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Post by wirewiper on Aug 5, 2020 15:40:51 GMT
The A10, 81, 372 are all routes which hit the national speed limit on their routes at some stage. Are there any other ones? I seem to remember that 313 also has a brief stretch of 60/70mph - and maybe also 465 and 375 Any other ones? I suspect part of the A323 Westerham Hill between Biggin Hill and Westerham (route 246) may be National Speed Limit. |
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Aug 5, 2020 15:42:40 GMT
The A10, 81, 372 are all routes which hit the national speed limit on their routes at some stage. Are there any other ones? I seem to remember that 313 also has a brief stretch of 60/70mph - and maybe also 465 and 375 Any other ones? How about the routes on the North Circular? The 34, 113, 123, 232? The North Circular doesn't actually hit National Speed at any point. I don't think the 113 uses the North Circular Road either. The A13 and A12 both hit National Speed later down the road but not along the part where buses use them. |
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Post by ronnie on Aug 5, 2020 15:53:58 GMT
The A10, 81, 372 are all routes which hit the national speed limit on their routes at some stage. Are there any other ones? I seem to remember that 313 also has a brief stretch of 60/70mph - and maybe also 465 and 375 Any other ones? I suspect part of the A323 Westerham Hill between Biggin Hill and Westerham (route 246) may be National Speed Limit. Don’t think it’s for a very long distance though. But yes good catch! |
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Post by greg on Aug 5, 2020 15:54:43 GMT
How about the routes on the North Circular? The 34, 113, 123, 232? The North Circular doesn't actually hit National Speed at any point. I don't think the 113 uses the North Circular Road either. The A13 and A12 both hit National Speed later down the road but not along the part where buses use them. Oh I see, and I think its the North Circular but Watford Way on the 113 after Finchley Road & Frognal Station |
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Post by M1104 on Aug 5, 2020 16:26:54 GMT
During their respective eras London General's and Connex's initial batch of buses for the 196 ended at VC38 and TA38 respectively...their earlier VC1-27/TA1-30 examples ordered for the 133 and 3/N3 respectively.
LDP45-51, Stockwell's allocation for the then single deck 345, had full blinds for the 196 bespite never being used on route.
The RMLs at AF for the 14 and 22 had blindsets for the C3, the depot i believe then having full blindsets for all their routes regardless of vehicle type
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Post by LJ17THF on Aug 5, 2020 16:45:57 GMT
The A10, 81, 372 are all routes which hit the national speed limit on their routes at some stage. Are there any other ones? I seem to remember that 313 also has a brief stretch of 60/70mph - and maybe also 465 and 375 Any other ones? The X26 usually has an annual diversion during a weekend in August (apart from this year) which takes it down the M25 which is National Speed Limit. Come to think of it, what routes are officially meant to go on a highway as part of its route? The X26 does have this, but as you stated, it's just a temporary diversion, but are there any routes which do this? |
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Post by greg on Aug 5, 2020 17:18:36 GMT
The X26 usually has an annual diversion during a weekend in August (apart from this year) which takes it down the M25 which is National Speed Limit. Come to think of it, what routes are officially meant to go on a highway as part of its route? The X26 does have this, but as you stated, it's just a temporary diversion, but are there any routes which do this? The 313 is one. Don’t live anywhere near it but saw it on a route visual. |
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Post by thewintersoldier on Aug 5, 2020 17:22:34 GMT
The X26 usually has an annual diversion during a weekend in August (apart from this year) which takes it down the M25 which is National Speed Limit. Come to think of it, what routes are officially meant to go on a highway as part of its route? The X26 does have this, but as you stated, it's just a temporary diversion, but are there any routes which do this? The A10 runs along the M4 somewhere if I recall correctly |
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Post by rift on Aug 5, 2020 17:26:03 GMT
The X26 usually has an annual diversion during a weekend in August (apart from this year) which takes it down the M25 which is National Speed Limit. Come to think of it, what routes are officially meant to go on a highway as part of its route? The X26 does have this, but as you stated, it's just a temporary diversion, but are there any routes which do this? The 108 used to run along the A102(M) before it was reclassified in 1999 to the A102 |
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Post by vjaska on Aug 5, 2020 17:34:36 GMT
How about the routes on the North Circular? The 34, 113, 123, 232? The North Circular doesn't actually hit National Speed at any point. I don't think the 113 uses the North Circular Road either. The A13 and A12 both hit National Speed later down the road but not along the part where buses use them. The A12’s one starts just before the M25 junction and the 498 briefly runs into it. |
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Post by John tuthill on Aug 5, 2020 17:57:26 GMT
Come to think of it, what routes are officially meant to go on a highway as part of its route? The X26 does have this, but as you stated, it's just a temporary diversion, but are there any routes which do this? The A10 runs along the M4 somewhere if I recall correctly Did you buy your satnav from Arthur Daley? The A10 goes north thru' Tottenham ending up in Kings Lynn, I think you meant the A4?  |
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Post by thewintersoldier on Aug 5, 2020 17:58:35 GMT
The A10 runs along the M4 somewhere if I recall correctly Did you buy your satnav from Arthur Daley? The A10 goes north thru' Tottenham ending up in Kings Lynn, I think you meant the A4? Allow it I am on nights still in vampire mode 🤣 |
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Post by wirewiper on Aug 5, 2020 18:03:25 GMT
Come to think of it, what routes are officially meant to go on a highway as part of its route? The X26 does have this, but as you stated, it's just a temporary diversion, but are there any routes which do this? The 108 used to run along the A102(M) before it was reclassified in 1999 to the A102 As did the 8 for a short distance. Not to mention the 140 RMs and RTs that used to run on the M4 spur on the occasional Sunday journeys which operated via Cherry Lane Cemetery. The idea of open-platform buses operating in service on a motorway would cause apoplexy today! |
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Post by John tuthill on Aug 5, 2020 18:04:51 GMT
The 108 is the only route that technically travels underwater, seeing that it goes in the Blackwall Tunnel . It also is the one of the only routes to go underground, with the others being the routes that serve Heathrow Central. Probably the better known one, but alas no longer with us(Not my photo)  Attachment Deleted |
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Post by wirewiper on Aug 5, 2020 18:06:52 GMT
The A10 runs along the M4 somewhere if I recall correctly Did you buy your satnav from Arthur Daley? The A10 goes north thru' Tottenham ending up in Kings Lynn, I think you meant the A4? No, A10 - as in the bus route! |
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