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Post by rugbyref on Jun 1, 2018 19:17:48 GMT
When a driver ignores both passengers ringing the bell 200 yards before a request stop, and only stops when you yell at him to stop, wouldn’t you think an apology would be in order? Perhaps this driver on the R1 today was fed up with the borrowed bus that seemed to be fueled with kangaroo diesel!
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Post by grubbysa on Jun 3, 2018 12:19:52 GMT
Absolutely disgusting behavior by a Go Ahead London controller. On WVL462 and two wheelchair users refused travel as ramp is broken. Driver did his best and called control, they tell him to carry on. Driver said he should not be driving a bus without a working ramp but iBus hanged up. Absolute disgrace.
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Post by sid on Jun 3, 2018 12:53:42 GMT
Absolutely disgusting behavior by a Go Ahead London controller. On WVL462 and two wheelchair users refused travel as ramp is broken. Driver did his best and called control, they tell him to carry on. Driver said he should not be driving a bus without a working ramp but iBus hanged up. Absolute disgrace. In fairness the ramp may have been working when the bus left the garage? I'm not sure what else the controller could do quite honestly except get the bus subbed as soon as possible?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2018 14:23:29 GMT
Whoa, on the 112 I was on just now a lady came to the back near where I was sitting. There is me on the rear near side seat and and a gentleman opposite on the offside seat so three seats in between. On the row in front are a couple, one on each two pair seat. The woman asks the lady in front of me (sitting aisle-side) to let her in so she could sit at the window seat.
The lady sitting looks back, points to the three vacant seats and turns away. The standing woman loooks P*******SSED and the man, seemingly attempting to calm her down, suggests there is plenty of space at the back. The standing woman, quite firmly, says “it’s too hot there” and the man calls his partner to sit with him. That could’ve been a very bad situation.
I don’t like it when people sit next to me but where is the humanity nowadays?
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Post by RandomBusesGirl on Jun 4, 2018 8:07:31 GMT
What the hell is the matter with 57s lately!! Twice in a row they casually drove past my stop in Streatham despite having pressed the bell. Told the driver "do you think I've pressed the bell for fun?!". And today a northbound one whizzes past my stop without checking if anyone is waiting for it!! Nearly made me late to work 😤 Officially had enough, so it's reporting time. Also will mention the awful bus presentation that's been plaguing Always Lazy [AL] lately, like 4-5 buses driving without headlight covers for weeks now... E103 having one missing
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Post by galwhv69 on Jun 4, 2018 18:11:53 GMT
What the hell is the matter with 57s lately!! Twice in a row they casually drove past my stop in Streatham despite having pressed the bell. Told the driver "do you think I've pressed the bell for fun?!". And today a northbound one whizzes past my stop without checking if anyone is waiting for it!! Nearly made me late to work 😤 Officially had enough, so it's reporting time. Also will mention the awful bus presentation that's been plaguing Always Lazy [AL] lately, like 4-5 buses driving without headlight covers for weeks now... E103 having one missing Always see them with no covers,is it even legal? At this point,a thread about AL and its mishaps should be created
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Post by londonbusexplorer on Jun 5, 2018 20:37:02 GMT
Does anyone know whether any extra buses will be running in the peak hours for the Jubilee Line strike tomorrow and on what routes?
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Post by Alex on Jun 5, 2018 20:39:47 GMT
Does anyone know whether any extra buses will be running in the peak hours for the Jubilee Line strike tomorrow and on what routes? The strike was called off earlier.
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Post by londonbusexplorer on Jun 5, 2018 20:58:32 GMT
Does anyone know whether any extra buses will be running in the peak hours for the Jubilee Line strike tomorrow and on what routes? The strike was called off earlier. Thank you for letting me know
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2018 22:14:44 GMT
A special thanks to the driver of WVL282 on the 321 at 23.11 for not letting me off dispite pushing the bell. He let passengers on but didn't open the exit door. I rang the bell again, he ignored it again. He then proceeded to drive to the traffic lights and I then walked over to him and he THEN let me off. 😡😡😡😡
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Post by T.R. on Jun 7, 2018 14:34:32 GMT
!!!! Due to HS2 works, Eversholt Street is closed from June 7th (today) to June 25th. Avoid Euston & Hampstead Roads if possible. Then due to a gas leak, we’re down to one lane on the Euston Road.
