Post by greg on Sept 21, 2024 23:22:57 GMT
Central London restructure ideas - including some routes that have been discussed recently:
Routes 11, 35, 45, 211, 345 and 436
11 - Revised to operate between Waterloo and Hammersmith via Fulham Road (as per the old 211), restoring the link from Fulham Road to Victoria.
211 - Withdrawn, replaced by revised 11 and 436.
436 - Withdrawn between Lewisham and Peckham Bus Station. Extended from Battersea Park to Fulham Broadway, via the 211 to Chelsea then the 11 (via Harwood Road).
35 - Revised to operate between Clapham Junction and Lewisham Shopping Centre, via the current route to Camberwell then the 436.
45 - Kept between Clapham Park and Elephant, and extended to Shoreditch via the 35. Route 118 unchanged.
345 - Withdrawn between Peckham and Camberwell.
Routes 27, 30, 94, 148, 205 and 274
148 - Withdrawn, replaced by revised 94 and existing route 12.
94 - Withdrawn between Piccadilly Circus and Marble Arch, instead extended via the 148 to County Hall, terminating either at Waterloo (ex-521 stand) or Elephant & Castle (45 stand).
84 - New route between Hammersmith and Kings Cross (Canal Reach), via Kensington Olympia, Kensington High Street, Notting Hill Gate, Lancaster Gate, Marble Arch, Baker Street and Euston. Creating various new links, including restoring the ex-10/23 link from Kensington to Marble Arch.
274 - Cut back to Marble Arch.
30 - Withdrawn between Marble Arch and Baker Street, instead extended to Paddington via the 205.
205 - Withdrawn between Paddington and Euston. Possible extension east of Bow Church.
27 - Re-extended along Chiswick High Road to Turnham Green or Gunnersbury, restoring links across Hammersmith. Withdrawn between Chalk Farm and Baker Street. Route 88/274 maintain links to Camden.
Routes 17, 22, 43, 88, 134, 390 and W7
390 - Withdrawn. Replaced by revised 17/22/134 and existing route 73.
17 - Diverted between Kings Cross and Archway via the 390.
22 - Diverted between Sloane Square and Hyde Park Corner via Victoria (as per TFL's 311 proposal). Extended from Oxford Circus to Kings Cross Station, via Great Portland Street and Euston. Creating some new links, including replacing parts of the 390 and restoring some of the C2's links.
88 - Diverted between Great Portland Street and Camden Town via Warren Street Station and Hampstead Road.
134 - Withdrawn between Warren Street and Camden Town, and instead extended to Oxford Circus via the 88. Replaces the 390's link from Archway and Tufnell Park to Oxford Street. Also withdrawn between North Finchley and Friern Barnet.
W7 - Extended from Muswell Hill to North Finchley via the 134. To create some new links, while allowing the 43/134 to run more reliably.
43 - Cut back to Muswell Hill.
30, 27 and 205 proposals are fantasy. The 27 is the busiest out of the three, it carries so so much, it would be extremely uncanny to remove it. The 27 and the 29 are the two busiest. The 88 has only increased in demand as it has replaced the C2 to be honest, and even that is an assistant to the 27. As well as the 205, JAM PACKED. It would be wiser to withdraw the 30 to Euston in your proposals, but even that would sound unfathomable. If anything another route should mirror KX-Baker Street (extending the 18). The 274 is quieter but very busy on Fri-Sun on that London Zoo sectiom fr Camden to Selfridges.