October Half Term Challenge

On the 213 and 151 routes in North Cheam there is a bus stop
immediately either side of the A24 on the A2043 Malden Road and Cheam
Common Road.

The two westbound stops are less than 100m apart (haven't measured it
exactly but will do if necessary). Is this the record?

So, what is the shortest distance between two bus stops?

Ken

In message
, at
02:53:27 on Thu, 21 Oct 2010, Ken Wilshire
remarked:
what is the shortest distance between two bus stops?

I know this is utl, but there are two bus stops just under 100m apart on
the road where I live in Nottingham, so this isn't especially unusual.
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Roland Perry

On 21 Oct, 11:09, Roland Perry wrote:
In message
, at
02:53:27 on Thu, 21 Oct 2010, Ken Wilshire
remarked:

what is the shortest distance between two bus stops?

I know this is utl, but there are two bus stops just under 100m apart on
the road where I live in Nottingham, so this isn't especially unusual.
--
Roland Perry

There are also two stops on the southbound 158. One immediately north
of Forest Road and opposite the "Tryst" pub and Standard Music Venue,
and one south of Forest Road opposite Blackhorse Road station. I
would be surprised if these are more than 100 metres apart.

In message , Roland Perry
wrote:
what is the shortest distance between two bus stops?
I know this is utl, but there are two bus stops just under 100m apart
on the road where I live in Nottingham,

And in the village where I live.

so this isn't especially unusual.

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On the 213 and 151 routes in North Cheam there is a bus stop
immediately either side of the A24 on the A2043 Malden Road and Cheam
Common Road.

The two westbound stops are less than 100m apart (haven't measured it
exactly but will do if necessary). Is this the record?

displacement_activity
Google Maps/Streetview suggests ~135m between Stop A in the NorthWest
and Stop G in the SouthEast. Have I got the wrong stops please, or
wrong end of stick, or even fewer neurons, ....?
/displacement_activity

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On 21 Oct, 11:52, "Robin" wrote:
On the 213 and 151 routes in North Cheam there is a bus stop
immediately either side of the A24 on the A2043 Malden Road and Cheam
Common Road.

The two westbound stops are less than 100m apart (haven't measured it
exactly but will do if necessary). *Is this the record?

displacement_activity
Google Maps/Streetview suggests ~135m between Stop A in the NorthWest
and Stop G in the SouthEast. *Have I got the wrong stops please, or
wrong end of stick, or even fewer neurons, ....?
/displacement_activity

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Robin
PM may be sent to rbw0{at}hotmail{dot}com

Robin

I measured it - from the end of the westerly stop to the front of the
easterly stop is 110m (ok - it felt like under 100m). The easterly
stop has no markings - it is nearly up to the traffic lights in the
first of three lanes at the mouth of the junction. The stop beyond
the junction was a bit further than I thought - maybe on the day I was
on it, it pulled up a bit early!

Ken

I measured it - from the end of the westerly stop to the front of the
easterly stop is 110m (ok - it felt like under 100m). The easterly
stop has no markings - it is nearly up to the traffic lights in the
first of three lanes at the mouth of the junction. The stop beyond
the junction was a bit further than I thought - maybe on the day I was
on it, it pulled up a bit early!

Fair enough - though in mitigation may I plead that I was trying to
measure between the 2 bus stop posts and flags[1]? If you are taking
the shortest distance between the cages[1] on the road (where there is a
cage) the answers will be different. IIRC TFL aim for a minimum of 33m
cage.

[1] I hope I've recalled the right terminology but in case I've
cocked-up by "cage" I mean the box painted on the road

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Robin
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On 22 Oct, 19:40, "Robin" wrote:
I measured it - from the end of the westerly stop to the front of the
easterly stop is 110m (ok - *it felt like under 100m). *The easterly
stop has no markings - it is nearly up to the traffic lights in the
first of three lanes at the mouth of the junction. *The stop beyond
the junction was a bit further than I thought - maybe on the day I was
on it, it pulled up a bit early!

Fair enough - though in mitigation may I plead that I was trying to
measure between the 2 bus stop posts and flags[1]? *If you are taking
the shortest distance between the cages[1] on the road (where there is a
cage) the answers will be different. *IIRC TFL aim for a minimum of 33m
cage.

[1] I hope I've recalled the right terminology but in case I've
cocked-up by "cage" I mean the box painted on the road

--
Robin
PM may be sent to rbw0{at}hotmail{dot}com

Robin

Yes - they have just extended the cage of the westbound stop to at
least 33m in length and extended it towards the A24 junction - so the
gap literally has ootten shorter by the day (well once on one day) so
my bus didn't pull up short, it pulled up in the new boxed area...

In message , at 19:40:59 on Fri, 22
Oct 2010, Robin remarked:

I plead that I was trying to measure between the 2 bus stop posts and
flags

I was doing posts as well. And I've remembered two stops by Nottingham
Station which are very close: S4 & ME01

S4 only has a small (for Nottingham) number of buses stopping there, but
most of them also stop at ME01, plus a shedload more from S1-S3.

http://goo.gl/maps/GeM7

Interestingly, when the station is remodelled soon (not cancelled, just
toned down a bit), the "virtually all services" ME01 will be closer to
the ticket office than the segregated by general destination" stops
S1-S3, which are the ones almost all passengers use today. But perhaps
they'll also remodel the bus stops.
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Roland Perry

Here's an odd one. I was on the 57 (possibly the 131) travelling from
South Wimbledon station towards Wimbledon station. The bus stopped at
the Wimbledon Theatre bus stop. I thought, I could get off here and go
to the Wibbas Down Inn.
Too late! The bus moved off and stopped around the corner in Sir Cyril
Black Way. I realised that I could get off here at the more southerly
entrance to The Wibbas Down Inn. And I did!
A pub with a bus stop at each entrance.