Richard J. wrote:
Basil Jet wrote on 16
February 2010 03:29:15 ...
pedan3 wrote:
I went from London to Edinburgh in 3 days using 27 local buses (and
one cheat).

I went from Hounslow West to Sydney Opera House in 2 local buses
(and one cheat).

Since you managed to find a direct bus route from Sydney airport to
the Opera House, which nobody else seems to know about, I think we'll
overlook the cheat.
:-)

Who said I used the door of the bus? I jumped on the roof of an 303.

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From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land's_End_to_John_o'_Groats:-

"In 1954 Gertrude Leather travelled by seventeen local buses from
Land's End to London, at a cost of £1 19s 6d (£1.97½), and the
following year travelled from London to John o' Groats by 25 local
buses at a cost of £4 5s 9½d (£4.29)."

She wrote a book about it, called if I remember correctly, "Home with
the Heather". I suspect it's long out of print now, but an
interesting period piece if you can get hold of it.

Peter

"Basil Jet" wrote in message
...
pedan3 wrote:

I went from London to Edinburgh in 3 days using 27 local buses (and
one cheat).

I went from Hounslow West to Sydney Opera House in 2 local buses (and one
cheat).

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Lemme guess Basil, was the cheat a "- - t"?

As to the Sydney International Airport - Opera House bus, what was its route
number?

DW downunder

"Rupert Candy" wrote in message
...
wrote:
How much of this still exists in some form? I believe the 405 to
Redhill and the 409 to East Grinstead as they are now were once part
of it, but what else is there?

246 to Westerham
402 to Sevenoaks/Tunbridge Wells (though not a TfL route)
Most things that still have Green Line branding (Windsor, Hemel
Hempstead - are there any others left apart from the Luton Airport
service?)

--
Current nearest station:

Is this right? The 246 is quite "new" and was never green, it used to be the
410 to Reigate via Westerham and the 704 or 705 which went to
Sevenoaks/Tunbridge Wells. The 402 went to Fort Halstead.

MaxB

In article ,
(Batman55) wrote:

*Subject:* Old LT Country Bus network.
*From:* "Batman55"
*Date:* Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:03:59 -0000

"Rupert Candy" wrote in message

sani.net...
wrote:
How much of this still exists in some form? I believe the 405 to
Redhill and the 409 to East Grinstead as they are now were once
part
of it, but what else is there?

246 to Westerham
402 to Sevenoaks/Tunbridge Wells (though not a TfL route)
Most things that still have Green Line branding (Windsor, Hemel
Hempstead - are there any others left apart from the Luton Airport
service?)

--
Current nearest station:

Is this right? The 246 is quite "new" and was never green, it used
to be the 410 to Reigate via Westerham and the 704 or 705 which
went to Sevenoaks/Tunbridge Wells. The 402 went to Fort Halstead.

How many London Transport (green) Country Bus routes were numbered below
300? I thought they were all within 300-499, overflowing into the 800s
plus 700s for Green Line routes.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On 15 Feb, 22:51, Paul Corfield wrote:

Are you just listing those routes which commence inside Greater London
and run outside or more generally?

I'm looking for places that I could take a ride to at weekends when
the weather gets a bit better, so anywhere really, as long as they can
be reached reasonably easily by bus from London.

wrote

On 15 Feb, 22:51, Paul Corfield wrote:

Are you just listing those routes which commence inside Greater
London
and run outside or more generally?

I'm looking for places that I could take a ride to at weekends when
the weather gets a bit better, so anywhere really, as long as they
can
be reached reasonably easily by bus from London.

The 465 should suit (Kingston-Burford Bridge(for Box Hill)-Dorking.

At Dorking change to a non-Tfl route to continue to Reigate, Horsham
and Guildford.

And though Staines was IIRC always red buses only, 216 Kingston-Staines
meets your actual requirement to get way out and non-Tfl routes
continue to Saville Gardens (441) or Windsor (71). Otherwise there are
several nice walks by the Thames and other rivers.

