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Post by redbus on Aug 1, 2018 18:05:39 GMT
I repeat, Tfl doesn’t care about people living on the section from Repton Road via Chelsfield to Glentrammon Road. For a significant part of the R1 route, it is the only service available, so the cut had a disproportionate impact. The R11 runs alongside other routes for the majority of its route. I am sorry to tell it is not just the R1 route, there are lots of routes which are the only route over a section which have been cut in frequency. Sadly I fear there will be many more such examples to come. |
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Post by cl54 on Aug 1, 2018 18:06:24 GMT
A short while ago the driver of MG 202 on the 386 thought it acceptable to drive most of the way from Woolwich to my stop in Herbert Road with one hand on the wheel and the other resting on his open window.
Wouldn't have happened in the good old days.
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Post by YY13VKP on Aug 1, 2018 19:15:59 GMT
A short while ago the driver of MG 202 on the 386 thought it acceptable to drive most of the way from Woolwich to my stop in Herbert Road with one hand on the wheel and the other resting on his open window. Wouldn't have happened in the good old days. Nothing wrong with that at all. Certainly not illegal as far as I’m aware. |
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Post by snoggle on Aug 1, 2018 19:58:16 GMT
As we touched on the subject of journey purposes and number of trips by mode in another thread I fell across the latest National Travel Survey stats released by the DfT. www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/nts04-purpose-of-tripsSpreadsheet ref NTS0409 is a good one to load up. It shows average number of trips by mode and by journey purpose. There are also stats stretching back several years so it's easy to compare trip rates. It specifically covers London buses and the Tube. Obviously it's not bang up to date but covers 2017. You can see that the volume of London bus journeys has been falling - personal business, shopping, leisure and business seem to be the categories most affected by decline. It is worth making the point that the figures are average per person over a year and for England as a whole. Therefore they give a "feel" for what is happening in London relative to elsewhere rather than a very specific London based survey. The Travel in London reports are much better for London specific info. Note that the data sheets for report 10 have at long last been published. The night bus usage graph shows a step change downwards in the trend lines post 2016. Looking at the numbers there is a round 220,000 drop per period in total trips - that'll come out at around 2.5m fewer trips over a year. tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/travel-in-london-reports |
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Post by sid on Aug 1, 2018 20:52:45 GMT
A short while ago the driver of MG 202 on the 386 thought it acceptable to drive most of the way from Woolwich to my stop in Herbert Road with one hand on the wheel and the other resting on his open window. Wouldn't have happened in the good old days. Nothing wrong with that at all. Certainly not illegal as far as I’m aware. Not illegal as such but it doesn't look good and I don't think Go Ahead would be too impressed, not exactly text book driving and it would certainly be enough to fail a driving test. |
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Post by Arriva London Explorer on Aug 2, 2018 9:34:48 GMT
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Post by M1104 on Aug 2, 2018 9:47:21 GMT
A short while ago the driver of MG 202 on the 386 thought it acceptable to drive most of the way from Woolwich to my stop in Herbert Road with one hand on the wheel and the other resting on his open window. Wouldn't have happened in the good old days. Bearing in mind power steering wasn't as effective then as with today's buses, having driven the DMS and Metros in comparison to the Volvo B7TLs and Dennis Dart/Tridents. I imagine the newer buses like the Enviros and hybrids are that much more powerful? |
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Post by snoggle on Aug 2, 2018 15:32:51 GMT
Bus diversion site noted on bus stop on Chingford Road. Affects the 158 and W16 this coming Monday night - I assume something is happening to the area at the Mount where these buses stand. Anyway the notice says 158 terminates at the Crooked Billet. For the W16 it says "towards Chingford Mount buses terminate at Chingford Hatch" and "towards Ilford buses start from Chingford Hatch". What isn't clear is if that means they turn at the New Road roundabout or whether they actually do go to the Hatch which is off the normal line of route. Towards *ILFORD*?     GET IN THE SEA, TFL! And naturally enough this change is not in the TfL realtime news for next Monday. However it seems that Markhouse Road will be shut each evening next week so the 58 and 158 run via Hoe St and Leyton High Rd and not via Markhouse Rd and Church Rd. |
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Post by cl54 on Aug 2, 2018 16:04:11 GMT
A short while ago the driver of MG 202 on the 386 thought it acceptable to drive most of the way from Woolwich to my stop in Herbert Road with one hand on the wheel and the other resting on his open window. Wouldn't have happened in the good old days. Bearing in mind power steering wasn't as effective then as with today's buses, having driven the DMS and Metros in comparison to the Volvo B7TLs and Dennis Dart/Tridents. I imagine the newer buses like the Enviros and hybrids are that much more powerful? Except that the route has a number of speed humps (some on a steep hill) that have seen better days and cars parked either side. Better control with both hands. |
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Post by DOE27 on Aug 2, 2018 16:14:18 GMT
The X26 timetable really is a shambles. I constantly find myself, on an X26, waiting at bus stop for 3-6 minutes because it is too early. The driver has to repeatedly play the ‘bus will wait for a short time’ at every stop, causing passengers to get angry & frustrated, wondering why we’re waiting at certain bus stops all the time. I really do think, at particular times of the day, TfL need to shorten some times between stops, especially during the week when they leave gaps of 10 minutes for example to travel between Cheam and North Cheam, or 12 minutes for Sutton and Carshalton. Has anyone else experienced this before on the X26?
