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Post by WH241 on Jul 29, 2024 19:15:47 GMT
LT692 on Route N68 with the front blind showing "68 Holborn". This is currently stuck in a line alongside other buses (a NIS 188, a 139, a 341 and an N343) while heading towards Aldwych due to a car catching fire by the Lancaster Place stop. The fire brigade are at the scene currently. Yes, LTs are doing the N68 nightly without blinds for N68, which is ridiculous. Displaying ‘Holborn 68’ towards Tottenham Court Road and ‘West Norwood 68’ towards Old Coulsdon, which is very misleading and confusing. I don’t understand why the N68 is usually half LT-allocated each night if they don’t have the blinds for it, and if there actually are buses at WL which do Way outside my local area but I thought the N68 couldn't take LTs?
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Post by SouthLondoner468 on Jul 29, 2024 19:43:56 GMT
Yes, LTs are doing the N68 nightly without blinds for N68, which is ridiculous. Displaying ‘Holborn 68’ towards Tottenham Court Road and ‘West Norwood 68’ towards Old Coulsdon, which is very misleading and confusing. I don’t understand why the N68 is usually half LT-allocated each night if they don’t have the blinds for it, and if there actually are buses at WL which do Way outside my local area but I thought the N68 couldn't take LTs? I can’t imagine anywhere where LTs would be a problem along the N68. Apparently the problem was in Old Coulsdon, but once again, I still can’t imagine where. Anyways, these nightly occurrences have shown that there isn’t a problem anymore, or that the problem is very minor
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Post by greenboy on Jul 29, 2024 20:26:17 GMT
Yes, LTs are doing the N68 nightly without blinds for N68, which is ridiculous. Displaying ‘Holborn 68’ towards Tottenham Court Road and ‘West Norwood 68’ towards Old Coulsdon, which is very misleading and confusing. I don’t understand why the N68 is usually half LT-allocated each night if they don’t have the blinds for it, and if there actually are buses at WL which do Way outside my local area but I thought the N68 couldn't take LTs? That's what I thought, there were some problems with parked vehicles at Old Coulsdon but it would appear that LTs can manage with care.
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Post by ThinLizzy on Jul 30, 2024 12:22:06 GMT
128 to Barkingside Fremantle Road
364 to Dagenham Heathway
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Post by Busboy105 on Jul 30, 2024 15:29:44 GMT
221 to Wood Green
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Post by matthieu1221 on Jul 30, 2024 18:06:56 GMT
390 stand at Victoria cordoned off, with an LT inside it. LT104x from what I could see, couldn't see the last digit of the reg.
Relatively rare WHV on the 36!
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Post by LVF_Admin on Jul 30, 2024 19:49:20 GMT
390 stand at Victoria cordoned off, with an LT inside it. LT104x from what I could see, couldn't see the last digit of the reg. Relatively rare WHV on the 36! There's only one WHV at NX WHV50 can appear pretty much anywhere but usually on 321
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Post by ronnie on Jul 31, 2024 7:22:29 GMT
335 to Blackheath royal standard
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Post by bustavane on Jul 31, 2024 8:51:57 GMT
390 stand at Victoria cordoned off, with an LT inside it. LT104x from what I could see, couldn't see the last digit of the reg. Relatively rare WHV on the 36! There's only one WHV at NX WHV50 can appear pretty much anywhere but usually on 321 It did the N89 last night/this morning.
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Post by cybermike137 on Jul 31, 2024 14:34:26 GMT
410 SLS9 to Norwood Junction
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Post by PGAT on Jul 31, 2024 14:36:05 GMT
Just had a look on LVF and it looks like the Wallington Station ibus glitch has been fixed
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Post by greg on Jul 31, 2024 21:46:03 GMT
I don’t know if anyone is local to Central London (unfortunately I am) but I’m just gonna talk about the Oxford Street changes. They are horrible. I’ve recently moved jobs and am now just of the river to Vauxhall, and commute using the 88. Usually this journey was done in 20-30 minutes, any time of the day. The fact this has happened 3 times within 2 weeks is strange. The Oxford Circus road changes has made absolute mayhem on Margaret Street with the closures in Mortimer Street and around the Square. Today, on the 88 we didn’t pass a single stop for 35 minutes between New Cavendish Street and Oxford Circus. The 88 infront which was 12 minutes before the one I was on was stuck at the traffic light for almost HOURS while oncoming traffic from the Square now just turn onto Margaret Street and the yellow box (where vehicles cannot be stationary) just meant the 88 never made it. I boarded in the Regent’s Park area / Euston Road at 11:50 and at 12:45 we were still inbetween New Cavendish Street and Oxford Street. There were seven 88s behind us and 5 453’s. If it takes 45 minutes to pass a single stop…. Really??? And ive seen a huge increase now of 453s turned to OXO and my local 88 just in hibernation, knowhere to be seen. What the f is going on?? It also seems to be hurt the 12 and 22 a good bit as they also turn on Margaret Street, but the 55/73 go down Mortimer and the 159 avoids it all going down St John Princes Street.
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Post by george on Aug 1, 2024 0:25:14 GMT
3071 on the N133. First electric on the route?
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Post by vjaska on Aug 1, 2024 0:36:37 GMT
3071 on the N133. First electric on the route? Some have performed on the N133 before
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Post by matthieu1221 on Aug 1, 2024 12:53:57 GMT
I don’t know if anyone is local to Central London (unfortunately I am) but I’m just gonna talk about the Oxford Street changes. They are horrible. I’ve recently moved jobs and am now just of the river to Vauxhall, and commute using the 88. Usually this journey was done in 20-30 minutes, any time of the day. The fact this has happened 3 times within 2 weeks is strange. The Oxford Circus road changes has made absolute mayhem on Margaret Street with the closures in Mortimer Street and around the Square. Today, on the 88 we didn’t pass a single stop for 35 minutes between New Cavendish Street and Oxford Circus. The 88 infront which was 12 minutes before the one I was on was stuck at the traffic light for almost HOURS while oncoming traffic from the Square now just turn onto Margaret Street and the yellow box (where vehicles cannot be stationary) just meant the 88 never made it. I boarded in the Regent’s Park area / Euston Road at 11:50 and at 12:45 we were still inbetween New Cavendish Street and Oxford Street. There were seven 88s behind us and 5 453’s. If it takes 45 minutes to pass a single stop…. Really??? And ive seen a huge increase now of 453s turned to OXO and my local 88 just in hibernation, knowhere to be seen. What the f is going on?? It also seems to be hurt the 12 and 22 a good bit as they also turn on Margaret Street, but the 55/73 go down Mortimer and the 159 avoids it all going down St John Princes Street. In the long-run (after the works are done), the situation should hopefully improve with Oxford Circus reduced to 2 traffic light phases in a cycle. The current cycle is far too long (complicated by the need for an extremely long pedestrian phase due to the diagonal) which isn't fantastic especially considering the lane reductions on the junction approaches post-Covid.
It happening since two weeks ago fits into the works starting on July 15th ( link here for the details).
A diversion which could help in extreme cases like the above is forward New Cavendish Street at intersection with Portland Place, left Harley Street (which iirc buses can take on diversion so is passable), around Cavendish Square, Henriette Place, left Vere Street, left Oxford Street, right Regent Street at Oxford Circus. It's long but will certainly never take 45 minutes, at most probably around 10 (Google Maps gives it 7 at the moment vs 7 straight down Portland Place/Regent Street).
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