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Post by northlondon83 on Oct 12, 2023 21:06:21 GMT
Bar the Oyster card for kids and students. And now that most people have contactless cards do you ever think that the Oyster card would ever be scrapped? It is still useful. You can add railcard to your oyster which is beneficial. Not sure how you would do that of you scrapped oysters
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Oct 12, 2023 21:31:15 GMT
Bar the Oyster card for kids and students. And now that most people have contactless cards do you ever think that the Oyster card would ever be scrapped? It is still useful. You can add railcard to your oyster which is beneficial. Not sure how you would do that of you scrapped oysters You have the bigger issue of season tickets, I'm a bit surprised the ability to link a season ticket to a Bank card doesn't exist.
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Post by yunus on Oct 13, 2023 19:59:35 GMT
Continuing from the tender result, I have a Question:
Are Scania's common outside of London? I would think so as they are Diesel.
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Post by towerman on Oct 13, 2023 21:22:26 GMT
Stagecoach have quite a few Scanias in my area Northamptonshire.
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Post by vjaska on Oct 13, 2023 22:39:07 GMT
Continuing from the tender result, I have a Question: Are Scania's common outside of London? I would think so as they are Diesel. Yes - as mentioned by towerman, Stagecoach have many Scania Enviro 400's of various ages and many other operators have brought similar models or Omnicity DD's over the years. NTC at one point was ordering pretty much exclusively Scanias and many parts of the Go-Ahead group have had or still do have Scanias. It's not about them being a diesel - they are generally favoured among drivers and are pretty reliable AFAIK.
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Post by britishguy54 on Oct 14, 2023 10:54:37 GMT
Bar the Oyster card for kids and students. And now that most people have contactless cards do you ever think that the Oyster card would ever be scrapped? I don’t see the Oyster card getting scrapped. Even if contactless cards are very common, getting rid of the Oyster card is a bad move. If it were to happen, expect TfL to just let kids and students on for free with no checks. It means more chances for people to bypass based on their young looks, and making the services less accessible since there’s no cash option anyway.
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Post by matthieu1221 on Oct 16, 2023 10:18:28 GMT
I think it was in a few Board papers that TfL seemed committed to Oyster which did surprise me as they did strike me as wanting to get their hands off handling payment and 'outsource' it to contactless card firms eventually.
Would be nice if they could upgrade it though to expand it to cover the contactless only zones on the network though.
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Post by northlondon83 on Oct 21, 2023 19:08:49 GMT
Can buses run through the Rotherhithe Tunnel? I was thinking that rather than splitting the 108 in two routes when the blackwall tunnel is closed, divert it at Poplar All Saints via the A13 to the Rotherhithe Tunnel, then Lower Road and the 188 LOR to North Greenwich. You could also operate the 108 northbound through the Blackwall Tunnel, which means that routes are only on diversion in one direction.
Also why is the 330 always cut to Canning Town bus station when the Blackwall Tunnel is closed? Doesn't that cause stand space problems adding two extra routes there
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Oct 21, 2023 19:10:08 GMT
Can buses run through the Rotherhithe Tunnel? I was thinking that rather than splitting the 108 in two routes when the blackwall tunnel is closed, divert it at Poplar All Saints via the A13 to the Rotherhithe Tunnel, then Lower Road and the 188 LOR to North Greenwich. You could also operate the 108 northbound through the Blackwall Tunnel, which means that routes are only on diversion in one direction. Also why is the 330 always cut to Canning Town bus station when the Blackwall Tunnel is closed? Doesn't that cause stand space problems adding two extra routes there You're lucky to even fit a van in that tunnel. The 330 doesn't cause stand issues as nothing replaced it when it was extended.
