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Post by george on Oct 21, 2019 19:21:43 GMT
Are their any examples of destinations blinds that are incorrect and don’t reflect the area where their stand? One example is the 309/D3 which should be Globe Town Bonner Road realistic as the area identifies much more with Globe Town then it does with Bethnal Green. East sheen queens road isn't in East Sheen, although north sheen would be wrong as well. |
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Oct 21, 2019 19:25:15 GMT
Are their any examples of destinations blinds that are incorrect and don’t reflect the area where their stand? One example is the 309/D3 which should be Globe Town Bonner Road realistic as the area identifies much more with Globe Town then it does with Bethnal Green. I think Bethnal Green is good for the D3 and 309, the hospital over the years identified as being in Bethnal Green and I don't think nearly as many people know where Globe Town is. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2019 16:12:52 GMT
'Sidcup, Police Station' on the 321 should be renamed 'Sidcup, High Street' or 'Sidcup, Main Road'. The police station was moved nearly a mile away about 10 years ago.
'Blendon' on the B14 is a correct description of the location, but hardly anyone even knows where it is. Even people that live there say that they live in Blackfen or Bexley. The amount of times I've heard people say to the driver when that blind is being displayed "Are you not going to Bexleyheath? I don't know where Blendon is". Maybe 'Danson Underpass' would be more useful.
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Post by E279 on Oct 24, 2019 16:30:01 GMT
Something I'd like to see changed is the Ilford blind mess, though locals know that 'Ilford' terminating buses terminate at Hainault Street, I have seen quite a few people not local that ask 'Which bit of Ilford does this bus terminate at?' or similar remarks. I believe blinds for Ilford should be:
Ilford, Hainault Street
Ilford Broadway
Ilford Station
I'm not too keen on the Ilford Hill blind as buses blinded for that either terminate at Ilford Station (EL stand) or Ilford Broadway anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2019 16:49:17 GMT
Think Prince Regent and Blackwall both should have Station added.
Also think all Canning Town Station routes should display station! It's a mixture at the moment.
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Post by E279 on Oct 24, 2019 17:04:06 GMT
Think Prince Regent and Blackwall both should have Station added. Also think all Canning Town Station routes should display station! It's a mixture at the moment. Yeah, I have noticed the Stagecoach and Tower Transit routes display simply Canning Town, Go Ahead routes and CT Plus display Canning Town Station. Ibus is also a mixture of Canning Town and Canning Town Station, only routes 147 and 330 say 'Rte to Canning Town Station', all the others say 'Rte to Canning Town' like Ilford, there are quite a few locations to turn. |
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Post by vjaska on Oct 24, 2019 17:29:07 GMT
Something I'd like to see changed is the Ilford blind mess, though locals know that 'Ilford' terminating buses terminate at Hainault Street, I have seen quite a few people not local that ask 'Which bit of Ilford does this bus terminate at?' or similar remarks. I believe blinds for Ilford should be: Ilford, Hainault Street Ilford Broadway Ilford Station I'm not too keen on the Ilford Hill blind as buses blinded for that either terminate at Ilford Station (EL stand) or Ilford Broadway anyway. The 296 & 396 should display Ilford, Roden Street given that’s the alighting point. Personally, think Ilford Hill is fine as that’s the road buses terminate on - maybe have underneath saying, “for Ilford Station” |
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Oct 24, 2019 18:19:30 GMT
Think Prince Regent and Blackwall both should have Station added. Also think all Canning Town Station routes should display station! It's a mixture at the moment. Yeah, I have noticed the Stagecoach and Tower Transit routes display simply Canning Town, Go Ahead routes and CT Plus display Canning Town Station. Ibus is also a mixture of Canning Town and Canning Town Station, only routes 147 and 330 say 'Rte to Canning Town Station', all the others say 'Rte to Canning Town' like Ilford, there are quite a few locations to turn. The 330 was certainly plain Canning Town, only the 147 displays Canning Town Station on the iBus. At least the blinds match up unlike the 5 and 309  I think that the Ilford Broadway display is fine for the 296 and 396, however the Ilford Station blind on the EL1 should read Ilford Hill. However once/if they get around to refurbishing Ilford Station a new entrance to the station will pop up by the EL1s stand anyway so I wonder if that's the justification for keeping it for now? Barking is another place that needs sorting. The discrepancy between operators is ridiculous. The 169, 238 and 287 all have the same "Barking" display despite the 169 terminates at the Town Centre while the other two terminate at the station. What makes this even funnier is when the 287 turns to the 169 stand it has "Barking, London Road" on its blinds and iBus. The 238 when doing the same turn displays "Barking, London Road" on the blinds but the iBus still refers to it as "Barking". When the 5 and 62 both display plain "Barking" on their blinds they turn to London Road, however when the 368 and 366 display plain "Barking" they turn to Barking Station. Then you have the ELT where there's also a "Barking Station" blind and a plain "Barking" blind where both means they turn to the station  Another weird case in the area is the Lodge Avenue/DX turn on the 62/287 and 173/368. Arriva seem to have opted for "Lodge Avenue, Ripple Road" while Stagecoach seem to have opted for "Ripple Road, Lodge Avenue" Another Stagecoach and Arriva difference is the turn to Dagenham Asda. When the 287 turns to Dagenham Asda (last stop Chequers Lane/Merrilands Retail Park) it displays Dagenham Asda on the blinds and iBus however when the 173 does the same turn it displays "Dagenham, Kent Avenue" on the blinds and iBus. This is just ridiculous because that route goes nowhere near Kent Avenue, Kent Avenue is right by the 175s stand which funnily enough is referred to as "Dagenham, New Road" on the 175.  |
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Post by I-Azusio-I on Oct 24, 2019 19:15:13 GMT
“Rotherhithe” for 381, C10 & N381. The last stop from the Canada Water direction is Rotherhithe Tunnel and from the Bermondsey Station direction, it’s Southwark Park so that they can spin round the roundabout.
