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I'm told that Oxford Street is completely closed to traffic today,
between 1100 and 1600 at any rate. Where are the buses diverting to? -- Joyce Whitchurch, Stalybridge, UK ================================= |
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Joyce Whitchurch wrote:
I'm told that Oxford Street is completely closed to traffic today, between 1100 and 1600 at any rate. Where are the buses diverting to? http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/realtime/?...dent=38587_TfL Generally either curtailed or diverted via Euston Road or Piccadilly. -- Dave Arquati www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London |
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Arquati) wrote: Joyce Whitchurch wrote: I'm told that Oxford Street is completely closed to traffic today, between 1100 and 1600 at any rate. Where are the buses diverting to? http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/realtime/?...=all&incident= 38587_TfL [A link that is no longer there.] Generally either curtailed or diverted via Euston Road or Piccadilly. That was undoubtedly the problem with the temporary pedestrianisation (which was in fact from 10:30 to 17:00 I think). We arrived at King's Cross just after 12 for my wife and daughters to see The Sound of Music and, because we had our granddaughter with us in her buggy, tried to get a bus to Leicester Square in preference to the tube. There was nothing at King's Cross warning us that there was no bus service to Oxford Street. We were turfed off a 10 at Euston Square because they decided there and then to divert it via Euston Road. We then got on a 73 (standing room only of course) which claimed to be going to TCR but actually terminated in Gower Street. Luckily the weather was good so walking wasn't too much of a problem. Later I had to get with granddaughter from the Palladium to the office (near Millbank) and found information very hard to come by, even from TfL staff standing in Regent Street near Piccadilly Circus to provide exactly such information. They agreed with me that my best plan was probably to look for a bus in Haymarket. I went to the first stop there for the buses which go along Whitehall but most of those arriving at the stop initially were from other routes than those flagged with drivers who seemed to have a limited idea of their routes from there. Eventually I got on a 453 and walked to the office from Parliament Street. I never did see a 3 (which would have been my best option) all day. It seems to have been a completely unplanned shambles, or at least little or none of the plan was communicated to the public anywhere outside Oxford Street (where I did see a warning on a bus stop, far too late). -- Colin Rosenstiel |
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