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Post by abellion on Jan 17, 2023 18:14:32 GMT
To me Thomas Lane, Catford, the terminus for the 160, 320 and 336, is an odd place to for the start of a route. I find it’s a bit of a backwater street with nothing outstanding and no clear identification that buses do serve it. I walked down there after missing a 320 with none for 20 or so minutes and it was quite peaceful |
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Post by DT 11 on Jan 17, 2023 19:21:44 GMT
To me Thomas Lane, Catford, the terminus for the 160, 320 and 336, is an odd place to for the start of a route. I find it’s a bit of a backwater street with nothing outstanding and no clear identification that buses do serve it. There is a sign in The Catford Centre indicating that the bus stop is round the corner however I believe it still states “B” I cannot remember the number. Local councils have got really poor and updating certain signage. |
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Post by gwiwer on Jan 20, 2023 22:10:41 GMT
Ongar - well beyond TfL territory. When it was served by LT the 175 (later 175A then 247B) was very lightly used often by just 2 - 3 passengers on market day trips and 1 or none other days. Absolutely no justification for restoring a service north of Passingford Bridge, however a restored link through to Abridge and Epping might do better.
Cripsey Avenue was an oddball terminus on the 175; through Ongar and out into a few homes beyond the town, reverse around a corner and stand in a quiet residential road. The school journey which ran only from there to the Red Cow before turning north again and running empty to Ongar High School Grounds (thence in service back to Romford) was another oddity.
465 at Dorking is a present-day quirk as it stands just short of the old DS garage site (which is no longer available for use by buses) and only exists under arrangement with Surrey CC yet is an Oyster-only service. All others in Surrey take cash / cards and charge a good deal more than £1.65 a trip.
The schoolday working on the 124 to Whitefoot Lane / Downderry Road ran "off map" in service to a stop not served by anything else and never shown on the LT bus maps of the time.
Who else remembers garage workings to the old UX shed halfway to Denham and well into "green bus" territory?
Among present-day oddities are the numerous stops on the R70 route "Towards Nurseylands" - a typo which has never been corrected to "Nurserylands" neither has it been updated to the current destination shown on the buses of Hampton - The Avenue.
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Post by stuckonthe486 on Jan 23, 2023 1:57:46 GMT
Ongar - well beyond TfL territory. When it was served by LT the 175 (later 175A then 247B) was very lightly used often by just 2 - 3 passengers on market day trips and 1 or none other days. Absolutely no justification for restoring a service north of Passingford Bridge, however a restored link through to Abridge and Epping might do better. Cripsey Avenue was an oddball terminus on the 175; through Ongar and out into a few homes beyond the town, reverse around a corner and stand in a quiet residential road. The school journey which ran only from there to the Red Cow before turning north again and running empty to Ongar High School Grounds (thence in service back to Romford) was another oddity. Someone has a photo of the last (ever) bus from Cripsey Avenue on Flickr, with a little history of how it all worked in the comments: flic.kr/p/qmbdTu |
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