If you have a freedom pass the non-Tfl hourly 515 Kingston-Guildford is
also good.

There have been plenty of sunny but cold days already this year, just
wrap up warm (like two pullovers, a jacket and a coat).

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Mike D

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In article ,
(Batman55) wrote:

*Subject:* Old LT Country Bus network.
*From:* "Batman55"
*Date:* Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:03:59 -0000

"Rupert Candy" wrote in message

sani.net...
wrote:
How much of this still exists in some form? I believe the 405 to
Redhill and the 409 to East Grinstead as they are now were once
part
of it, but what else is there?

246 to Westerham
402 to Sevenoaks/Tunbridge Wells (though not a TfL route)
Most things that still have Green Line branding (Windsor, Hemel
Hempstead - are there any others left apart from the Luton Airport
service?)

--
Current nearest station:

Is this right? The 246 is quite "new" and was never green, it used
to be the 410 to Reigate via Westerham and the 704 or 705 which
went to Sevenoaks/Tunbridge Wells. The 402 went to Fort Halstead.

How many London Transport (green) Country Bus routes were numbered below
300? I thought they were all within 300-499, overflowing into the 800s
plus 700s for Green Line routes.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Were there any duplications with trolley bus routes?

DW downunder

In article , noname (DW
downunder) wrote:

wrote in message
...
In article ,
(Batman55) wrote:

"Rupert Candy" wrote in message



t...
wrote:
How much of this still exists in some form? I believe the 405 to
Redhill and the 409 to East Grinstead as they are now were once
part of it, but what else is there?

246 to Westerham
402 to Sevenoaks/Tunbridge Wells (though not a TfL route)
Most things that still have Green Line branding (Windsor, Hemel
Hempstead - are there any others left apart from the Luton Airport
service?)

Current nearest station:

Is this right? The 246 is quite "new" and was never green, it used
to be the 410 to Reigate via Westerham and the 704 or 705 which
went to Sevenoaks/Tunbridge Wells. The 402 went to Fort Halstead.

How many London Transport (green) Country Bus routes were
numbered below
300? I thought they were all within 300-499, overflowing into the
800s
plus 700s for Green Line routes.

Were there any duplications with trolley bus routes?

Nope. 500-699 were reserved for them. Some were 5xx and 6xx pairs to allow
for routes working in opposite directions round one-way loops, especially
around Tottenham Court Road in my experience but there were others. The
521/621 pair was one I remember, the 221 replacing them.

200-299 was originally reserved for single decker routes but that broke
down before swathes of that range were used for trolleybus replacement
routes.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On 2010-02-17 17:00:04 +0000, said:

In article ,
(Batman55) wrote:

*Subject:* Old LT Country Bus network.
*From:* "Batman55"
*Date:* Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:03:59 -0000

"Rupert Candy" wrote in message

sani.net...
wrote:
How much of this still exists in some form? I believe the 405 to
Redhill and the 409 to East Grinstead as they are now were once
part
of it, but what else is there?

246 to Westerham
402 to Sevenoaks/Tunbridge Wells (though not a TfL route)
Most things that still have Green Line branding (Windsor, Hemel
Hempstead - are there any others left apart from the Luton Airport
service?)

--
Current nearest station:

Is this right? The 246 is quite "new" and was never green, it used
to be the 410 to Reigate via Westerham and the 704 or 705 which
went to Sevenoaks/Tunbridge Wells. The 402 went to Fort Halstead.

How many London Transport (green) Country Bus routes were numbered below
300? I thought they were all within 300-499, overflowing into the 800s
plus 700s for Green Line routes.

Basically, 300 was north of London and 400 south. I certainly can't
remember any lower than 300 as that range was reserved for the red
stuff. I've got a map downstairs and will fetch it if pressed, but not
unless.