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Post by galwhv69 on Mar 27, 2018 17:35:23 GMT
The countdown at Streatham St Leonards has finally returned after a good few months after vandals destroyed the stop and the new stop not having a screen🙂
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Post by vjaska on Mar 27, 2018 17:58:53 GMT
The countdown at Streatham St Leonards has finally returned after a good few months after vandals destroyed the stop and the new stop not having a screen🙂 Yet two stops in Brixton which had countdown screens before they were moved and had new shelters installed still don’t have countdown screens. The stops in question are the southbound Brixton Water Lane stop on Brixton Hill which is my local stop and the westbound Lambeth Town Hall stop on Acre Lane.
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Post by enviroPB on Mar 27, 2018 19:05:21 GMT
I've used to live in New and High Barnet for about 10 years altogether. Its a pretty peaceful and uneventful area, although there are some parts that can be a bit more 'dangerous', mainly the estates as it is in more areas across the country. Shopping wise it wasn't really my cup of tea, I'm more of a bargain person so Waitrose didn't really suit my needs but if you like the more high end shops then Barnet has all you need, or you can just hop on a bus to somewhere like Edgware or Walthamstow for the bargains. Transport wise it depends on what you like. Its a very much Metroline dominated area with PB running most of the services, who do run their routes to a brilliant standard so that's the reliable services ticked, but if you like 'tender wars' then I can't see that happening in Barnet anytime soon. You've also got the Northern Line and Great Northern providing a quick link into Central London when you are in a rush, although the so called Great Northern does have a tendency to cancel the service you want, which on a every 30 mins frequency is rather frustrating to say the least! GTR aren't the best, but frequent enough trains into London (Moorgate). I used to fix the ticket machines at New Barnet. It seems a quiet enough area if you can deal with the "Metroline Everything" aspect of being there. To quote Monday Night Football's Jamie Carragher, you're 'spitting distance' from the countryside as well I genuinely have no words, just an extreme bout of the giggles!
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Post by busoccultation on Mar 27, 2018 20:07:33 GMT
In Ilford both stops are closed at Northbrook Road, again without replacement. Also in Ilford the paving works have resulted in the closure of one of the main stops at the station. There actually is a temporary stop located past the pedestrian crossing near a betting shop but there's no dolly stop just a temporary flag attached to a lamp post but no route numbers showing nor any other notice. Bizarrely not a single person was waiting at this stop but more than double the normal amount at Beal Road which is one heck of a trek from the station. Anyone who knows Ilford will know the station stops are very busy. In short what a mess. The Northbrook Road stops on both directions have now reopened. As of the temporary Ilford Station stop used by the 123, 145, 179 & 366 I've seen plenty of people waiting at that stop like it normally is at the usual stop next to Ilford Hill in the past week or so, however one problem is that sometimes it does block the road and other vehicles can't overtake the bus at that stop.
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Post by snowman on Mar 28, 2018 13:58:23 GMT
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Post by galwhv69 on Mar 28, 2018 17:27:13 GMT
The countdown at Streatham St Leonards has finally returned after a good few months after vandals destroyed the stop and the new stop not having a screen🙂 Yet two stops in Brixton which had countdown screens before they were moved and had new shelters installed still don’t have countdown screens. The stops in question are the southbound Brixton Water Lane stop on Brixton Hill which is my local stop and the westbound Lambeth Town Hall stop on Acre Lane. Ive found a document on the Tfl website showing a list of tempirary removals of countdown screens There are 2 in Brixton on the list tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/documents/temporary-countdown-sign-removals.pdf
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Post by galwhv69 on Mar 29, 2018 17:12:18 GMT
School is over!!!😉☺️🙂🤠😏😀😃Finally
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Post by lonmark on Mar 29, 2018 19:42:54 GMT
School is over!!!😉☺️🙂🤠😏😀😃Finally Oh no no no , there will be kids everywhere now in the high street just like the Weekend! haha
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Post by galwhv69 on Mar 29, 2018 19:48:33 GMT
School is over!!!😉☺️🙂🤠😏😀😃Finally Oh no no no , there will be kids everywhere now in the high street just like the Weekend! haha Don't look at me *cough cough*
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Post by cl54 on Mar 29, 2018 20:01:01 GMT
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Post by galwhv69 on Mar 30, 2018 7:50:21 GMT
What do bus drivers eat when they are hungry? Double Deckers,Of Course This made me laugh soooo hard!
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Post by M1104 on Mar 30, 2018 10:57:37 GMT
What do bus drivers eat when they are hungry? Double Deckers,Of Course This made me laugh soooo hard!
"A rich abundance of wheel nuts combined with smooth variants of fluids. The double-decker....helps keeps you going until meal relief"
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Post by galwhv69 on Mar 30, 2018 11:37:03 GMT
What do bus drivers eat when they are hungry? Double Deckers,Of Course This made me laugh soooo hard!
"A rich abundance of wheel nuts covered in smooth variants of fluids. The double-decker....helps[1] keeps you going until meal relief" [1] - fine print: not guaranteed against mechanical situations, late breaks, etc lmfao
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Post by enviroPB on Mar 30, 2018 13:18:05 GMT
TfL really needs to look over their standardisation parapet and play with a bank holiday weekend timetable, particularly for night buses. Taking night buses around London Bridge & Aldgate last night, a weekend night service would've really benefited routes like the 35N (I'll come back to that one in a bit). My N15 was packed to the point where people were being left behind. I don't see why TfL don't bite the bullet and create bank holiday weekend schedules that put resources where they should be such as enhanced frequencies at shopping hours, and pull some resources during the late evening when they aren't needed. I don't want to divulge from night buses as that's where my gripe is. In places outside London, every bank holiday has a special timetable. Granted that is because smaller towns & cities are keen to pull services off the roads; but in Manchester for example, the August bank holiday sees night buses very akin to weekend schedules throughout the bank holiday. Thursday to Sunday night. TfGM caters for the nighttime demand with special timetables, I don't see why TfL can't do the same. Sigh; I await the next big bank holiday in August where the Sunday night night bus service will be inadequate for awaiting passengers, particularly induced by revellers from Notting Hill Carnival. As for the 35N and seeing it fail to cope with 3pbh last night when people were out in their droves; well 4pbh won't make a vast difference to that. The service levels from Saturday will be lower than at anytime before the Olympics in 2012, and the N35 was leaving people behind then....
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Post by trickymicky on Mar 30, 2018 16:10:22 GMT
"A rich abundance of wheel nuts covered in smooth variants of fluids. The double-decker....helps[1] keeps you going until meal relief" [1] - fine print: not guaranteed against mechanical situations, late breaks, etc lmfao omg 😂😂
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