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Post by va59 on Dec 12, 2022 20:16:23 GMT
I've often thought this but it was only today when I was driving past my old area that I thought I'd post but what is the most bizarre/unexpected/quaint/interesting terminating destinations for a bus route? I've got two to start off with;
169 - Clayhall Avenue. Once the 169 turns into Clayhall Avenue from Fulwell Cross roundabout it's pretty much your standard main road but as you head further down, the road gets very narrow and very residential finishing off in a very unassuming terminating road dedicated for it. Good link for the Caterham High School students.
455 - Purley (Old Lodge Lane). Similar to that of the 169, once turning off of the Brighton Road, it continues all the way and terminates at a turnaround point right on the tip of the forest and a very, very small amount of shops.
I do like bus routes with this quiet and out of the way destinations, how many more out there have interesting terminating destinations?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2022 20:53:17 GMT
Some of my oddest / quirky / majestic / best looking ones are…
Erith
Hampton Court
Hampstead Heath
Marylebone
Lakeside
Bluewater
Crystal Palace
Bethnal Green Chest Hospital (doesn’t exist anymore)
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Post by londonbuses on Dec 12, 2022 21:30:25 GMT
None are particularly quaint or bizarre, but are definitely unique:
80 - Belmont Highdown and Downview, Hackbridge Reynolds Close (a prison surrounded by absolutely nothing just outside Greater London, and a residential road that annoyingly stops just short of Hackbridge)
S1 - Lavender Fields (a residential road with a roundabout at the end, also has a very fancy and confusing name for what is just a housing estate)
166/293 - Epsom Hospital (terminating at a hospital is normal, but the massive one way loop it takes makes it unique)
S4 - St Helier Station, Roundshaw (nothing particularly special about either, they just don't feel like natural terminating points)
152 - New Malden Fountain (it just feels like the route is trying to avoid serving anything after Raynes Park)
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Post by londoner7104 on Dec 12, 2022 21:30:57 GMT
I would say one famous one would be the 375 and its Passingford Bridge terminus just before a roundabout and a few moments from the M25. It does seem you're getting dropped off in the middle of nowhere or short of anywhere useful.
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Post by ronnie on Dec 12, 2022 21:45:05 GMT
I've often thought this but it was only today when I was driving past my old area that I thought I'd post but what is the most bizarre/unexpected/quaint/interesting terminating destinations for a bus route? I've got two to start off with; 169 - Clayhall Avenue. Once the 169 turns into Clayhall Avenue from Fulwell Cross roundabout it's pretty much your standard main road but as you head further down, the road gets very narrow and very residential finishing off in a very unassuming terminating road dedicated for it. Good link for the Caterham High School students. 455 - Purley (Old Lodge Lane). Similar to that of the 169, once turning off of the Brighton Road, it continues all the way and terminates at a turnaround point right on the tip of the forest and a very, very small amount of shops. I do like bus routes with this quiet and out of the way destinations, how many more out there have interesting terminating destinations? The 128 serves clayhall avenue, not the 169. The 169 serves fulwell avenue |
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Post by 6HP502C on Dec 12, 2022 23:23:12 GMT
I would say one famous one would be the 375 and its Passingford Bridge terminus just before a roundabout and a few moments from the M25. It does seem you're getting dropped off in the middle of nowhere or short of anywhere useful. It's the first convenient turning point past the GLA boundary - the purpose of the route going out that far is to provide a service to Havering-atte-Bower, which it links it to nearby town centres and a station. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2022 2:00:59 GMT
Beechanlea Lane in Swanley on the 233. It’s literally a weird little bit of road with nothing around it before you get to the M20/M25 junction. It would be much more useful being re-routed slightly and terminating at the Station.
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Post by djs76 on Dec 13, 2022 6:57:48 GMT
The old Enfield Lock terminus om the 121 (and 107 before that) was a quaint one, served the residents of Ordnance Road before driving down a narrow bit of road to the turning circle by the river.
