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Post by bookd on Aug 24, 2017 14:17:04 GMT
When I was at school, outside London and 50 plus years ago, children paid half fare on service buses. There were however various 'School Bus' services run by both the Corporation and the local national company; these were free, paid for by the county council. If buses are overcrowded in the rush hour it is because workers and schoolchildren both need to travel at the same time - this would only change by a change in working hours, rather than by trying to price traffic away.
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Post by bookd on Aug 22, 2017 14:39:40 GMT
Modern cars also have automatic braking (although it can be turned off). If I am using cruise control the car will slow down or stop if I am too close to the vehicle in front, and if it thinks that I am approaching my garage door (or a pedestrian for that matter) it will stop dead. I believe that this is now, or soon will be, compulsory for new cars.
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Post by bookd on Aug 6, 2017 8:16:11 GMT
As one who has never driven a bus this may be a silly question, but why do narrow roads prevent double deckers? I would have thought that width and maybe length would be the issue rather than height.
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Post by bookd on May 25, 2017 22:29:15 GMT
If I remember rightly the 726 (to serve Heathrow) was a diversion of part of the 725 which for many years ran from Gravesend to Windsor. Along with most Green Line routes it was curtailed at the ends partly due to staff shortages but mainly because increasing traffic made timekeeping impossible.
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Post by bookd on May 3, 2017 18:38:32 GMT
The last few times I have taken the 521 from Waterloo the onboard announcements for next stop have included Lancaster Place and Aldwych / Kingsway. The first time the tunnel was closed so we did at least pass these points - last week the tunnel was open and the Alwych stop was announced as we passed some distance beneath it. Does the system make an announcement when it knows that it is approaching a stop, regardless of whether the bus is actually due to stop there?
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Post by bookd on Feb 8, 2017 22:53:57 GMT
Far too many cock ups regarding stop closures, TfL really do need to get a grip of the situation. The Ham diversion is probably related to the all day closure of the A316, which resulted in lots of delays in the area and the 290 diverted via Hampton. A driver was killed in a Police chase on the A316, and the Richmond and Twickenham Times reports that police were searching for forensic evidence in Ham which was connected to this fatality. Whatever happened in Ham may have been the reason for the chase in the first place.
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Post by bookd on Jan 11, 2017 15:54:15 GMT
If Nex wish to pull out is this an indication that rail franchises are not a profitable money tree, as opponents of privatisation keep suggesting?
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Post by bookd on Jan 11, 2017 15:38:21 GMT
Does the 235 stand directly outside Three Fishes? Opposite it then does the one way loop via Church Street and Thames Street beside the River Thames. I think in the 80's the old 237' used to serve the 216 stop on Thames Street. When the old 237 ran through from Sheherds Bush I always thought that Sunbury Village, Three Fishes seemed delightfully rural!
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Post by bookd on Oct 27, 2016 23:03:41 GMT
Signs have been posted for diversions in the next couple of weeks when Hampton Court Road is to be closed overnight from 8 p.m. between Hampton Church and Hampton Court. The 111 and 216 will divert via Hampton Hill, Teddington and Sandy Lane to Kingston Bridge (North side) effectively withdrawing the service between Hampton and Kingston there being no other alternative route. Presumably the R68 will terminate short at Hampton Church, and passengers for Hampton Court will change at Kingston Bridge for the 411 or the various Surrey services.
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Post by bookd on Aug 24, 2016 22:14:21 GMT
When driving earlier, on the North Circular, I saw a warning that Brentford High Street was closed for utility works. Presumably this means long diversions for the 235, 237, 267 and some E routes.
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Post by bookd on Jul 25, 2016 19:40:32 GMT
I wouldn't stake my life on it but I think it's in Brook Street opposite the stand. Thanks. I've been given free reign to navigate my family to Kingston "the cheapest way possible". I hear Ham looks lovely this time of year... Be sure to go this week, before Petersham Road is closed and buses diverted via Twickenham and Teddington.
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Post by bookd on Jun 27, 2016 15:16:46 GMT
I certainly agree with Snoggle's comment above
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Post by bookd on Jun 27, 2016 14:07:03 GMT
On the other hand the collapsing pound will mean we can't afford to go abroad on holiday but it will be cheaper for tourists to come here!
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Post by bookd on Apr 11, 2016 14:38:27 GMT
In the 1940 bus map the summer extensions from Hampton Court to Palmers Green (112) and Archway (27a) would come close; as they both ran through Bushy Park I suspect that at some point they would have been withdrawn when the park was taken over for military purposes. There was also a 73 extension to Stoke Newington via Kingston. At that time the summer extension of the 93 from Putney to Dorking was quite a long haul.
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Post by bookd on Feb 6, 2016 10:23:47 GMT
In the past sectional running was much more common; a browse through a 1976 timetable shows that the 279 ran in three sections, which was unusual. These were Hammond Street - Manor House, Waltham Cross - Finsbury Park and Lower Edmonton - Smithfield.
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