On Nov 8, 7:11*pm, Paul Corfield wrote:

Note that only half the service on M-F (not evenings) extends beyond
Hackney Central to Clapton Pond. *This is a break with the more usual
"all buses run end to end" approach to TfL services although there have
always been exceptions (186, 221).

Would the 73 not be a fairly high-profile example of this?

It barely seems worthwhile terminating at Hackney Central. It's only
cutting a mile from the route, and won't do anything to reduce
congestion on the Narrowway, as the empty buses will still presumably
run around Amhurst Road to get to the starting point outside the old
Town Hall.

On 9 Nov, 10:11, martin wrote:
On Nov 8, 7:11*pm, Paul Corfield wrote:

Note that only half the service on M-F (not evenings) extends beyond
Hackney Central to Clapton Pond. *This is a break with the more usual
"all buses run end to end" approach to TfL services although there have
always been exceptions (186, 221).

Would the 73 not be a fairly high-profile example of this?

I can remember about 45 years ago my father taking me and my brother
to visit London for the first time and we stayed at the YMCA near
Tottenham Court Road. My brother and I had several bets as to whether
the next in each case of a seemingly incessant procession of RMs on
the 73 would be going to "Stoke Newington" or "Tottenham Garage".

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On Sun, Nov 08, 2009 at 07:11:42PM +0000, Paul Corfield wrote:

Note that only half the service on M-F (not evenings) extends beyond
Hackney Central to Clapton Pond. This is a break with the more usual
"all buses run end to end" approach to TfL services although there have
always been exceptions (186, 221).

38 frequently turns short of its destination right now, so maybe
actually putting that in the timetable will make the service more
reliable.

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"David Cantrell" wrote:

38 frequently turns short of its destination right now, so maybe
actually putting that in the timetable will make the service more
reliable.

Indeed. Many get nowhere near Hackney. It's not that rare to see a 38
leaving Victoria with a short run to Piccadilly Circus. Certainly in RM
days, I think the 38 had about the most blinded short turns of any TfL
route. Mildmay Park always sounded like a pleasant enough place to suffer an
enforced change of bus.

Chris

On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 08:07:14PM -0000, Chris Read wrote:
"David Cantrell" wrote:
38 frequently turns short of its destination right now, so maybe
actually putting that in the timetable will make the service more
reliable.
Indeed. Many get nowhere near Hackney. It's not that rare to see a 38
leaving Victoria with a short run to Piccadilly Circus.

And it's not at all uncommon to have fewer than half of them get as far
as Victoria going in the other direction.

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