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Post by TB123 on Mar 26, 2024 11:09:06 GMT
another idea is axe the 250 and divert the 198 at Thornton heath station and extend it to streatham Silly idea because the TH Pond-West Croydon and Streatham-brixton corridors are busy, there's a frequency differential (the 198 dosen't need 7.5bph to Shrublands whilst the 250 to Brixton needs more than 5bph)
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Post by bk10mfe on Mar 26, 2024 11:21:48 GMT
another idea is axe the 250 and divert the 198 at Thornton heath station and extend it to streatham Yeah don’t really see any good reason to merge the 198 & 250 into 1 route & it would likely become too long to reliably operate
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Post by TB123 on Mar 26, 2024 11:26:20 GMT
another idea is axe the 250 and divert the 198 at Thornton heath station and extend it to streatham Yeah don’t really see any good reason to merge the 198 & 250 into 1 route & it would likely become too long to reliably operate If it only went to Streatham like mentioned it would still be within the bounds of a reliable cycle time I suspect. Other reasons don't make it a good idea
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Post by mkay315 on Mar 26, 2024 11:35:04 GMT
Is there a way to actually have the 34 run to St James Street in service as opposed to having it dead run there.
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Post by bk10mfe on Mar 26, 2024 11:37:22 GMT
Yeah don’t really see any good reason to merge the 198 & 250 into 1 route & it would likely become too long to reliably operate If it only went to Streatham like mentioned it would still be within the bounds of a reliable cycle time I suspect. Other reasons don't make it a good idea I imagine there are actually quite large amounts of people travelling between Brixton & Croydon considering that the 109 is one of the busiest routes in London. The 109 wouldn’t survive without the high frequency 250 & other routes (e.g 50 & 60) also wouldn’t cope well.
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Post by mkay315 on Mar 26, 2024 11:39:03 GMT
Plans for Walthamstow bus station. Have the Superloop buses stand in the station. If I had to choose which bus I would take out of the bus station apart from the 34, I'm split between the 20 and 257 but based on how frequent the buses run I'd go with the 257
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Post by bk10mfe on Mar 26, 2024 11:40:57 GMT
Is there a way to actually have the 34 run to St James Street in service as opposed to having it dead run there. The 34 is already quite long & runs through traffic on the N-Circular quite a lot. I think extending something like the 215 or 257 to clear stand space is more realistic.
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Post by mkay315 on Mar 26, 2024 11:43:59 GMT
Is there a way to actually have the 34 run to St James Street in service as opposed to having it dead run there. The 34 is already quite long & runs through traffic on the N-Circular quite a lot. I think extending something like the 215 or 257 to clear stand space is more realistic. That I know. One of the reasons I didn't go with the 215 is because it doesn't run as frequent as compared to the other routes in the area
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Post by TB123 on Mar 26, 2024 11:44:05 GMT
Is there a way to actually have the 34 run to St James Street in service as opposed to having it dead run there. The 34 is already quite long & runs through traffic on the N-Circular quite a lot. I think extending something like the 215 or 257 to clear stand space is more realistic. Running the 34 through to St James Street in service would have a somewhat minimal impact on reliability and running times I suspect. The additional dwell times wouldn't likely exceed 1-2 minutes. Sounds a good idea to me, as does 'livening up' the SL2 which I believe stands in that vicinity.
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Post by bk10mfe on Mar 26, 2024 12:25:56 GMT
The 34 is already quite long & runs through traffic on the N-Circular quite a lot. I think extending something like the 215 or 257 to clear stand space is more realistic. Running the 34 through to St James Street in service would have a somewhat minimal impact on reliability and running times I suspect. The additional dwell times wouldn't likely exceed 1-2 minutes. Sounds a good idea to me, as does 'livening up' the SL2 which I believe stands in that vicinity. If it only took 1-2 mins extra running time I wouldn’t have any problem with it, however I have noticed a couple times there being traffic on the approach to the bus station from St James St. Regardless of which route is extended to St James St, I wonder if it is worth diverting the 275 to Leyton where it can simply stand in the bus garage, this frees up stand space at St James St.
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Post by jamirie on Mar 26, 2024 13:15:07 GMT
Is there a way to actually have the 34 run to St James Street in service as opposed to having it dead run there. I think the alighting stop at St James Street Stand may just be past where the extended part or the stand is. I haven't been there since it's been operational though.
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Post by tooting395 on Mar 26, 2024 15:49:31 GMT
Withdraw the 468 between South Croydon and West Croydon. Extend it from Elephant and Castle to Waterloo.
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Post by greenboy on Mar 26, 2024 15:52:42 GMT
Withdraw the 468 between South Croydon and West Croydon. Extend it from Elephant and Castle to Waterloo. What would be the point? There is no stand space at West Croydon and there are plenty of buses between Elephant & Castle and Waterloo.
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Post by londonbuses on Mar 26, 2024 15:57:39 GMT
another idea is axe the 250 and divert the 198 at Thornton heath station and extend it to streatham Doesn't make much sense but a better idea for extending the 198 would be to extend it over the 60 to Streatham via Pollards Hill and divert the 60 to Thornton Heath High Street where the 198 terminates now.
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Post by tooting395 on Mar 26, 2024 16:12:56 GMT
Withdraw the 468 between South Croydon and West Croydon. Extend it from Elephant and Castle to Waterloo. What would be the point? There is no stand space at West Croydon and there are plenty of buses between Elephant & Castle and Waterloo. There are other routes that terminate at West Croydon that could be extended to south Croydon or changed to stand at Hogarth Crescent. Would allow frequency reduction on other routes and allow completion of journey for people between Croydon and West Norwood without changing buses.
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