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Post by YY13VKP on Sept 27, 2014 23:29:02 GMT
Its quite rare here in Croydon to find a bus station where the buses actually have to reverse. But where else in London do buses reverse to go on stand? Im really interested to know Two i do know about is Morden and Heathrow. Which other bus stations see buses reversing there?
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Post by Green Kitten on Sept 27, 2014 23:49:58 GMT
In Highgate Village, sometimes the 271s briefly need to reverse to get on stand... it's a tight area
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Post by twobellstogo on Sept 27, 2014 23:52:36 GMT
Its quite rare here in Croydon to find a bus station where the buses actually have to reverse. But where else in London do buses reverse to go on stand? Im really interested to know Two i do know about is Morden and Heathrow. Which other bus stations see buses reversing there? Terminating buses at Kingston Cromwell Road bus station (e.g. 411, 465) have to reverse to leave stand.
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Post by vjaska on Sept 28, 2014 0:06:20 GMT
The G1 has to reverse to reach its stand in the Shaftesbury Estate on Wickersley Road.
The 246 has to reverse to reach its stand in the car park at Westerham. Is this the only TfL route that has no stand flag at one or both terminus (not including bus stations). I believe the Chartwell terminus also has no stand flag.
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Post by mondraker275 on Sept 28, 2014 7:58:35 GMT
Hackney Wick for 236 and 26.
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Post by snoggle on Sept 28, 2014 8:12:43 GMT
Buses have to reverse on to their stands at Waltham Cross Bus Station but no reversing at actual public stops. IIRC Orpington Station is a similar design with buses reversing on to their stands.
TfL try very hard to ensure bus stations are "drive through" with no reversal if they can achieve that. It's partly why you get such silly designs with cross flows of vehicle movements within bus stations or at entry / exit points. I guess London just doesn't have the space to design really good drive through bus stations with properly segregated entry and exit points which don't cause conflict.
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Post by metrobusfan on Sept 28, 2014 8:21:20 GMT
I've seen bus reverse at tooting brad way, the one in the middle of the road
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Post by Nathan on Sept 28, 2014 8:37:45 GMT
In Highgate Village, sometimes the 271s briefly need to reverse to get on stand... it's a tight area Sometimes buses at Fairfield Bus Station in Kingston have to do the same if they park too closely together
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Post by M1104 on Sept 28, 2014 11:07:50 GMT
Peckham bus station
Liverpool Street bus station, if you are due out before the bus in front
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Post by M1104 on Sept 28, 2014 11:15:06 GMT
Buses have to reverse on to their stands at Waltham Cross Bus Station but no reversing at actual public stops. IIRC Orpington Station is a similar design with buses reversing on to their stands. TfL try very hard to ensure bus stations are "drive through" with no reversal if they can achieve that. It's partly why you get such silly designs with cross flows of vehicle movements within bus stations or at entry / exit points. I guess London just doesn't have the space to design really good drive through bus stations with properly segregated entry and exit points which don't cause conflict. One of the few examples with proper drive-through bus station is at Wimbledon, bearing in mind that only the 156 now terminates there (131 also terminated their prior to its extension to Tooting Broadway).
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Post by Mokujin on Sept 28, 2014 11:43:25 GMT
The new Lewisham Bus Interchange on Loampit Vale.
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Post by YY13VKP on Sept 28, 2014 11:47:20 GMT
The 455 reverses sometimes at Old Lodge Lane, I saw 8495, 8476 and DWL65 reverse there
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Post by YY13VKP on Sept 28, 2014 11:47:55 GMT
I've seen bus reverse at tooting brad way, the one in the middle of the road What route was it on
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Post by LX09FBJ on Sept 28, 2014 11:55:43 GMT
When a 111 thought it still was on diversion in Hampton, it overshot the junction in to Station Road so had to back up.
111 and 285 were unique in that at the termini of the route, you went backwards before you went forwards as a passenger before you set off!
I think 80s at Hackbridge reverse after terminating there. Didn't see it but I saw the bus go into a dead end road, and then it came back out of the same road the other way
I saw a 53 at Whitehall reverse while the side road it normally goes down (don't know the name) was shut.
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Post by metrobusfan on Sept 28, 2014 12:03:17 GMT
I've seen bus reverse at tooting brad way, the one in the middle of the road What route was it on 131 and 127
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