"Paul Corfield" wrote

Any suggestions for getting TfL to keep the old site going for those of
us without the latest gizmos and unlimited fast mobile data?

They won't take any notice. I am amazed the old style site has lasted
as long as it has. I use it all the time on my PC and find it nice
and easy to use with clear maps etc. I can't stand the way TfL present
bus and stop info on their main site - takes a thousand clicks to get
to the right info whereas it took about three on the old site. They
were going to scrap the old style Countdown page many, many months ago
but I think they discovered that it worked and the new website didn't
- bus departure times didn't align between the two sites.

I asked them if they would retain the display of the 5 digit stop as
part of the stop info on the new site. Their response, via the TfL
Digital Blog, was to gently "pat me on the head" as if I was some sort
of deluded idiot for being able to remember stop codes and finding

Thanks for the heads up on this. I use countdown a lot from my Kindle's
browser which
is very klunky and can't handle popups so the very users who need to know
about the "unhancement"
are not informed.

Looking at
https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/buses/live-bus-arrivals

The bus stop code is still accepted for searching (with an extra "do you
mean"click).

plus the next bus at stop gives the stop number, eg
https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/stop/49000772...+Court+Gardens

For arrival times of the next bus, text 54225 to 87287
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Further, the new site can still refer you to
http://m.countdown.tfl.gov.uk/

Example stop 48868
https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/stop/40004408016A/zig-zag-road
Live Arrivals
There are no buses due within the next 30 minutes. Please use
http://m.countdown.tfl.gov.uk/ to check the frequency of your service.
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So if it vanishes there will be red ears.

In the daytime try stop 50120 (which has an hourly (481) service).
https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/stop/49000774...he-kings-field

Which should make a good counter example for the Hoppa fare too.

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Mike D