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Post by bookd on Jun 14, 2019 14:21:45 GMT
I was told by a friend who worked for LT many years ago of many practices which would mean dismissal now. If they had a short working on the 33, for example, from Hammersmith to Sheen, as well as a pint in the Brook Green they would have time for a refresher in the Black Horse while awaiting time to return.
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Post by bookd on Jun 9, 2019 14:07:05 GMT
The 171 announcements come on only towards Holborn at Clayton Road, St Giles Church, Heygate Street, The Old Vic & Lancaster Place stops; “Route 171 is changing, from Saturday 15th June Route 171 will no longer run between Elephant & Castle and Holborn Station, visit tfl.gov.uk for more details” or words to that effect is the announcement. The 36 & 171 is a joint rota so the drivers regularly hop between the two routes although some tend to do more time on one route than the other. The last stop on the 36 is currently New Cross Fire Station as the eastbound New Cross Bus Garage bus stop is closed. This is to allow buses to stand in the garage as normal. The dolly stop that is there is only for Driver Changeovers, although some drivers particularly the 53, 136, 177 & P13 drivers persist to keep serving it. Displaced 171 & 172 drivers are being given priority for the 343 rota as many 343 drivers are not happy about the extension to Aldgate. The 343 is to have split changeover points. Some at the existing point in Jerningham Road and some via the Overground and District line at Aldgate, which I believe is being done to assist in the event of service disruption at that end of the route and the ability to then have drivers there in case all hell breaks loose. Driver changeovers at both ends of the 343 will be interesting. I'd imaigne with the Aldgate extension, drivers can't do a set number of rounders before ending up at NX anymore so changing drivers at Aldgate too allows GAL to get more out of each driver without eclipsing the maximmum driving time. I don't know the area but what is the point of a dolly stop just for driver changeover? It is not unreasonable for passengers seeing a bus stop to assume that buses will stop there, and drivers should not be criticized for doing so.
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Post by bookd on Jun 2, 2019 14:48:02 GMT
A problem might be knowing the speed limit - my car shows the limit on the screen although it does not limit the speed unless I switch that on. On the A316, for example, the limit is either 40 or 50 but if there is a 20 limit sign for a side road the camera will often pick it up and think that is now the limit. Also lots of lorries have speed limiting signs painted on the back, often in kilometres, and the car will pick up one of those thinking that it is the limit sign for the road.
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Post by bookd on May 27, 2019 14:31:59 GMT
In Twickenham today I saw a couple of 33s blinded for Hammersmith, without the slipboard, but one of them had Castlenau on the side blind.
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Post by bookd on May 25, 2019 15:50:00 GMT
A thought on the Feltham diversions (which might well last another 4 months). On the 235, 117 and H25 there are two stops both shown on ibus as 'Browells Lane' about a mile apart. The temporary one, by the Airman pub. has bus stop painted on the road but the temporary bus stop flag has disappeared. Buses are still stopping there, and on a H25 yesterday there were quite a few both boarding and alighting (as there sometimes are at the Assembly Hall on the diversion route). When these routes eventually get back to normal no doubt there will be complaints from people whose favourite stop has disappeared!
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Post by bookd on May 25, 2019 15:15:15 GMT
Car driving today I almost hit a cyclist - pleased to have missed not only for his sake but it would have caused expensive damage! I turned right on a green light at a T junction and as I straightend up he whizzed past very close on my nearside having run the red light - if we had collided no doubt it would have been my fault.
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Post by bookd on May 22, 2019 15:01:28 GMT
A lot of the posts and thoughts on this thread are based on temporary diversions; in practice the bridge won't open for years, and maybe not at all. A permanent new restructure of routes might be more appropriate.
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Post by bookd on May 22, 2019 14:59:48 GMT
A lot of the posts and thoughts on this thread are based on temporary diversions; in practice the bridge won't open for years, and maybe not at all. A permanent new restructure of routes might be more appropriate.
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Post by bookd on May 22, 2019 14:49:03 GMT
About a year ago I took a detour to look at the old Lower Feltham terminus and found that the bus stand was still there. It used to work in a loop from the main road one end of which is now closed off, so if a bus actually made it to the old stand it could not leave by the old route, would probably annoy the residents, and would need a multiple point turn to change direction.
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Post by bookd on May 22, 2019 14:29:02 GMT
Is this a conflation of two issues? I see no problem with doors being open, and as an old codger that used to be normal - indeed when the RFs were introduced the Police would not allow them to have closing doors in the Central area as open doors were considered safer. On the other hand if people expect the doors to be closed on a busy bus that would be a risk if the mechanism doesn't work and the bus should be taken out of service.
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Post by bookd on May 2, 2019 14:21:58 GMT
I have always thought that the level of fare evasion on bendy buses, LT class and the 521 and 507 are overstated. Observers and journalists will see lots of people apparently boarding without paying or touching in whilst in many cases the people involved will have valid travelcards or other passes; they have a valid ticket, but have not produced it so they are strictly out of order, and will ultimately upset the statistics, but are not necessarily cheating. I have a freedom pass, and always touch in on an LT, but if I didn't no one would care unless there was a revenue check.
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Post by bookd on Apr 30, 2019 13:49:16 GMT
In Twickenham today I have seen quite a few buses on the 33 which seem to have gone back to displaying Hammersmith rather than Hammersmith Bridge or occasionally Castlenau. Is this because passengers heading for Hammersmith will now know that the South of the bridge is defacto the Hammersmith terminus?
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Post by bookd on Apr 27, 2019 14:06:47 GMT
I have seen this more often (and usually given thanks myself) on buses in Surrey when one leaves by the (only) front door and there are no bandit screens so that you feel to be more in contact with the driver.
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Post by bookd on Apr 21, 2019 14:17:14 GMT
Today's news update on the LOTS website suggests that a major set of route alterations is imminent to allow for the Hammersmith closure, but does not go into more detail.
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Post by bookd on Apr 21, 2019 14:05:51 GMT
Historically it was also the case that when the RF buses were introduced country area and Green Line ones had closing doors but the central area ones had to be without doors as that was thought to be safer.
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