"Kat" wrote in message
...

BTW, does anyone know why the count-down thing was removed from the
bus-stop outside Mile End tube station?


A cruel part of me wonders if they were nicked...

Jonn

In message , Jonn Elledge
writes
"Kat" wrote in message
...

BTW, does anyone know why the count-down thing was removed from the
bus-stop outside Mile End tube station?


A cruel part of me wonders if they were nicked...

Not much of a market for second hand bus count-downs I'd have thought...
mobile phones and handbags are the usual targets.
I did wonder if it had been vandalised but to be honest there's not much
of that around the area.
--
Kat "bears, said the taxi driver, is sixpence extra,
sticky bears is ninepence"

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"Kat" wrote in message
...

BTW, does anyone know why the count-down thing was removed from the
bus-stop outside Mile End tube station?


A cruel part of me wonders if they were nicked...

Jonn


I think some around Burnt Oak were vandalised repeatedly (and then
disappeared). I don't know if this was the case at Mile End.

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Edgware.

Kat wrote:

BTW, does anyone know why the count-down thing was removed from the
bus-stop outside Mile End tube station?

Cos the buses don't dare stop there any more? :-)

In message , Dave Newt
writes


Kat wrote:

BTW, does anyone know why the count-down thing was removed from the
bus-stop outside Mile End tube station?

Cos the buses don't dare stop there any more? :-)

They do appear to believe in safety in numbers...
--
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sticky bears is ninepence"

Kat wrote:
In message , Robert
Woolley writes
Well, you'll be glad to hear that Route 25 will receive articulated
buses in 2004 - which should help solve the crowding problems....

Do you mean the bendy-buses?
Now that will be interesting when they come three in a row and stretch
all the way to Bow..
BTW, does anyone know why the count-down thing was removed from the
bus-stop outside Mile End tube station?

According to the local paper they were removed because people were
complaining about the times for the next bus actually going backwards
because of delays on Bow Road. Like I said there can be up to an hour
between buses and bendy-buses aren't going to fix that - a boot up the
backside of the bus company might though!
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In message , Redonda
writes
Kat wrote:
In message , Robert
Woolley writes
Well, you'll be glad to hear that Route 25 will receive articulated
buses in 2004 - which should help solve the crowding problems....

Do you mean the bendy-buses?
Now that will be interesting when they come three in a row and stretch
all the way to Bow..
BTW, does anyone know why the count-down thing was removed from the
bus-stop outside Mile End tube station?

According to the local paper they were removed because people were
complaining about the times for the next bus actually going backwards
because of delays on Bow Road.

Seems odd that people would rather have no information at all.

Like I said there can be up to an hour
between buses and bendy-buses aren't going to fix that - a boot up the
backside of the bus company might though!

The bit from Bow Flyover to Bow Road station is a real bottle neck;
stopping people parking just before the bridge (and the turning into
Southern Grove) might help too...
--
Kat "bears, said the taxi driver, is sixpence extra,
sticky bears is ninepence"

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 10:11:35 -0000, "Redonda"
wrote:

[buses at Mile End]
According to the local paper they were removed because people were
complaining about the times for the next bus actually going backwards
because of delays on Bow Road. Like I said there can be up to an hour
between buses and bendy-buses aren't going to fix that - a boot up the
backside of the bus company might though!

Well First didn't bid to keep the route so you'll be getting super
Stagecoach bendy buses on the 25 instead.
--
Paul C


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On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 20:55:16 +0000, Robert Woolley
wrote:

[route 25 and getting to Whitechapel easily]

Well, you'll be glad to hear that Route 25 will receive articulated
buses in 2004 - which should help solve the crowding problems....

Rob

do you *really* believe that artics on the 25 will solve the crowding
problems for someone who has clearly stated they have real problems with
using the current low floor buses?

The artics have fewer seats than a double decker and obviously a much
greater standing capacity - all my anecdotal evidence suggests you just
get a long single deck crush on artics on busy routes. I don't call that
a solution to crowding problems for the mobility impaired.
--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 19:47:37 +0000, Paul Corfield
wrote:

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 20:55:16 +0000, Robert Woolley
wrote:

[route 25 and getting to Whitechapel easily]

Well, you'll be glad to hear that Route 25 will receive articulated
buses in 2004 - which should help solve the crowding problems....

Rob

do you *really* believe that artics on the 25 will solve the crowding
problems for someone who has clearly stated they have real problems with
using the current low floor buses?

The 25 has ongoing problems with crowding.


The artics have fewer seats than a double decker and obviously a much
greater standing capacity - all my anecdotal evidence suggests you just
get a long single deck crush on artics on busy routes. I don't call that
a solution to crowding problems for the mobility impaired.

unless capacity goes up. I can't remember the headways on the 25 in
the am peaks but I'd be interest to see how the artics pan out.


Rob.
(admits to working for TfL)
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rob at robertwoolley dot co dot uk