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Post by snowman on Dec 23, 2016 12:48:45 GMT
Well well, nice one Very glad 256 is getting decked, I've been to Harold Hill/Wood in the afternoon peak and oh my days. Packed packed packed. I also heard from a local enthusiast that the users fought hard to have a DD school working at first with the 256 and TfL finally agreed. Full DD will definitely be even more suited for the future :-) 497 at first had me like: omg another new route for London! However, I'd also love an Upminster - Harold Hill/Wood linkā¦ Can't have it all, eh? :-( Oh, and I'd leave 347 intact, though. 174 really is growing. One thing I don't understand though is why can't they 24h it - perhaps even extend to Harold Wood station at night via 498 - N174, given the usage and how poorly Dagenham is connected at night (quite a hike from the 365N is the best there is currently). N86 could meanwhile be diverted to rudely omitted Upminster (and via Hornchurch, and perhaps even all the way to Cranham) - just make it follow 248 line of route and we'll be good. I suspect Havering has a good minicab trade like other outer London places like Epsom which is why night links would be so few and far between. Epsom is not in a London borough, so different to LB Havering
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Post by vjaska on Dec 23, 2016 20:46:13 GMT
I suspect Havering has a good minicab trade like other outer London places like Epsom which is why night links would be so few and far between. Epsom is not in a London borough, so different to LB Havering I'm very much aware that Epsom is under Surrey and that the border with the Borough of Kingston is south of Tolworth - I simply made an error. However, the demographic is very similar between Havering & places like Epsom where many people do not mind paying for taxis hence my point about good taxi trades and a possible link to less night bus links.
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Post by john on Dec 24, 2016 6:57:50 GMT
Epsom is not in a London borough, so different to LB Havering I'm very much aware that Epsom is under Surrey and that the border with the Borough of Kingston is south of Tolworth - I simply made an error. However, the demographic is very similar between Havering & places like Epsom where many people do not mind paying for taxis hence my point about good taxi trades and a possible link to less night bus links. You are right, the cab trade booms at night. Think there are 3 firms by Romford Station alone PLUS the cab rank for black taxis. However the 174 does stay reasonably busy so a half hour night service wouldn't be a bad option in my eyes, both passenger and driver views I might add.
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