On Fri, 11 Mar 2011, Paul Corfield wrote:

On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:03:32 +0000, Tom Anderson
wrote:

On Tue, 8 Mar 2011, Paul Corfield wrote:

I would suggest you refresh your understanding of the Paris bus network
via this link.

http://www.ratp.fr/informer/pdf/orie...s_paris&fm=gif

No bus stops at 20.30 M-F - the time is now 22.00 and only two routes
seem to stop. Many routes are daily and very few adopt the "barre"
system of part route operation on Sundays.

What's the 'barre' system? I had a google but couldn't find anything.

Strictly there should be an acute accent on the last "e". All barré
means is that a bus does not cover the full daytime route. Barré usually
applies evenings and Sundays and the route number displayed on the bus
has a diagonal line (or slash) across it to show that barré operates.

Ah, je comprends, merci. Essentially like our N mechanism for night buses,
except that (a) without the bit where sometimes N means an extended or
altered route, and (b) applying on earlier, and on sundays. And (c) using
an overprinted symbol rather than modifying the route number. But similar
in all other ways!

If you click on the link above you will see the table of route numbers
against days / times of day at the bottom. The diagonal line is shown
under certain routes.

Oh, i thought that was a bowling scoresheet!

tom

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