Post by rmz19 on Apr 5, 2016 16:31:06 GMT
Apr 5, 2016 12:22:10 GMT @ls172343381484 said:
Good suggestions, definantly a thread that I feel I need to participate in as I used to regularly drive the 208 and now I regularly drive the 484. I have made the suggestion a few weeks back about the 484 extension to North Greenwich. There is photographic evidence on the net somewhere of DP192 (which I believe is a 10.8metre dart) on the 484 in the tight part of the route when Go-Agead operated it. This is proof they can operate it and as a professional driver I do believe that with careful and professional driving you could get a new C10 MMC around the route. These new buses are actually fully blinded for the 484, a persuational tactic which I have tried recently, but a point blank refusal of 'we arent allowed anything longer on the 484 than its current buses is all that I am met with. As much as the route can seem long I do feel that at times it resembles a magic roundabout affair and could help out with this relatively short extension.The 208 has long been the trunk route between Bromley and Lewisham. I also drove the 261 at the same time and as much as the famous 'the 261 is quicker than the 208 by a few minutes' argument reigns, it isnt the same view shared by the regulars. The 199 is the best option to Bromley as this doesnt bring another route into the already overcrowded Lewisham.