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Post by WH241 on Oct 21, 2023 19:35:47 GMT
Can buses run through the Rotherhithe Tunnel? I was thinking that rather than splitting the 108 in two routes when the blackwall tunnel is closed, divert it at Poplar All Saints via the A13 to the Rotherhithe Tunnel, then Lower Road and the 188 LOR to North Greenwich. You could also operate the 108 northbound through the Blackwall Tunnel, which means that routes are only on diversion in one direction. Also why is the 330 always cut to Canning Town bus station when the Blackwall Tunnel is closed? Doesn't that cause stand space problems adding two extra routes there If you read my posts I mentioned several times the reason but will repeat again. When the tunnel is closed work takes place on the new Silvertown tunnel which affects the Lower Lea Crossing area.
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Post by vjaska on Oct 21, 2023 21:15:50 GMT
Can buses run through the Rotherhithe Tunnel? I was thinking that rather than splitting the 108 in two routes when the blackwall tunnel is closed, divert it at Poplar All Saints via the A13 to the Rotherhithe Tunnel, then Lower Road and the 188 LOR to North Greenwich. You could also operate the 108 northbound through the Blackwall Tunnel, which means that routes are only on diversion in one direction. Also why is the 330 always cut to Canning Town bus station when the Blackwall Tunnel is closed? Doesn't that cause stand space problems adding two extra routes there The last buses to run through the tunnel where minibuses on the 395 and before that the P14. There is a width restriction which prevent full sized buses from going through.
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Post by southlondonbus on Oct 21, 2023 21:48:09 GMT
Can buses run through the Rotherhithe Tunnel? I was thinking that rather than splitting the 108 in two routes when the blackwall tunnel is closed, divert it at Poplar All Saints via the A13 to the Rotherhithe Tunnel, then Lower Road and the 188 LOR to North Greenwich. You could also operate the 108 northbound through the Blackwall Tunnel, which means that routes are only on diversion in one direction. Also why is the 330 always cut to Canning Town bus station when the Blackwall Tunnel is closed? Doesn't that cause stand space problems adding two extra routes there The last buses to run through the tunnel where minibuses on the 395 and before that the P14. There is a width restriction which prevent full sized buses from going through. Closest thing to what could probably fit through would be the Solos on the W12 I'd imagine.
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Post by northlondon83 on Oct 21, 2023 21:49:06 GMT
Can buses run through the Rotherhithe Tunnel? I was thinking that rather than splitting the 108 in two routes when the blackwall tunnel is closed, divert it at Poplar All Saints via the A13 to the Rotherhithe Tunnel, then Lower Road and the 188 LOR to North Greenwich. You could also operate the 108 northbound through the Blackwall Tunnel, which means that routes are only on diversion in one direction. Also why is the 330 always cut to Canning Town bus station when the Blackwall Tunnel is closed? Doesn't that cause stand space problems adding two extra routes there The last buses to run through the tunnel where minibuses on the 395 and before that the P14. There is a width restriction which prevent full sized buses from going through. It's a shame because if there weren't any restrictions I think it would be a good idea to send a route or two through the tunnel
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Oct 21, 2023 21:52:51 GMT
The last buses to run through the tunnel where minibuses on the 395 and before that the P14. There is a width restriction which prevent full sized buses from going through. It's a shame because if there weren't any restrictions I think it would be a good idea to send a route or two through the tunnel What's funny is the actual central clearance on the tunnel is quite high, I'm sure if it was one way completely and if a decker drove through it carefully that it would get through. But as it's really narrow and two way, there's almost next to no clearance at all. Even driving through it I've humped the curb a few times. Looking forward to seeing the state of it when they toll the Blackwall and Silvertown tunnels.
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Post by WH241 on Oct 21, 2023 21:57:47 GMT
It's a shame because if there weren't any restrictions I think it would be a good idea to send a route or two through the tunnel What's funny is the actual central clearance on the tunnel is quite high, I'm sure if it was one way completely and if a decker drove through it carefully that it would get through. But as it's really narrow and two way, there's almost next to no clearance at all. Even driving through it I've humped the curb a few times. Looking forward to seeing the state of it when they toll the Blackwall and Silvertown tunnels. Many years ago Blue Triangle considered or even put in a bid to run RTs through the tunnel as they would have had enough clearance. I think it was for the 395.
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