In article , Henry writes
Is there a logic to the numbering of bus routes in the London area, such a
1-100 means one thing, 101-200 means something else, or are they random,
maybe loosely based upon a logical system of long ago that has fallen into
disuse?

Pulling together various comments here and elsewhere.

1-199: original Central London routes, later "red buses".

2xx: originally used for single-decker routes, then for trolleybus
replacement, then merged into a single 1-299 block.

3xx: originally "green buses" (London Country) north of the Thames.

4xx: originally "green buses" (London Country) south of the Thames.

5xx: trolleybuses, later reused for Red Arrow

6xx: trolleybuses

7xx: Green Line

8xx: various special services

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) that the 24 is the oldest unaltered bus route in London,

it's the same today as it was in1937....

Sorry, not following you. What have London bus route numbers got to do with
Switzerland?

well ...they would have started a number sistem
and stuck to it.....we in the uk just mess every thing up........

"Proctor46" wrote in message
...

Sorry, not following you. What have London bus route numbers got to do
with
Switzerland?

well ...they would have started a number sistem
and stuck to it.....we in the uk just mess every thing up........


I see what you mean now :-)

I see what you mean now :-)



sorey it's me....sometimes i only write 1/2 of what i'm thinking...will try
harder!

In article , (Proctor46) wrote:

) that the 24 is the oldest unaltered bus route in London,

it's the same today as it was in1937....

Amazing. Presumably a slight variation at Trafalgar Square!

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o.uk...
In article ,
(Proctor46) wrote:

) that the 24 is the oldest unaltered bus route in London,

it's the same today as it was in1937....

Amazing. Presumably a slight variation at Trafalgar Square!

And I wouldn't have thought the Gower Street and Camden Town one-way-systems
are that old.

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Thanks everybody, I think you have covered the reply to my query very well.

And I wouldn't have thought the Gower Street and Camden Town one-way-systems
are that old.

we are talking point to point.

On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 23:56 +0000 (GMT Standard Time),
(Peter Beale) wrote:

In article , (Bob WWood) wrote:

I'm not so sure about that. I don't think the 83 has ever gone
anywhere near Central London,

Similarly 51/A/B/C and 61 which ran from Eltham, and probably others.

I have just made a longer post about this but pre-1970 "Central" was
anything covered by the red buses - roughly Greater London.
"Country" was the (doughnut shaped) area beyond this but still part
of the London Transport area - roughly, going clockwise from the
Thames, Gravesend, Hildenborough, Edenbridge, East Grinstead,
Crawley, Horsham. Guildford, Staines, Windsor, High Wycombe,
Aylesbury, Dunstable, Luton, Hitchin, Buntingford, Bishop's
Stortford, Harlow, Brentwood, Grays.

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clearly as if it were yesterday. One of the disadvantages is that I
can't remember what actually did happen yesterday!
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