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Post by londonbuses67 on Mar 13, 2015 16:37:38 GMT
The stand at old kent road is very crowed now the 415 is there. A few times before its extension I've seen the 168's overflowing and standing on the double red lines right after the turn off old kent road. A couple of times now I've seen buses parked on both sides of the road. Pretty sure the stand only holds 2 buses. The Old Kent Road stand is indeed very overcrowded since the 415 has been extended there and something needs to be done about it. You are however wrong by the fact that the stand can only cope with 2 buses as before the extension of the 415, you would normally see about 2-3 168's on the stand and it can hold more. However with the 415 now being extended there, it's causing problems as it's the 168 that usually bunches causing overcrowding at the stand for the 415. I do remember someone stating on the Abellio London thread that back in January's bus strike a 168 was parking inside Tesco's loading bay and linking this to the issue of overcrowding at the stand, I'm certain that Tesco wouldn't be happy to have buses on their loading bay. Therefore I strongly believe something needs to be done regarding the overcrowding at the stand.
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Post by sid on Mar 13, 2015 17:45:43 GMT
The stand at old kent road is very crowed now the 415 is there. A few times before its extension I've seen the 168's overflowing and standing on the double red lines right after the turn off old kent road. A couple of times now I've seen buses parked on both sides of the road. Pretty sure the stand only holds 2 buses. The Old Kent Road stand is indeed very overcrowded since the 415 has been extended there and something needs to be done about it. You are however wrong by the fact that the stand can only cope with 2 buses as before the extension of the 415, you would normally see about 2-3 168's on the stand and it can hold more. However with the 415 now being extended there, it's causing problems as it's the 168 that usually bunches causing overcrowding at the stand for the 415. I do remember someone stating on the Abellio London thread that back in January's bus strike a 168 was parking inside Tesco's loading bay and linking this to the issue of overcrowding at the stand, I'm certain that Tesco wouldn't be happy to have buses on their loading bay. Therefore I strongly believe something needs to be done regarding the overcrowding at the stand. I cannot imagine buses would have parked in Tesco without permission, they probably allowed it to prevent buses causing congestion on the road outside and a likely loss of custom.
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Post by DT 11 on Mar 13, 2015 20:26:01 GMT
The stand at old kent road is very crowed now the 415 is there. A few times before its extension I've seen the 168's overflowing and standing on the double red lines right after the turn off old kent road. A couple of times now I've seen buses parked on both sides of the road. Pretty sure the stand only holds 2 buses. The Old Kent Road stand is indeed very overcrowded since the 415 has been extended there and something needs to be done about it. You are however wrong by the fact that the stand can only cope with 2 buses as before the extension of the 415, you would normally see about 2-3 168's on the stand and it can hold more. However with the 415 now being extended there, it's causing problems as it's the 168 that usually bunches causing overcrowding at the stand for the 415. I do remember someone stating on the Abellio London thread that back in January's bus strike a 168 was parking inside Tesco's loading bay and linking this to the issue of overcrowding at the stand, I'm certain that Tesco wouldn't be happy to have buses on their loading bay. Therefore I strongly believe something needs to be done regarding the overcrowding at the stand. I went past the stand earlier off peak and it was not as busy as It was on Saturday. WL 49 was not in service as that is from what seems to be the AM / PM peak bus. With 8 Buses in Service Off Peak seems to be 1 Bus Standing at each terminus, when 1 Bus arrives another departs. I still think the stand space needs to be slightly increased as 168s should not really be standing at the 78 Bus Stop towards Nunhead.
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Post by selondon on Mar 16, 2015 10:34:21 GMT
The stand at old kent road is very crowed now the 415 is there. A few times before its extension I've seen the 168's overflowing and standing on the double red lines right after the turn off old kent road. A couple of times now I've seen buses parked on both sides of the road. Pretty sure the stand only holds 2 buses. The Old Kent Road stand is indeed very overcrowded since the 415 has been extended there and something needs to be done about it. You are however wrong by the fact that the stand can only cope with 2 buses as before the extension of the 415, you would normally see about 2-3 168's on the stand and it can hold more. However with the 415 now being extended there, it's causing problems as it's the 168 that usually bunches causing overcrowding at the stand for the 415. I do remember someone stating on the Abellio London thread that back in January's bus strike a 168 was parking inside Tesco's loading bay and linking this to the issue of overcrowding at the stand, I'm certain that Tesco wouldn't be happy to have buses on their loading bay. Therefore I strongly believe something needs to be done regarding the overcrowding at the stand. I'm not wrong by saying the stand only holds2 buses. I went past there earlier and there are only 2 standing spaces. You're right when you say you normally see 2-3 168's but one will always be on the double red lines if there are more than 2.
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Post by selondon on Apr 30, 2015 10:35:01 GMT
The stand has been extended to hold 3 last week
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