On 20/11/2015 09:43, Someone Somewhere wrote:
On 19/11/2015 23:21, Basil Jet wrote:

looks at bus map

Can I just say that the 455 is the oddest bus route shape I've ever
seen. I think there are three separate places where you could get off
and walk and be waiting for the same bus further on. But I digress.

It was clearly designed by the same person responsible for the 100!

The 455 enters an Asda car park to stop right outside rather than across
the road; then it pulls into a side road which provides access to a
retail park (and small housing estate); then it orbits a Sainsbury's and
other shops with bus stops on the side roads rather than the main road.
It is slower than a direct route would be, but does make a degree of
sense in context.

The Purley Way area is pretty pedestrian-hostile, and the bus provides a
degree of door-to-door access without having to try to cross on foot.

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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK