobody would be taking it from the Acton end to Wandsworth when Westfield on the 220 is a much bigger objective with people passing up Southside, Putney Exchange, etc for it. Wandsworth-North Acton sounds like a disaster waiting to happen, there are enough horribly run and chaotic SW-NW routes already The 306 feels like it lacks purpose, on both ends. The 306 is the only route on Imperial Road so they could benefit from a Wandsworth Link. Even then the C3 doesn't go to Wandsworth, it's rather long walk from Wandsworth Bridge to Wandsworth town centre. Changing buses also adds time to people's journeys As I said in a previous post the 306 could be split into two routes, with one operating from Hammersmith to Sands End or Wandsworth, making it more reliable. I'm not sure how much demand there is cross Hammersmith but I can't see many people from Fulham travelling to Acton I didn’t realise there were new developments around Imperial Road, the extension definitely has more potential then. Pretty ironic how the 391 was unreliable before it got cut and then the 306 comes along and ends up the same way.
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