In message , d
writes

I think I've seen a 6xx bus - its a red bus but runs to a school. Can't
remember which one.

Possibly the 609, a schools variant of the normal 209 Hammersmith to
Mortlake service (although there are many other school routes in the 6xx
series).

I bet the drivers draws straws for that one.

It serves The Harrodian School in Barnes, a rather expensive private
school, St Paul's, the famous boys' public school, and the nice little
Swedish School in Lonsdale Road. I doubt that it ever sees pupils from
Hell High.
--
Paul Terry

On 08/06/2012 15:37, d wrote:
On Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:26:44 +0100
Paul wrote:
However there are are very few "normal" routes numbered in the 6xx,
7xx, 8xx or 9xx series. One of the reasons for the expansion in

I think I've seen a 6xx bus - its a red bus but runs to a school. Can't
remember which one. I bet the drivers draws straws for that one.

I don't claim the above is anywhere near to being comprehensive as a
history but it gives you a flavour of what has gone on.

Cheers.

B2003



Route 665 is a school bus, only four journeys a day (school time only)
Red bus, London United.

"Paul Terry" wrote in message
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In message , d
writes

I think I've seen a 6xx bus - its a red bus but runs to a school. Can't
remember which one.

Possibly the 609, a schools variant of the normal 209 Hammersmith to
Mortlake service (although there are many other school routes in the 6xx
series).

I bet the drivers draws straws for that one.

It serves The Harrodian School in Barnes, a rather expensive private
school, St Paul's, the famous boys' public school, and the nice little
Swedish School in Lonsdale Road. I doubt that it ever sees pupils from
Hell High.
--
Paul Terry


Hmmm. In the days when St Pauls was on the Olympia side of Hammersmith I
went to Latymer Upper (by Ravenscourt Park station). I recall a Monday
assembly where the whole school was told about a (apparently) pre arranged
"meeting" between some of our boys and some of their opposites from St
Pauls. We were left in no doubt how the Head felt about it! "Good" and
even expensive schools are not always perfect.

On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 11:22:02PM +0100, Richard wrote:

In Barcelona, TMB have recently announced a redesign of their bus
network. As many will know much of the city is laid-out on a grid
pattern and correspondingly the new network is to have a large number
of horizontal (Hnn), vertical (Vnn) and diagonal (Dnn) routes, and
this new network is to be introduced in phases, along with changes to
those existing routes that will remain. The first of the H routes,
along the Gran Via, is to get a number of double-articulated buses. I
wonder what Boris would think of that?

Artics are sensible if they mostly go straight across junctions. The
25, back when that was bendy, was a good example.

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