|
Post by 6HP502C on Mar 8, 2014 21:16:06 GMT
Plenty of threads on London's longest routes, but not so many on those that don't go very far as the crow flies! With the exception of routes with only one terminus due to either being an actual circuit (i.e H9/ H10 and H18/ H19) or having a loop at one end (i.e routes 291, H3 and R70), which routes take a significantly roundabout route to get from end to end? One way to measure this would be to divide the terminus to terminus distance as the crow flies by the route length. The higher the result, the more circuitous the route is. I'd say a route is circuitous if its end to end length is at least 3 times as long as the distance measured in a straight line. I'd nominate route H13 as London's most circuitous bus route. It goes from one side of Park Wood to the other via an 8 mile detour. Route 61, route K1, route U2 and route N253 also spring to mind. The 46 is also fairly circuitous. Any others out there?
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2014 21:27:52 GMT
Plenty of threads on London's longest routes, but not so many on those that don't go very far as the crow flies! With the exception of routes with only one terminus due to either being an actual circuit (i.e H9/ H10 and H18/ H19) or having a loop at one end (i.e routes 291, H3 and R70), which routes take a significantly roundabout route to get from end to end? One way to measure this would be to divide the terminus to terminus distance as the crow flies by the route length. The higher the result, the more circuitous the route is. I'd say a route is circuitous if its end to end length is at least 3 times as long as the distance measured in a straight line. I'd nominate route H13 as London's most circuitous bus route. It goes from one side of Ruislip Lido to the other via an 8 mile detour. Route 61, route K1, route U2 and route N253 also spring to mind. The 46 is also fairly circuitous. Any others out there? The 325 From Prince Regent Station to Beckton goes on a rather long detour Via Custom House, Plaistow, Forest Gate, East Ham, Barking to Beckton.
|
|
|
Post by snoggle on Mar 8, 2014 21:34:06 GMT
Plenty of threads on London's longest routes, but not so many on those that don't go very far as the crow flies! With the exception of routes with only one terminus due to either being an actual circuit (i.e H9/ H10 and H18/ H19) or having a loop at one end (i.e routes 291, H3 and R70), which routes take a significantly roundabout route to get from end to end? One way to measure this would be to divide the terminus to terminus distance as the crow flies by the route length. The higher the result, the more circuitous the route is. I'd say a route is circuitous if its end to end length is at least 3 times as long as the distance measured in a straight line. I'd nominate route H13 as London's most circuitous bus route. It goes from one side of Ruislip Lido to the other via an 8 mile detour. Route 61, route K1, route U2 and route N253 also spring to mind. The 46 is also fairly circuitous. Any others out there? Has someone been looking at Twitter? This topic came up last night.
|
|
|
Post by 6HP502C on Mar 8, 2014 21:40:17 GMT
Nope, pure co-incidence! I have an interest in bus trivia and right now, detours are an area I'm looking at. That came about after I described the N35's routing around Central London on another forum not so long ago. Which Twitter page was that please?
|
|
|
Post by bengady3 on Mar 8, 2014 21:43:49 GMT
Route 371 Kingston to Richmond compared to route 65
|
|
|
Post by snoggle on Mar 8, 2014 22:05:41 GMT
Nope, pure co-incidence! I have an interest in bus trivia and right now, detours are an area I'm looking at. That came about after I described the N35's routing around Central London on another forum not so long ago. Which Twitter page was that please? One my contacts - @political_Animal - remarked on the H13 and then asked the same question as you posed. I replied with the N253 and 61 as other possibilities. You can see why I wondered about it given the coincidence.
|
|
|
Post by paulsw2 on Mar 8, 2014 22:18:32 GMT
One of the routes from the late 1970's was the 115 Purley/Croydon Airport to Wallington via Waddon Thornton Heath Norbury Streatham Mitcham Lane Mitcham & Hackbridge
|
|
|
Post by 6HP502C on Mar 8, 2014 22:45:08 GMT
Nope, pure co-incidence! I have an interest in bus trivia and right now, detours are an area I'm looking at. That came about after I described the N35's routing around Central London on another forum not so long ago. Which Twitter page was that please? One my contacts - @political_Animal - remarked on the H13 and then asked the same question as you posed. I replied with the N253 and 61 as other possibilities. You can see why I wondered about it given the coincidence. Fair enough - pure coincidence!
|
|
|
Post by jrussa on Mar 8, 2014 22:57:38 GMT
I think Route 185 fits into this category, travelling from Lewisham via Catford and Forest Hill to reach Victoria
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2014 23:06:47 GMT
londonbusroutes.net says the G1 is 10 miles, as the crow flies its terminuses are only 4 miles apart. The P13 is also listed as 10 miles but it is 5 miles between ends.
|
|
|
Post by VPL630 on Mar 8, 2014 23:17:17 GMT
Nope, pure co-incidence! I have an interest in bus trivia and right now, detours are an area I'm looking at. That came about after I described the N35's routing around Central London on another forum not so long ago. Which Twitter page was that please? One my contacts - @political_Animal - remarked on the H13 and then asked the same question as you posed. I replied with the N253 and 61 as other possibilities. You can see why I wondered about it given the coincidence. Yes the N253 does not make much sense but many people do use it as I found out one early morning
|
|
|
Post by LX09FBJ on Mar 8, 2014 23:27:30 GMT
H28 goes all round the world to cover a distance of 11 miles, but in reality, the shortest route between both Tescos is just five miles
The northern end of the 111 (which is the joint longest 'regular' route together with the 358- X26 and some non-TfL routes are longer) is very twisty and windy too. It's often quicker to change at the Treaty Centre in Hounslow then take 81/222/H98 to Harlington Corner then get on another 111 or 105/140/285/555 which is free.
53s most southern section (between Plumstead and Woolwich) is a journey which on the other services (96, 422, 469 etc.- not too familiar with what goes where in that part of London!) which takes about 10-12 minutes as opposed to the others' 4-5 minutes
|
|
|
Post by M1199 on Mar 8, 2014 23:43:57 GMT
224, Wembley Central Stn > St. Raphaels via Alperton, West Twyford and Central Middlesex Hospital. Londonbusroutes reckons that routing is 8 miles, a quick look on google reckons the most direct route is about 2.
U2, as The Urbanite mentioned, another 6 stops onwards from Brunel University and it be back at Uxbridge Station!
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2014 23:52:53 GMT
Route 371 Kingston to Richmond compared to route 65 More of an S shape than a circuit like formation really
|
|
|
Post by COBO on Mar 9, 2014 0:26:57 GMT
Route 110 google map quotes 2.0 miles for a quickest route while the 110 takes 7 miles.
|
|