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Post by sid on Aug 2, 2018 17:00:42 GMT
The X26 timetable really is a shambles. I constantly find myself, on an X26, waiting at bus stop for 3-6 minutes because it is too early. The driver has to repeatedly play the ‘bus will wait for a short time’ at every stop, causing passengers to get angry & frustrated, wondering why we’re waiting at certain bus stops all the time. I really do think, at particular times of the day, TfL need to shorten some times between stops, especially during the week when they leave gaps of 10 minutes for example to travel between Cheam and North Cheam, or 12 minutes for Sutton and Carshalton. Has anyone else experienced this before on the X26? I've not personally experienced that on the X26 but it really is ridiculous on a limited stop service, just reduce the running time and add more recovery time at the end of the route. I can certainly understand passengers getting frustrated and if it continues it will surely be another drop of passenger numbers? |
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Post by schedcomp on Aug 2, 2018 17:44:03 GMT
The X26 timetable really is a shambles. I constantly find myself, on an X26, waiting at bus stop for 3-6 minutes because it is too early. The driver has to repeatedly play the ‘bus will wait for a short time’ at every stop, causing passengers to get angry & frustrated, wondering why we’re waiting at certain bus stops all the time. I really do think, at particular times of the day, TfL need to shorten some times between stops, especially during the week when they leave gaps of 10 minutes for example to travel between Cheam and North Cheam, or 12 minutes for Sutton and Carshalton. Has anyone else experienced this before on the X26? I've not personally experienced that on the X26 but it really is ridiculous on a limited stop service, just reduce the running time and add more recovery time at the end of the route. I can certainly understand passengers getting frustrated and if it continues it will surely be another drop of passenger numbers? Might this be due to Summer Holidays? Putting together special schedules/rotas for summer hols is quite time consuming for any operator. Add to that hols are a popular time for roadworks. GAL has summer schedules on a vast number of AL routes and guess what major road works not far from the garage. This means that the routes with less running time & buses have fallen apart! With this unpredictable nature surely best to leave it alone. Even worse than hanging around are cancelled trips. The other issue is bus stop publicity. How often do you see a School/hols split on roadside displays? If GAL pull time out buses will either depart earlier than stated or later than stated. The latter is better but I can guarantee that either will result in complaints! |
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Post by Arriva London Explorer on Aug 2, 2018 18:32:41 GMT
What do you think of the 241 mad 147 at Keir Hardie estate is two buses too much for there?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2018 19:49:58 GMT
What do you think of the 241 mad 147 at Keir Hardie estate is two buses too much for there? These are my local routes what are you asking? I might be able to help. |
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Post by bookd on Aug 2, 2018 23:54:40 GMT
I suppose the issue with the X26 is that it has a clockface timetable.
If the schedule was,speeded up to allow for easy periods then peak journeys would not keep up; also when driving I have known it to take ages to get through Worcester Park and Kingston in the middle of the day for no apparent reason.
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GET IN THE SEA, TFL!