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Post by ronnie on Jun 7, 2018 16:27:31 GMT
A historical question dating back to 2011 - 12 (and apologies if this is the wrong place to ask): I vaguely remember that in 2011-12, the 205 (at least on the way from Paddington to Bow Church) after the Old Street roundabout, went through City Road, South Place, Eldon Street, Blomfield Street, London Wall, Camomile Street, Houndsditch and so on. Subsequently, due to Crossrail works, it was "temporarily" diverted to its current routeing of Old Street, Great Eastern Street, Shoreditch, Bishopsgate and so on and so forth. Does anyone know if there are any plans of going back to the original route, or is this a "permanent" temporary diversion? Assuming that my memory is correct in the first place ...
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Post by T.R. on Jun 7, 2018 20:06:58 GMT
A historical question dating back to 2011 - 12 (and apologies if this is the wrong place to ask): I vaguely remember that in 2011-12, the 205 (at least on the way from Paddington to Bow Church) after the Old Street roundabout, went through City Road, South Place, Eldon Street, Blomfield Street, London Wall, Camomile Street, Houndsditch and so on. Subsequently, due to Crossrail works, it was "temporarily" diverted to its current routeing of Old Street, Great Eastern Street, Shoreditch, Bishopsgate and so on and so forth. Does anyone know if there are any plans of going back to the original route, or is this a "permanent" temporary diversion? Assuming that my memory is correct in the first place ... IIRC It was made permanent around the time the current contract started around 2014-2015. Brief exposition: Prior to the Crossrail works, the 205 (and the 100) had an eastbound double run via Liverpool Street Bus Station (westbound they stopped outside the Railway Tavern on Liverpool Street. When Crossrail works started, the 205 was diverted as you mentioned from Blomfield Street direct to London Wall. Initially it and the 100 continued to serve LST eastbound but this was short-lived. At the same time the 133 was diverted away from Moorgate to operate via Old Broad Street & Threadneedle Street (which also since became permanent). Following completion of the Broadgate entrance to Crossrail’s Elizabeth Line, Liverpool Street will be pedestrianised between Old Broad Street / Sun Street Passage and Blomfield Street - so we won’t get that routing back unfortunately. Edit: redexpress - IIRC the 214 will stand on Blomfield Street with the 153 returning to LST bus station.
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Post by redexpress on Jun 7, 2018 20:09:55 GMT
A historical question dating back to 2011 - 12 (and apologies if this is the wrong place to ask): I vaguely remember that in 2011-12, the 205 (at least on the way from Paddington to Bow Church) after the Old Street roundabout, went through City Road, South Place, Eldon Street, Blomfield Street, London Wall, Camomile Street, Houndsditch and so on. Subsequently, due to Crossrail works, it was "temporarily" diverted to its current routeing of Old Street, Great Eastern Street, Shoreditch, Bishopsgate and so on and so forth. Does anyone know if there are any plans of going back to the original route, or is this a "permanent" temporary diversion? Assuming that my memory is correct in the first place ... Your memory is correct, the 205 used to run via Moorgate. The diversion via Shoreditch was introduced on 22 July 2013, initially temporarily as you say, but this was officially made permanent on 31 Jan 2015. IIRC there was a consultation on the matter in 2014.
As far as I'm concerned the diversion is a good thing, as it provides useful links to Shoreditch, while the 214 still serves Moorgate (and should return to Liverpool Street at some point in the future).
There's a bit of a quirk with the N205, as this route was introduced in November 2013 and was officially meant to run via Moorgate, but of course the "temporary" diversion was already in place. With the diversion being made permanent, this means the N205 never ran via its original official route.
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Post by 725DYE on Jun 7, 2018 22:22:46 GMT
So one thing that has been brought to my attention recently is the fact that tons of destinations on bus routes have been changed (audio-wise) on buses. Most notably in my area, West Croydon and Addington Village have been changed, as well as Epsom Hospital being changed to Epsom General Hospital* *Personally I think this one is just plain useless. It may still be called to as Epsom General Hospital but practically no one calls it that anymore and what was wrong with the previous Epsom Hospital ones anyway. Besides, even ENL101 with its brand new blinds still just displays "Epsom Hospital" on the front. And once again with the West Croydon and Addington Village announcements, no need for those changes either. I can assure you that nobody has ever sat on a 154 or 466 or whatever and thought you know what, these announcements sound terrible if only they'd re-record them! Coupled to the abysmal new Central Line announcements which have yet again given me another excuse to avoid the 1992TS, I think I'm starting to see a new pattern as to what TFL is spending money saved from cutting everything in sight!
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