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Post by vjaska on Apr 9, 2024 19:35:23 GMT
This is being dressed up as an improvement despite the fact several cuts have already occurred on the Old Kent Road corridor including the removal of one route. The assembly member for Lewisham & Greenwich is then quoted as saying this will improve links between Lewisham & Lambeth when the only bit of Lambeth that is getting it is the Waterloo corridor - the majority of the route will run through Southwark with the sothern end being in Lewisham. There are other ways, and better ones too, in improving links between Lambeth & Lewisham I thought it was only going to Elephant and Will drop off at the Charlie Chaplin so possibly won't even enter Lambeth. Even worse then, just a serious waste of time at this point
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Post by southlondonbus on Apr 9, 2024 20:02:58 GMT
I thought it was only going to Elephant and Will drop off at the Charlie Chaplin so possibly won't even enter Lambeth. Even worse then, just a serious waste of time at this point I might be wrong but the map looked like that.
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Post by evergreenadam on Apr 13, 2024 10:51:44 GMT
When was the last time that Lewisham and Elephant & Castle were directly linked by bus along the Old Kent Road?
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Post by southlondonbus on Apr 13, 2024 11:11:29 GMT
When was the last time that Lewisham and Elephant & Castle were directly linked by bus along the Old Kent Road? I don't think it ever has apart from the short spell when the 53 was diverted via Lewisham in 2002.
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Post by ronnie on Apr 13, 2024 11:37:46 GMT
When was the last time that Lewisham and Elephant & Castle were directly linked by bus along the Old Kent Road? I don't think it ever has apart from the short spell when the 53 was diverted via Lewisham in 2002. Out of curiosity why the long-winded diversion?
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Post by TB123 on Apr 13, 2024 11:43:52 GMT
I don't think it ever has apart from the short spell when the 53 was diverted via Lewisham in 2002. Out of curiosity why the long-winded diversion? There was a huge sinkhole opened on the A2 between Deptford and Blackheath, said to be relating to historic chalk mines. The PVR of the 53 increased to something like 75-100 with a variety of extra buses including many from the sixth emergency service of the time, Blue Triangle. The road was closed for 8 months with lane closures for 14 months.
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Post by southlondonbus on Apr 13, 2024 19:16:40 GMT
Out of curiosity why the long-winded diversion? There was a huge sinkhole opened on the A2 between Deptford and Blackheath, said to be relating to historic chalk mines. The PVR of the 53 increased to something like 75-100 with a variety of extra buses including many from the sixth emergency service of the time, Blue Triangle. The road was closed for 8 months with lane closures for 14 months. Blue Triangle at one point has Titans between New Cross Sainsburys and Elephant. This was just pre 453 aswell when the 53 well and truly had huge demand.
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Post by vjaska on Apr 14, 2024 0:05:38 GMT
There was a huge sinkhole opened on the A2 between Deptford and Blackheath, said to be relating to historic chalk mines. The PVR of the 53 increased to something like 75-100 with a variety of extra buses including many from the sixth emergency service of the time, Blue Triangle. The road was closed for 8 months with lane closures for 14 months. Blue Triangle at one point has Titans between New Cross Sainsburys and Elephant. This was just pre 453 aswell when the 53 well and truly had huge demand. Stagecoach also helped out IIRC?
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Post by mkay315 on Apr 14, 2024 6:59:46 GMT
Blue Triangle at one point has Titans between New Cross Sainsburys and Elephant. This was just pre 453 aswell when the 53 well and truly had huge demand. Stagecoach also helped out IIRC? Along with East Thames buses as some of their DAFs appeared on it
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