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Post by overgroundcommuter on Apr 13, 2014 16:47:55 GMT
176 - Home to Penge Crooked Billet.
227 - Penge High Street to Bromley Road/St Georges Church, Beckenham
54 - Beckenham Junction Station to Catford/Lewisham Town Hall (Possibly my final ride under Metrobus)
185 - Lewisham Town Hall to home.
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Post by overgroundcommuter on Apr 13, 2014 16:45:40 GMT
An interesting ride on the 227 on Sunday afternoon. Very busy between Crystal Palace and Beckenham, not helped by the 354 only operating Mon-Sat.
Beckenham Road Tram Stop was busy for obvious reasons, being the closest to Penge, however the 12min service offered by the Sunday timetable isn't adequate cosnidering it's the main trunk route serving Penge and Beckenham to Bromley.
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Post by overgroundcommuter on Apr 12, 2014 17:18:47 GMT
The time is showing on Route 197 on the DW's and T's.
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Post by overgroundcommuter on Apr 6, 2014 0:45:33 GMT
Northern Line: Arriva DW's and VWL's, alongside Sullivan Buses. Also included Arriva 'Shires 5456 and Metroline VP546 I think I saw the Shires bus on Finchley Road with it's LED display. |
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Post by overgroundcommuter on Apr 5, 2014 17:43:10 GMT
Northern Line:
Arriva DW's and VWL's, alongside Sullivan Buses.
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Post by overgroundcommuter on Apr 5, 2014 17:27:37 GMT
176 > Forest Hill
Southern to London Bridge
Southeastern to Charing Cross
Northern line to Camden Town
Arriva Northern line RRB (think it was a DW) to Golders Green
460 to Temple Fortune Lane
82 to Finchley Road Tube
Jubilee Line to Canada Water
London Overground to Forest Hill
197 (DW) to home.
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Post by overgroundcommuter on Apr 3, 2014 20:42:38 GMT
I've used the Northern line RRB's and will again on Saturday when they're out on the Edgware branch. At all times they were very frequent, well organised and even had some with short turns.
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Post by overgroundcommuter on Mar 31, 2014 16:37:41 GMT
Brixton NR station only serves 897,000 passengers per year. This comes as no surprise considering the Victoria Line station serves 24m per year with a high frequency service. The nearby stations served by Southeastern such as Herne Hill and West Dulwich are adequately served by Route 3. If it wasn't for the Victoria line, I'd imagine Route 2 would get a 38 style high frequency. Your probably right about the 2, seems the current Brixton station is only used for southbound journies beyond West Dulwich? I really cannot see how any sort of rebuild could be justified unless it included high level platforms for the LO. I imagine if Brixton NR is used for local journeys, it's for stations east of West Dulwich, such as Sydenham Hill, Penge East, Beckenham Junction and Bromley South. Also the P4 attracts other Brixton based local passenger usage despite being in walking distance of the station from Dulwich Village. |
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Post by overgroundcommuter on Mar 23, 2014 19:54:54 GMT
Probably because people are confused about the new timetable and when buses are due! People tend to be very clued up about times when buses only run half hourly. I don't know if there's been any local publicity at stops or on the buses (hah!) but the first few days of a very different timetable are always going to throw people. I imagine the school rush tomorrow will be "fun" for those trying to travel. I'm pretty sure that most people just go to the bus stop and wait, or even check the time on the countdown site. In the pre-Countdown on the phone era, I used to go to the bus stop at the timetabled time when I was a regular on the 356 which is a nearby low frequency route. The 15 min frequency for me personally is the maximum for turn up and go without the need to consult the timetable. |
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Post by overgroundcommuter on Mar 23, 2014 15:22:22 GMT
From an observation this afternoon (Sunday) around 3pm, the Streatham bound P13 for the first time had more seats than passengers in Peckham!
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Post by overgroundcommuter on Mar 21, 2014 20:35:14 GMT
Another old route list from end to end.
12 - Elmers End Garage to East Acton and also Shepherd's Bush Green to Dulwich
12A - Peckham to South Croydon Garage (on the Leyland Nationals - Never did the overlapping section from Norwood Junction to Purley Old Lodge Lane)
37 - Peckham to Richmond (Curtailed to Richmond by this time)
63 - Kings Cross to Crystal Palace
122 - Crystal Palace to Bexleyheath Garage
176 - Oxford Circus to Penge
227 - Crystal Palace to Chislehurst (Leyland National)
312 - Peckham to South Croydon Garage
352 - Forest Hill Horniman Museum to Bromley North (As a commercial Metrobus route)
P2 - Peckham Bus Garage to Lewisham
P13 - Surrey Quays to Forest Hill Horniman Museum
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Post by overgroundcommuter on Mar 12, 2014 16:04:21 GMT
Moving the southbound bus stop towards Camberwell Green to Walworth Road. No thanks!
It'll benefit a minority of people who use the National Rail station, those who use the tube would be better off using Newington Causeway or London Road stops instead.
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Post by overgroundcommuter on Mar 11, 2014 10:57:31 GMT
I was at Peckham Bus Station at 2.55pm on Sunday and to my surprise a full P13 towards New Cross with standing room only after picking up more passengers! When I used it a while back, but from New Cross and on a Saturday, we ended up with a nearly full bus by the time we reached Peckham. All you need is a gap between buses on other routes and people will pile on the "diddy" bus instead. True, I think in this instance, neither the 136 or 177 pulled out of the stands. |
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Post by overgroundcommuter on Mar 10, 2014 18:24:13 GMT
I was at Peckham Bus Station at 2.55pm on Sunday and to my surprise a full P13 towards New Cross with standing room only after picking up more passengers!
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Post by overgroundcommuter on Mar 9, 2014 17:56:49 GMT
381 and C10 is rather circuitous between Surrey Quays and Jamaica Road (via Rotherhite) compared to the more direct 47 and 188 I'd add that Route 381 also takes a zig-zag route from the Old Kent Road to Surrey Quays via The Blue, also the same for the P12 between Ilderton Road/South Bermondsey Station and Surrey Quays via the Blue and Jamaica Road. |
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