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Post by John tuthill on Jun 29, 2014 11:59:15 GMT
it does state 'Fulwell-Stanley Road' and not 'Teddington-Stanley Road' or am I missing something? Why not have it show 'Fulwell Garsge' and be done with it? I know it shows 'Fulwell, Stanley Road' but Stanley Road doesn't finish at the bus stop and I'd hazard a guess that 'Fulwell' begins much further down Stanley Road. I wouldn't use 'Fulwell Garage' either because not everyone knows that the garage is split between Abellio & London United. If your looking for the London United garage, the 33 won't take you there. The bus stop the 33 terminates at is called 'Fulwell Station' so I don't see the problem with that being used for the blind. One guy who got on at Teddington asked the driver, "Do you go to Fulwell Station?" and yet was going to the garage open day at Fulwell. Oh boy am I glad I don't use the 33 I'm old enough to remember when the top end of Stanley Road was used by trolleybuses, that's before it was chopped off and the new bit by the fire station was built.
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Jun 29, 2014 15:29:47 GMT
Have always wondered why the EL1 and EL2 display 'Ilford Station' on the blinds considering they stop quite a while away. It would seem far more Logical to display 'Ilford Broadway' ?
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Post by John tuthill on Jul 11, 2014 12:12:34 GMT
Photos of pre war buses show slip boards with BOW lettering. I remember as a kid trams slip boards being black on cream. Apart from Green Lines services I've only ever seen roller blinds which were WOB A few years ago, I don't know if it was a directive from the DDA, blinds were suddenly YOB. Now I seems we're going back to WOB. Can any body with 'inside information' explain this?
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Post by vjaska on Jul 11, 2014 12:45:08 GMT
Photos of pre war buses show slip boards with BOW lettering. I remember as a kid trams slip boards being black on cream. Apart from Green Lines services I've only ever seen roller blinds which were WOB A few years ago, I don't know if it was a directive from the DDA, blinds were suddenly YOB. Now I seems we're going back to WOB. Can any body with 'inside information' explain this? I think it was a DDA directive - I heard that YOB blinds were introduced because apparently, dayglow was clearer than white lettering. The first YOB blinds were introduced during the 80's I believe but as a type of route branding rather than a DDA directive (the 15 & 188 are two I've seen from pictures), then in the mid 90's, YOB began being introduced on a wider scale.
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Post by John tuthill on Jul 11, 2014 13:00:13 GMT
Photos of pre war buses show slip boards with BOW lettering. I remember as a kid trams slip boards being black on cream. Apart from Green Lines services I've only ever seen roller blinds which were WOB A few years ago, I don't know if it was a directive from the DDA, blinds were suddenly YOB. Now I seems we're going back to WOB. Can any body with 'inside information' explain this? I think it was a DDA directive - I heard that YOB blinds were introduced because apparently, dayglow was clearer than white lettering. The first YOB blinds were introduced during the 80's I believe but as a type of route branding rather than a DDA directive (the 15 & 188 are two I've seen from pictures), then in the mid 90's, YOB began being introduced on a wider scale. How did we ever manage before?
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Post by vjaska on Jul 11, 2014 13:47:50 GMT
I think it was a DDA directive - I heard that YOB blinds were introduced because apparently, dayglow was clearer than white lettering. The first YOB blinds were introduced during the 80's I believe but as a type of route branding rather than a DDA directive (the 15 & 188 are two I've seen from pictures), then in the mid 90's, YOB began being introduced on a wider scale. How did we ever manage before? Lol you tell me, WOB were only around roughly for the first 5 years of my life lool.
