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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2008 19:49:19 GMT
I wondered how long it would take for your sarcastic comments Bighat, and 193 is not a piddly little route actually its a very crowded very used route. Thankfully very few people on here have the same poor attitude as you.
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Post by dla389 on Dec 9, 2008 21:05:00 GMT
Unfortunately tonight when a driver took over the 193 outside romford station, he never activated the ibus system, when I asked him as I got off the bus he reckoned he was going to do it at the terminus. Its amazing how drivers can be allowed to get away with this. Especially as this system is costing TfL nd taxpayers a considerable amount of money. P.S. I do realise it is only the minority of drivers who do this so no offense intended to anyone. Well, it's not exactly the crime of the century, is it? On a piddly little route like the 193, hardly worth having it anyway! Every single bus route in London is worth having iBus.
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Post by john on Dec 9, 2008 22:44:08 GMT
Unfortunately tonight when a driver took over the 193 outside romford station, he never activated the ibus system, when I asked him as I got off the bus he reckoned he was going to do it at the terminus. Its amazing how drivers can be allowed to get away with this. Especially as this system is costing TfL nd taxpayers a considerable amount of money. P.S. I do realise it is only the minority of drivers who do this so no offense intended to anyone. Well, it's not exactly the crime of the century, is it? On a piddly little route like the 193, hardly worth having it anyway! Sorry Bighat, you're wrong there mate. The 193 is one of the busiest routes in Romford at times. Granted, during the day and possibly on Sundays, it isn't the busiest, but i tell you what, outside of these it could easily operate with full size single deckers. It's only the stretch of road between the Hacton Lane Estate and Wingletye Lane that stops it. Also, any route that requires a frequency of every 10-12 minutes can't exactly be called "piddly"
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2008 23:09:31 GMT
Well, it's not exactly the crime of the century, is it? On a piddly little route like the 193, hardly worth having it anyway! Sorry Bighat, you're wrong there mate. The 193 is one of the busiest routes in Romford at times. Granted, during the day and possibly on Sundays, it isn't the busiest, but i tell you what, outside of these it could easily operate with full size single deckers. It's only the stretch of road between the Hacton Lane Estate and Wingletye Lane that stops it. Also, any route that requires a frequency of every 10-12 minutes can't exactly be called "piddly" Well, my local route, the 366 started off with breadvans from Docklands. Now it has a PVR of 15, and a headway of 10-12 mins, and it's still worse for it. Conversely, I remember when the 193 was a REAL bus route, running from Barking to Romford (and beyond at times), via Ilford and Chadwell Heath. It was cut back and cut back, and I now see it as a 'piddly little route' hang out of the @rse end of Romford. ;D ;D ;D My humble opinion FWIW.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2008 23:34:45 GMT
I wondered how long it would take for your sarcastic comments Bighat, and 193 is not a piddly little route actually its a very crowded very used route. Thankfully very few people on here have the same poor attitude as you. Not at all. I'm surprised that you even had the gaul to bother the driver over such a matter, especially if, as you say, 'it's a very crowded and very used route'. I'm sure he was really impressed that a 'wannabe' mystery traveller such as yourself held up the thronging masses on this busy route to remind him of his abject failure in this vital area. ;D Seriously, this is obviously a 'local' commuter route. How many of it's patrons will miss such information?
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Post by john on Dec 10, 2008 13:28:08 GMT
Sorry Bighat, you're wrong there mate. The 193 is one of the busiest routes in Romford at times. Granted, during the day and possibly on Sundays, it isn't the busiest, but i tell you what, outside of these it could easily operate with full size single deckers. It's only the stretch of road between the Hacton Lane Estate and Wingletye Lane that stops it. Also, any route that requires a frequency of every 10-12 minutes can't exactly be called "piddly" Well, my local route, the 366 started off with breadvans from Docklands. Now it has a PVR of 15, and a headway of 10-12 mins, and it's still worse for it. Conversely, I remember when the 193 was a REAL bus route, running from Barking to Romford (and beyond at times), via Ilford and Chadwell Heath. It was cut back and cut back, and I now see it as a 'piddly little route' hang out of the @rse end of Romford. ;D ;D ;D My humble opinion FWIW. Well, i must admit that i used to think that of the 193 until i started using it on a regular basis going to Havering 6th Form. My views on it changed completely after those 2 years. If it wasn't for the back streets that it does serve, i'm sure it would have much larger vehicles on the route
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Post by greeny253 on Dec 10, 2008 18:16:03 GMT
Well, my local route, the 366 started off with breadvans from Docklands. Now it has a PVR of 15, and a headway of 10-12 mins, and it's still worse for it. Conversely, I remember when the 193 was a REAL bus route, running from Barking to Romford (and beyond at times), via Ilford and Chadwell Heath. It was cut back and cut back, and I now see it as a 'piddly little route' hang out of the @rse end of Romford. ;D ;D ;D My humble opinion FWIW. Well, i must admit that i used to think that of the 193 until i started using it on a regular basis going to Havering 6th Form. My views on it changed completely after those 2 years. If it wasn't for the back streets that it does serve, i'm sure it would have much larger vehicles on the route The 57reg DML's are blinded for the 193 though I'm not sure they'd fit . In point of fact I find the 193 quicker for getting to Hornchurch from Romford.