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Post by aaron1 on Dec 13, 2022 8:15:26 GMT
206 when it ends at the Paddocks it just one roundabout I don't know what other routes ends at roundabouts
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Post by va59 on Dec 13, 2022 8:31:22 GMT
I've often thought this but it was only today when I was driving past my old area that I thought I'd post but what is the most bizarre/unexpected/quaint/interesting terminating destinations for a bus route? I've got two to start off with; 169 - Clayhall Avenue. Once the 169 turns into Clayhall Avenue from Fulwell Cross roundabout it's pretty much your standard main road but as you head further down, the road gets very narrow and very residential finishing off in a very unassuming terminating road dedicated for it. Good link for the Caterham High School students. 455 - Purley (Old Lodge Lane). Similar to that of the 169, once turning off of the Brighton Road, it continues all the way and terminates at a turnaround point right on the tip of the forest and a very, very small amount of shops. I do like bus routes with this quiet and out of the way destinations, how many more out there have interesting terminating destinations? The 128 serves clayhall avenue, not the 169. The 169 serves fulwell avenue Yes, correct, seeing as I lived there for 20 years you'd have thought I'd known that. I blamed the blinds saying 'Clayhall - The Glade'. |
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Post by wirewiper on Dec 13, 2022 10:16:01 GMT
Biggin Hill Melody Road (R2) and Tatsfield (464). Greater London, Surrey and Kent all meet in this area and it is possible to walk from one terminal to the other along the country lanes.
Brentwood Sainsbury's (498) - purely because it is Transport for London's most easterly bus stop (the 608 runs further east but there are no TfL stops on the Shenfield section).
Harrow Weald Clamp Hill (640) as it exists purely for school buses, there is no regular bus service along Clamp Hill. The stop serves Bentley Wood School and replaces an earlier stop that was located on Masefield Avenue, also never served by a regular bus service.
Heathrow Airport Terminal 5, for the sheer variety of bus and coach services stopping there.
And also Bethnal Green Chest Hospital, as it is close to where I used to live. The Chest Hospital is now closed (its services transferred to Bart's) but the terminal in Bonner Street is still very much in use. Before it closed, the Chest Hospital was noted for its pioneering use of stents to treat heart attack victims, which dramatically increased survival rates and reduced recovery time - so much so that when ambulance crews suspected a patient was having a heart attack they would go directly to the Chest Hospital, even if they were passing the A&E at The Royal London or Homerton Hospital on the way.
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Post by enviroPB on Dec 13, 2022 11:21:17 GMT
Leaning on the more positive perspective of quaint:
-Prince Regent bus station for the 325. Looks deceive but it is a rather large bus station with ample stand space for more than one terminating route. However after having three more routes stand there due to Crossrail works (147, 241, 541), it made the 325's terminus a more peaceful & serene place after the other routes vacated.
-Roding Lane South for the 366. It's in the past few months had a bus cage installed but for many years, it was just a bus standing in an unmarked layby. Come to think of it, the same arrangement was had at Cyprus as well... Anyway it could be due to the lack of stand at the time, but for the life of me I genuinely cannot remember the 366's routing past Roding Lane East. In my mind, it's one continuous loop.
-Hermit Road (Canning Town) stand for the 474. I love it for the fact that almost no one boards at what is technically the first stop, unless it's residents immediately adjacent to the stand or in extreme elements where you seek shelter and the hopes of early boarding.
-Wanstead, particularly coming in on the 101. It was a very scenic journey when it went out to Gallions Reach but Woodbine Place added to it. It shamefully oozes decades of existence and it's often nice to see the 101, 308 and W12 jostle for stand space.
Other mentions include Hampstead Heath and Highbury Barn which give off this fabulous sensation of being placed in a quiet countryside town despite being in the middle of London.
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Post by northlondon83 on Dec 13, 2022 11:32:23 GMT
H13 at Ruislip Lido and St Vincent's, both locations are the nearest that a bus route has to each other apart from circular routes
22 at Putney Common, despite being close to central London, it has a very scenic feel
Heathrow Central, probably the only termini you can't access by foot
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Post by stuckonthe486 on Dec 13, 2022 15:22:05 GMT
Beechanlea Lane in Swanley on the 233. It’s literally a weird little bit of road with nothing around it before you get to the M20/M25 junction. It would be much more useful being re-routed slightly and terminating at the Station. That's got to be a hangover from the old days of the London Country garage at Swanley (now Go Coach), which is the stop before and I think used to be the old 21A terminal many years ago. Had to use that stop in the summer, actually (had to get to Crockenhill football club, was quite a jolt to hop off the 233 and be walking through farmland soon after) and there's a fair number of homes down that end of Swanley. All that said, a reroute to the station would make some sense - there's more housing down there, you're in walking distance to Crockenhill village and the station takes Oyster. I wonder if it's ever been looked into. |
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Post by stuckonthe486 on Dec 13, 2022 15:27:22 GMT
146 in Downe is the winner for me - outside the village church and two pubs. Fabulous. And a lovely area to explore.
A close runner-up is the 464 at Tatsfield - on the village green, right outside the Old Ship. Glorious.
(You might be able to spot a theme here.)
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