Roads in London that have received a major boost.

[buspete]

So looking for roads in London that have had a major frequency boost, so 3 examples;

New Road, Abbey Wood - No bus route to 3 bus routes B11, 301 & 469, so now 13bph.

Hurst Road, Sidcup - 2bph 725/726 to 229 6 bph.

Avery Hill Road - no bus routes - B13/162 8 bph.

[southlondonbus]

The road between Aldgate and Liverpool Street went from 3 SD routes (42/78/100) in 2002 to now 4 DD routes (42/78/135/205) and 1 SD route (100). Wasn't really surprising TFL tried to remove 2 of them in an area that's very peak hour orientated.

[kmkcheng]

Aerodrome Rd, Colindale had no buses in 2009 to 2 bus routes (125 & 186) with 11bph by 2019

[WH241]

It's only one bus stop but part of Victoria Dock Road at Custom House went from 3 bus routes (147,325,N551) to 7 (147,241,300,304,325,474,N551).

[M1104]

Chelsea Bridge and part of Queenstown Road had just the 137 and over the years gained the 44, 360, 452 and most recently the 211. It also gained night routes N44 and N137

[matthieu1221]

Pentonville Road having an extra 12bph (in 2024-level frequences -- so would have been more during the Ken Expansion!) from having the 205 and 476 added.

City Road gained the 205 and 394 in addition to the existing 43 and 214.

Nine Elms Lane outside BPS going from just the 44 and 344 in the late 90s to having the 156, 211, 344 and 436 today.

Western end of London Wall went from the 172 (weekdays only iirc) to having daily service on both the 76 and 100.

If thinking about Sunday services Horseferry Road (none to 507 then 3) and Goswell Road and Aldersgate having a Sunday service added on the 4 so basically a doubling of bph when combined with the 56 on Sundays, same with Gray's Inn Road which only had the 45 operate 7 days a week with the 17 and 46 being weekdays only iirc -- guess which ones are left today!

Generally a lot of the City got a decent weekend boost during the simplification era, a bit of a culling recently and possibly stable in the future with a focus on the area becoming 7 days a week.

[vjaska]

Nothing really in my area, most corridors have had frequency increases but sure how massive the jumps have been - Brixton Hill has gained two routes and lost none since the early 90's (59 & 333) but the corridor did have 45, 109, 118, 133, 159 & 250 beforehand which is pretty good for the 90's.

[VWH1419]

You could probably add North Finchley (i.e Tally Ho Corner). Not only with superloop routes SL1 and SL10 but also 112 extension that cancel out cuts from 13. Someone on TfL likes that area. Too bad bus station is one of worst maintenance wise.

Can’t say same for my area sadly which has seen several route cuts 1-2 years back.

[mrhk]

Long Lane in its entirety only had routes U2 and U10 serving it before 2019, then the 278 came with 4bph.

[ian]

Aug 11, 2024 16:41:33 GMT VWH1419 said:

You could probably add North Finchley (i.e Tally Ho Corner). Not only with superloop routes SL1 and SL10 but also 112 extension that cancel out cuts from 13. Someone on TfL likes that area. Too bad bus station is one of worst maintenance wise.

Can’t say same for my area sadly which has seen several route cuts 1-2 years back.

I think it also gained the 383 extension in around 2020/21.

It has certainly made it a lot more useful as an interchange area even if the station is dire. 

[passingfordbridgeboy]

Shepherds Hill ,Harold Wood, only one new route,but instead of 4 journeys a day Mon to Sat 347 only, now 346 added, every 20 minutes 7 days a week.

[VWH1419]

Aug 11, 2024 21:43:26 GMT ian said:

Aug 11, 2024 16:41:33 GMT VWH1419 said:

You could probably add North Finchley (i.e Tally Ho Corner). Not only with superloop routes SL1 and SL10 but also 112 extension that cancel out cuts from 13. Someone on TfL likes that area. Too bad bus station is one of worst maintenance wise.

Can’t say same for my area sadly which has seen several route cuts 1-2 years back.

I think it also gained the 383 extension in around 2020/21.

It has certainly made it a lot more useful as an interchange area even if the station is dire. 

Ah yes even better. Totally slipped my mind for some reason.

[randomy]

Aug 11, 2024 16:41:33 GMT VWH1419 said:

You could probably add North Finchley (i.e Tally Ho Corner). Not only with superloop routes SL1 and SL10 but also 112 extension that cancel out cuts from 13. Someone on TfL likes that area. Too bad bus station is one of worst maintenance wise.

Can’t say same for my area sadly which has seen several route cuts 1-2 years back.

Should N271 count too?

[someone]

I can think of a reverse example: Bentham Road in Thamesmead (4 bus lines to just 2 excluding 672 school bus line)