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Post by john on Dec 10, 2008 23:58:59 GMT
That's the exact reason i used to use it getting home from college lol. Was only about a minute or two quicker than the 248, but when i had to catch a 103 with my then girlfriend to her place, it was all the difference, especially considering the 103 was then operated by Arriva
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Post by john on Dec 13, 2008 2:44:15 GMT
I was thinking the other day about how useful it would be if they could install a clock on the iBus display. It could easily be located under the route diagram/stop name. Then, when the bell is pressed, it could be replaced by the bus stopping display. Apologies if this has already been mentioned, but my brain has started thinking now that my local route/s have been installed
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Post by lc1 on Dec 13, 2008 6:17:03 GMT
I was thinking the other day about how useful it would be if they could install a clock on the iBus display. It could easily be located under the route diagram/stop name. Then, when the bell is pressed, it could be replaced by the bus stopping display. Apologies if this has already been mentioned, but my brain has started thinking now that my local route/s have been installed I think lonmark suggested it a while ago and like then I agree it is a good idea.
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Post by john on Dec 13, 2008 14:43:43 GMT
I thought someone had mentioned it earlier. It's just so annoying that Romford is one of the last to be having the routes installed
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2008 15:33:11 GMT
I thought someone had mentioned it earlier. Yes I did, because the buses on the 3 had a clock which I always found to be useful. It would be such a trivial thing to add, and the bottom line of the display is blank most of the time, so it seems a useful addition for little effort.
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Post by john on Dec 25, 2008 16:28:47 GMT
Rather than class it as a fault, i thought i'd put it on here. There are two stops on the 499 route that are classed as Straight Road. The first one is at the traffic light junction of Straight Road and Broxhill Road while the other is at Straight Road and Hilldene Avenue. As i said, both are announced, and shown on the stops, as Straight Road. Could there be a way of renaming the one nearest Broxhill Road to something more suitable, like Broxhill Road?
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Post by linus on Dec 25, 2008 21:41:19 GMT
To note a couple of misleading iBus / stop names: "Edgware Road Station" on routes 6, 16 etc. This only serves the Bakerloo Line station, although there are of course two completely separate stations called Edgware Road, a good 5 minutes walk apart, and the majority will change to/from the Circle/District/H&C station, for which the closest bust stop on Edgware Road is Sussex Gardens.
This stop should be called "Edgware Road Circle Line Station", and the other one "Edgware Road Bakerloo Line Station".
It would be better to rename the Bakerloo station itself – how about Harrow Road as it's right by the well-known flyover?
The second is the stop about 200 yards west of the Cricklewood Broadway / Cricklewood Lane crossroads (Crown) on the 260, 226, 266 and 460. This is pointlessly called "Cricklewood Broadway" although the previous stop on those routes is either on or much nearer the Broadway.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2008 22:11:25 GMT
To note a couple of misleading iBus / stop names: "Edgware Road Station" on routes 6, 16 etc. This only serves the Bakerloo Line station, although there are of course two completely separate stations called Edgware Road, a good 5 minutes walk apart, and the majority will change to/from the Circle/District/H&C station, for which the closest bust stop on Edgware Road is Sussex Gardens. This stop should be called "Edgware Road Circle Line Station", and the other one "Edgware Road Bakerloo Line Station". It would be better to rename the Bakerloo station itself – how about Harrow Road as it's right by the well-known flyover? Totally, it should be redone as 'Edgware Road Station (Bakerloo line)' just like what's done in Shepherds' Bush. Although the Hammersmith & City line station is renamed, it hasn't been changed to just 'Shepherd's Bush Station'.
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