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?

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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?)

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On 15.02.10 20:11, 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?

Here's an interesting question: How far is it possible to go in any one
direction using only local bus services?

By this, I mean taking a bus to one point and then transferring to the
next regional operator and so forth.

I don't mean coaches or anything of that nature, but using local buses,
the types of which we might see in London.

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On 15.02.10 20:11, 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?

Here's an interesting question: How far is it possible to go in any
one direction using only local bus services?

By this, I mean taking a bus to one point and then transferring to the
next regional operator and so forth.

I don't mean coaches or anything of that nature, but using local
buses, the types of which we might see in London.

I think when the free bus passes for pensioners were introduced someone
went all the way from Lands End to John O'Groats by bus for free.

Peter Smyth

On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:40:03 -0000, "Peter Smyth"
wrote:

wrote in message
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On 15.02.10 20:11, 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?

Here's an interesting question: How far is it possible to go in any
one direction using only local bus services?

By this, I mean taking a bus to one point and then transferring to the
next regional operator and so forth.

I don't mean coaches or anything of that nature, but using local
buses, the types of which we might see in London.

I think when the free bus passes for pensioners were introduced someone
went all the way from Lands End to John O'Groats by bus for free.

Peter Smyth

I went from London to Edinburgh in 3 days using 27 local buses (and
one cheat). But one's over-60 bus pass is only valid in one's home
country -- England or Scotland but not both. So I doubt the Land's
End -- John O'Groats journey was done for free.

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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On Feb 15, 3:40*pm, "Peter Smyth" wrote:

I think when the free bus passes for pensioners were introduced someone
went all the way from Lands End to John O'Groats by bus for free.

Peter Smyth

a couple of articles on Richard Elloway, who did this trip:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/s...ds/7340441.stm
http://www.somersetcountygazette.co....k_bus_journey/

On 16.02.10 15:51, cph wrote:
On Feb 15, 3:40 pm, "Peter wrote:

I think when the free bus passes for pensioners were introduced someone
went all the way from Lands End to John O'Groats by bus for free.

Peter Smyth

a couple of articles on Richard Elloway, who did this trip:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/s...ds/7340441.stm
http://www.somersetcountygazette.co....k_bus_journey/

Very interesting. I wonder what routes he took.

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.
:-)

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On 2010-02-16, 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.
:-)


Walk out to the 309/310? - there was a time when I might have done
something like that.

Change the walk to a 400, still only 3 local buses.

E.