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Route 239
Jan 30, 2022 10:27:38 GMT
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Post by sleckdeck on Jan 30, 2022 10:27:38 GMT
I think the idea was the 239 replacing the heavy demand from Hammersmith to Roehampton using DDs including replacing the short workings with perhaps the 72 revised to run at a smaller frequency as demand didn't likely match up north of Westfield to what it did say south of Hammersmith. Decking the 72 also was planned. The intended buses were even ordered and delivered. They were sent to the 94 instead to oust TLAs and TAs. The 239 would replace the short workings on the 72 at the time. If all went well and the bridge was strengthened the 72 would be decked, the 239 would be introduced (Acton Vale - Roehampton) and the 218 would be introduced as it is now. The 266 would be cut to Acton High Street. The 218/266 plans came a little later, I was working on the tender in mid-2016. The plans were shelved for the time being and the route wouldn’t be introduced until 2019. The VH’s were sent over to the 65 and the H91, the 65 for a PVR increase and the H91 to oust TLAs. Edit: It was mentioned somewhere that the 94 had received its own batch of VH’s, which eventually moved for the 65. |
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Feb 12, 2022 7:47:42 GMT
I remember being disappointed that the number 104 was used for the new route into Stratford replacing route S1. At the time the number 239 was vacant. We could have had routes 238 & 239 duplicating eachother into Stratford. Plus, I can still feel the heritage of route 104 linking what is still covered by routes 43 & 263. The many gaps in route numbers plays havoc with my OCD... I remember the 239, run by London General from Victoria to Clapham IIRC, via Albert Bridge into Battersea. I used to use that bus when I worked in a rather grim call centre for a major bank near Battersea Embankment around 1996... They should renumber everything and have a clearer plan. Prefixed routes should make more geographical sense (W prefix routes bug me for this  )... I suspect most people don't notice much when a route is chopped as most work from home or use an Uber nowadays. Even that route number 239 was not there long-term. It was only introduced in 1990 when route 39 was withdrawn from Victoria. |
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)... I suspect most people don't notice much when a route is chopped as most work from home or use an Uber nowadays.