However just showing “Rotherhithe” gives off the impression that the bus is terminating at either Rotherhithe Station or within the peninsula when that isn’t the case, therefore I feel “Rotherhithe Tunnel” would be more appropriate.
For 381 again, “Waterloo” when it terminates at County Hall. 53 shows County Hall (even had all it’s buses reblinded to show so) now that they share the same stand.
And even if it’s because of the directions both routes are coming from, shouldn’t the 53 continue to show Lambeth North as it used to in the past?
Funnily enough, when Travel London took over 381, the Volvos used to show “Waterloo County Hall” so I’m not sure what’s happened now.
And for N1, “Thamesmead” when it basically terminates at the Boiler House Roundabout. 177 and 472 show “Thamesmead, Boiler House Roundabout” when they get curtailed there so shouldn’t the same apply for N1, especially when it does a loop around the Town Centre terminus in both directions?
Just lack of consistency across the board.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2019 19:32:28 GMT
Think Prince Regent and Blackwall both should have Station added. Also think all Canning Town Station routes should display station! It's a mixture at the moment. Yeah, I have noticed the Stagecoach and Tower Transit routes display simply Canning Town, Go Ahead routes and CT Plus display Canning Town Station. Ibus is also a mixture of Canning Town and Canning Town Station, only routes 147 and 330 say 'Rte to Canning Town Station', all the others say 'Rte to Canning Town' like Ilford, there are quite a few locations to turn. 330 Displays a plain Canning Town along with 241 /474 when terminating short at Canning Town Station otherwise those two routes display Canning Town Barking Road. |
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Post by busaholic on Oct 24, 2019 19:39:19 GMT
“Rotherhithe” for 381, C10 & N381. The last stop from the Canada Water direction is Rotherhithe Tunnel and from the Bermondsey Station direction, it’s Southwark Park so that they can spin round the roundabout. However just showing “Rotherhithe” gives off the impression that the bus is terminating at either Rotherhithe Station or within the peninsula when that isn’t the case, therefore I feel “ Rotherhithe Tunnel” would be more appropriate. For 381 again, “Waterloo” when it terminates at County Hall. 53 shows County Hall (even had all it’s buses reblinded to show so) now that they share the same stand. And even if it’s because of the directions both routes are coming from, shouldn’t the 53 continue to show Lambeth North as it used to in the past? Funnily enough, when Travel London took over 381, the Volvos used to show “Waterloo County Hall” so I’m not sure what’s happened now. And for N1, “Thamesmead” when it basically terminates at the Boiler House Roundabout. 177 and 472 show “Thamesmead, Boiler House Roundabout” when they get curtailed there so shouldn’t the same apply for N1, especially when it does a loop around the Town Centre terminus in both directions? Just lack of consistency across the board. Are the bus operators free agents about describing termini or do TfL have any say? |
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Post by DT 11 on Oct 24, 2019 19:46:29 GMT
All Routes terminating at Brixton should display Brixton Station.
161 to go back to showing Chislehurst, War Memorial. N136 still shows this, just very inconsistent.
46 & 56 to go back showing St Bartholomews Hospital
64 & 130 to show New Addington, Vulcan Way, 314 & 464 to show New Addington, Parkway
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Post by LVF_Admin on Oct 24, 2019 19:59:36 GMT
'Sidcup, Police Station' on the 321 should be renamed 'Sidcup, High Street' or 'Sidcup, Main Road'. The police station was moved nearly a mile away about 10 years ago. 'Blendon' on the B14 is a correct description of the location, but hardly anyone even knows where it is. Even people that live there say that they live in Blackfen or Bexley. The amount of times I've heard people say to the driver when that blind is being displayed "Are you not going to Bexleyheath? I don't know where Blendon is". Maybe 'Danson Underpass' would be more useful. However, everyone locally recognises the location as SP Police Station |
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Post by DT 11 on Oct 24, 2019 20:29:22 GMT
'Sidcup, Police Station' on the 321 should be renamed 'Sidcup, High Street' or 'Sidcup, Main Road'. The police station was moved nearly a mile away about 10 years ago. 'Blendon' on the B14 is a correct description of the location, but hardly anyone even knows where it is. Even people that live there say that they live in Blackfen or Bexley. The amount of times I've heard people say to the driver when that blind is being displayed "Are you not going to Bexleyheath? I don't know where Blendon is". Maybe 'Danson Underpass' would be more useful. However, everyone locally recognises the location as SP Police Station Still very misleading so I agree it should be Sidcup, High Street. Another example one if the time points on the 492 is referred to as Foots Cray Post Office. Never seen such a place ever... |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2019 20:52:32 GMT
'Sidcup, Police Station' on the 321 should be renamed 'Sidcup, High Street' or 'Sidcup, Main Road'. The police station was moved nearly a mile away about 10 years ago. 'Blendon' on the B14 is a correct description of the location, but hardly anyone even knows where it is. Even people that live there say that they live in Blackfen or Bexley. The amount of times I've heard people say to the driver when that blind is being displayed "Are you not going to Bexleyheath? I don't know where Blendon is". Maybe 'Danson Underpass' would be more useful. However, everyone locally recognises the location as SP Police Station I live a 30 second walk away from the thing. That's just not true. |
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