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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2013 18:51:10 GMT
428 I think could go to x20 mins on a Sunday. And a Sunday service on the B12 is long overdue. Agree about the 428, I've seen buses arrive and leave Bluewater packed on Sundays, could also do with double deckers spare from the 160 and 492 on Sundays. Also at Bluewater, although not a TfL route, a hourly Sunday service on the 499 is rather poor. |
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Post by beaver14uk on Mar 4, 2013 19:01:23 GMT
With the exception of certain school journeys I think it better to have deckers on the 428 and put the singles on the 492. I believe there are finally plans to introduce a Sunday service on the B12. 428 I think could go to x20 mins on a Sunday. And a Sunday service on the B12 is long overdue. Agree about the 428, I've seen buses arrive and leave Bluewater packed on Sundays, could also do with double deckers spare from the 160 and 492 on Sundays. Also at Bluewater, although not a TfL route, a hourly Sunday service on the 499 is rather poor. |
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Post by lc1 on Mar 4, 2013 21:20:41 GMT
With the exception of certain school journeys I think it better to have deckers on the 428 and put the singles on the 492. I believe there are finally plans to introduce a Sunday service on the B12. How strange as we spoke about this with the 428 and 492 on Friday in the pub ;D must say I do agree with you (from my infrequent 428 trips) As for the B12, is it a service on the B12 as I thought it was just something "BATS" were going to experiment? |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2013 23:25:16 GMT
I recently caught a 203 from stanies Sunday late afternoon and it was standing room only from stanwell.
The 116 needs to be extended to stanies at every 12 mins.
I would increase the 216 and 117 to every 15 mins and double deck the 203.
They killed the 290 when it was withdrawn between Twickenham and Richmond.
Lots of passengers change buses at Ashford hospital from 116 for onward travel to stanies.
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Post by westhamgeezer on Mar 4, 2013 23:50:30 GMT
I recently caught a 203 from stanies Sunday late afternoon and it was standing room only from stanwell. The 116 needs to be extended to stanies at every 12 mins. I would increase the 216 and 117 to every 15 mins and double deck the 203. They killed the 290 when it was withdrawn between Twickenham and Richmond. Lots of passengers change buses at Ashford hospital from 116 for onward travel to stanies. i completely agree with you. i never understood the logic of cutting the 116 back to ashford hospital when it is the most direct route from hounslow to staines. the 117 and 203 link hounslow and staines but are long and torture routes whereas the 116 could do staines to hounslow in about half an hour off peak. also i agree that removing the Richmond link killed the 290 as Richmond is a major tube/overground / national rail interchange. personally i would extend the 116 to staines again, double deck or increase the 117 and cut it back to hounslow garage (the h37 is frequent enough to take passengers to west middx hosp). this would also help out the 235 which struggles. extend the 290 back to Richmond to give it a purpose and increase the 216 to x20 mins sun shopping hours...this gets very busy at the Kingston end especially. unfortunately, none of these suggestions will happen! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2013 10:09:54 GMT
Totally the 290 should be put back to Richmond..it could go via the 267 to the a316 then over Twickenham bridge.
Ashford hospital is now not what is used to be, most of the services were transferred to st peters.
I reckon even if you put the 116 to x15 mins and double decked, extend it to stanies, surely the cost would be about the same ?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2013 20:48:10 GMT
I would like to see a Sunday evening service introduced on to route B14 in line with the rest of the week. Currently only runs Sunday shopping hours. Also agree that the B12 is long overdue for a Sunday service.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2013 15:24:29 GMT
the 154 could do with being every 15 mins as its always busy with shoppers. the 407 from 30 to every 20 mins as its the most direct route from Sutton to croydon and always busy. I would nominate route 470 to introduce a Sunday service as there are currently not direct buses between Sutton and Epsom on a Sunday.
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Post by IanF on Mar 15, 2013 15:28:17 GMT
the 154 could do with being every 15 mins as its always busy with shoppers. the 407 from 30 to every 20 mins as its the most direct route from Sutton to croydon and always busy. I would nominate route 470 to introduce a Sunday service as there are currently not direct buses between Sutton and Epsom on a Sunday. While the 407 is the most direct from my experiences its the slowest route to take the 154 is so much quicker. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2013 19:43:45 GMT
the 154 could do with being every 15 mins as its always busy with shoppers. the 407 from 30 to every 20 mins as its the most direct route from Sutton to croydon and always busy. I would nominate route 470 to introduce a Sunday service as there are currently not direct buses between Sutton and Epsom on a Sunday. While the 407 is the most direct from my experiences its the slowest route to take the 154 is so much quicker. Part of the problem seems to be the running times are so loose that the driver pulls over and sits there for a minute or two every few stops! |
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Post by IanF on Mar 15, 2013 20:03:33 GMT
While the 407 is the most direct from my experiences its the slowest route to take the 154 is so much quicker. Part of the problem seems to be the running times are so loose that the driver pulls over and sits there for a minute or two every few stops! That happens at sutton town centre usually. |
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Post by vjaska on Mar 15, 2013 20:12:00 GMT
While the 407 is the most direct from my experiences its the slowest route to take the 154 is so much quicker. Part of the problem seems to be the running times are so loose that the driver pulls over and sits there for a minute or two every few stops! The same thing happened under Arriva as well when a PDL or DWL was used on the 407 - the ADL's were slow anyway so wasn't much of a problem anyway ;D |
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