I was on a number 17 bus the other day, destination Archway. As we
passed by St. Paul's Cathedral a number 4 bus, also destination Archway,
was heading in the opposite direction. I wonder how many other places
are there where one can catch a bus to the same destination from either
side of the road?

--
John Ray

On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:55:15 +0000
John Ray wrote:
I was on a number 17 bus the other day, destination Archway. As we
passed by St. Paul's Cathedral a number 4 bus, also destination Archway,
was heading in the opposite direction. I wonder how many other places
are there where one can catch a bus to the same destination from either
side of the road?

There are probably a few bus routes that do circular trips around housing
estates or hospital grounds before continuing on their way. Can't think
of any offhand in london though. Theres a few routes down in Redhill that
do it however.

B2003

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On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:55:15 +0000
John Ray wrote:
I was on a number 17 bus the other day, destination Archway. As we
passed by St. Paul's Cathedral a number 4 bus, also destination
Archway, was heading in the opposite direction. I wonder how many
other places are there where one can catch a bus to the same
destination from either side of the road?

There are probably a few bus routes that do circular trips around
housing estates or hospital grounds before continuing on their way.
Can't think of any offhand in london though. Theres a few routes down
in Redhill that do it however.

There are a couple of local Harrow bus routes that do this by Northwick
Park station. The road they run on has parked cars on both sides, which
doesn't leave room for buses to pass, so all the buses travel east to
west on it, regardless of where they're going (even though the road
isn't one-way).

John Ray wrote:
I was on a number 17 bus the other day, destination Archway. As we
passed by St. Paul's Cathedral a number 4 bus, also destination
Archway, was heading in the opposite direction. I wonder how many
other places are there where one can catch a bus to the same
destination from either side of the road?

The bus's destination, or yours? To get to Stockley Park from Hayes
and Harlington you can take the U5 or the 350 in opposite directions,
thought the buses don't terminate there. At 8:30 am it is fun to see
streams of people who work in Stockley Park dashing
across the road in the path of a U5 which has turned up first (and
also in the path of any other traffic that happens
that way)

However to get to Uxbridge from Stockley Park you can take the U5 or
the A10 in opposite directions, and both buses do terminate there.
Though the U5 would be a bad idea (as would the 4 in your case)

The road they run on has parked cars on both sides, which doesn't leave room for buses to pass, so all the buses travel east to west on it

This doesn't necessarily produce what the OP wanted, though from the
spider map it does look like the 114 and H9 can be used to get to
Northwick Park from either side of the road at South Harrow.

On 29 Jan, 15:43, David wrote:
John Ray wrote:
I was on a number 17 bus the other day, destination Archway. As we
passed by St. Paul's Cathedral a number 4 bus, also destination
Archway, was heading in the opposite direction. I wonder how many
other places are there where one can catch a bus to the same
destination from either side of the road?

The bus's destination, or yours? To get to Stockley Park from Hayes
and Harlington you can take the U5 or the 350 in opposite directions,
thought the buses don't terminate there. At 8:30 am it is fun to see
streams of people who work in Stockley Park dashing
across the road in the path of a U5 which has turned up first (and
also in the path of any other traffic that happens
that way)

However to get to Uxbridge from Stockley Park you can take the U5 or
the A10 in opposite directions, and both buses do terminate there.
Though the U5 would be a bad idea (as would the 4 in your case)

The road they run on has parked cars on both sides, which doesn't leave room for buses to pass, so all the buses travel east to west on it

This doesn't necessarily produce what the OP wanted, though from the
spider map it does look like the 114 and H9 can be used to get to
Northwick Park from either side of the road at South Harrow.

From Lewisham High Street you can get a 436 to Victoria on one side of
the road and a 185 to Victoria on the other side of the road (the
bus's destination in both cases).

"David" wrote in message


The road they run on has parked cars on both sides, which doesn't
leave room for buses to pass, so all the buses travel east to west
on it

This doesn't necessarily produce what the OP wanted, though from the
spider map it does look like the 114 and H9 can be used to get to
Northwick Park from either side of the road at South Harrow.

Agreed, it's the converse of what the OP wanted, but relates to Boltar's
comment. I was thinking of the H9 and H19 routes, which both serve
Northwick Park Underground station, at stops on the same side of
Northwick Avenue, whether they're going to or from Harrow bus station.

John Ray wrote

I was on a number 17 bus the other day, destination Archway. As we
passed by St. Paul's Cathedral a number 4 bus, also destination
Archway,
was heading in the opposite direction. I wonder how many other places

are there where one can catch a bus to the same destination from
either
side of the road?

Disregarding the reverse case (a teacup with opposite destinations at
the same stop), how about Esher, Surrey which has three routes to
Kingston leaving from three different stops - 218/471 and K3 on opposte
sides of Portsmouth Road and the 515 turning off first toward Esher
Green.

Or Green Lane Shepperton, Surrey where route 555 and 218 to
Walton-on-Thames traverse in opposite directions.

--
Mike D

Michael R N Dolbear wrote:
John Ray wrote

I was on a number 17 bus the other day, destination Archway. As we
passed by St. Paul's Cathedral a number 4 bus, also destination
Archway,
was heading in the opposite direction. I wonder how many other places

are there where one can catch a bus to the same destination from
either
side of the road?

Disregarding the reverse case (a teacup with opposite destinations at
the same stop), how about Esher, Surrey which has three routes to
Kingston leaving from three different stops - 218/471 and K3 on opposte
sides of Portsmouth Road and the 515 turning off first toward Esher
Green.

Or Green Lane Shepperton, Surrey where route 555 and 218 to
Walton-on-Thames traverse in opposite directions.

A valid example from Harrow are the 395 Greenford to St Georges Centre
and the 140 Heathrow to Harrow Weald. They pass Northolt Station
travelling in opposite directions but both go on the Harrow Bus Station

MikeR.

On 29/01/2010 17:09, Michael R N Dolbear wrote:
John wrote

I was on a number 17 bus the other day, destination Archway. As we
passed by St. Paul's Cathedral a number 4 bus, also destination
Archway,
was heading in the opposite direction. I wonder how many other places

are there where one can catch a bus to the same destination from
either
side of the road?

Disregarding the reverse case (a teacup with opposite destinations at
the same stop), how about Esher, Surrey which has three routes to
Kingston leaving from three different stops - 218/471 and K3 on opposte
sides of Portsmouth Road and the 515 turning off first toward Esher
Green.

Or Green Lane Shepperton, Surrey where route 555 and 218 to
Walton-on-Thames traverse in opposite directions.

Wallington, where the 410 and 157 towards Crystal Palace stop opposite
each other.

--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

On 29/01/2010 15:43, David wrote:
John wrote:
I was on a number 17 bus the other day, destination Archway. As we
passed by St. Paul's Cathedral a number 4 bus, also destination
Archway, was heading in the opposite direction. I wonder how many
other places are there where one can catch a bus to the same
destination from either side of the road?

The bus's destination, or yours? To get to Stockley Park from Hayes
and Harlington you can take the U5 or the 350 in opposite directions,
thought the buses don't terminate there. At 8:30 am it is fun to see
streams of people who work in Stockley Park dashing
across the road in the path of a U5 which has turned up first (and
also in the path of any other traffic that happens
that way)

(snip)

The buses' destination. The 4 runs from Waterloo to Archway and the 17
runs from London Bridge to Archway.

--
John Ray