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Post by John tuthill on Jul 11, 2014 14:17:16 GMT
How did we ever manage before? Lol you tell me, WOB were only around roughly for the first 5 years of my life lool. And before you ask-No I don't remember hieroglyphics(whatever the colour combinations were) on the chariots that used to run on ye olde A23!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2014 16:47:31 GMT
Photos of pre war buses show slip boards with BOW lettering. I remember as a kid trams slip boards being black on cream. Apart from Green Lines services I've only ever seen roller blinds which were WOB A few years ago, I don't know if it was a directive from the DDA, blinds were suddenly YOB. Now I seems we're going back to WOB. Can any body with 'inside information' explain this? I think it was a DDA directive - I heard that YOB blinds were introduced because apparently, dayglow was clearer than white lettering. The first YOB blinds were introduced during the 80's I believe but as a type of route branding rather than a DDA directive (the 15 & 188 are two I've seen from pictures), then in the mid 90's, YOB began being introduced on a wider scale. The blinds in the 80s were not dayglo just a standard yellow (almost dull gold). Daygo started about 1994/1995.
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Post by vjaska on Jul 11, 2014 16:52:29 GMT
I think it was a DDA directive - I heard that YOB blinds were introduced because apparently, dayglow was clearer than white lettering. The first YOB blinds were introduced during the 80's I believe but as a type of route branding rather than a DDA directive (the 15 & 188 are two I've seen from pictures), then in the mid 90's, YOB began being introduced on a wider scale. The blinds in the 80s were not dayglo just a standard yellow (almost dull gold). Daygo started about 1994/1995. 1994/1995 is the mid 90's which is what I said. As for the 80's blinds, they looked dayglow like so apologies.
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Post by LX09FBJ on Jul 11, 2014 17:45:43 GMT
The 281s Olympians used WOB when new I believe
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2014 0:01:59 GMT
A couple of weeks was the Hackney half-marathon which affected several bus routes, one being the 276 which was curtailed to Bow Bus Garage. I noticed the blinds actually said "Bow Bus Garage" and not Bow Church, but then why is it that the 8 and 205 say simply "Bow Church"? PS,b
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Post by ServerKing on Jul 15, 2014 6:59:55 GMT
A couple of weeks was the Hackney half-marathon which affected several bus routes, one being the 276 which was curtailed to Bow Bus Garage. I noticed the blinds actually said "Bow Bus Garage" and not Bow Church, but then why is it that the 8 and 205 say simply "Bow Church"? PS,b From what I remember when I used to live in the endz... the 276 actually passed Bow Garage on Fairfield Rd before turning onto Bow Road towards Stratford. I guess stopping there and perhaps running dead back to their garage / turning round would be easier to do than on a busy road next to Bow Church station
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2014 8:36:24 GMT
A couple of weeks was the Hackney half-marathon which affected several bus routes, one being the 276 which was curtailed to Bow Bus Garage. I noticed the blinds actually said "Bow Bus Garage" and not Bow Church, but then why is it that the 8 and 205 say simply "Bow Church"? PS,b From what I remember when I used to live in the endz... the 276 actually passed Bow Garage on Fairfield Rd before turning onto Bow Road towards Stratford. I guess stopping there and perhaps running dead back to their garage / turning round would be easier to do than on a busy road next to Bow Church station No the route was curtailed towards Stoke Newington (ie, it only ran from Newham to Bow). And the buses weren't using Bow Bus Garage, they were continuing forward and standing somewhere else, either Fish Island or Hackney Wick. The 205 and 8 both terminate at the same stop that the 276 was terminating at that day.
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Post by ServerKing on Jul 15, 2014 16:58:41 GMT
From what I remember when I used to live in the endz... the 276 actually passed Bow Garage on Fairfield Rd before turning onto Bow Road towards Stratford. I guess stopping there and perhaps running dead back to their garage / turning round would be easier to do than on a busy road next to Bow Church station No the route was curtailed towards Stoke Newington (ie, it only ran from Newham to Bow). And the buses weren't using Bow Bus Garage, they were continuing forward and standing somewhere else, either Fish Island or Hackney Wick. The 205 and 8 both terminate at the same stop that the 276 was terminating at that day. I guess they would be parking up at Hackney Wick if anywhere, as Fish Island is quite built up and busy now
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