"Neil Williams" wrote in message
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It has always surprised me that "normal" single
deckers in the UK are typically much longer
than double deckers - why not have a "super
decker" that's a hybrid?

Long double-deckers would be unable to fit under many bridges.

On Sat, 4 Mar 2006 Paul Terry wrote:

Bendys would be very useful on the 337. It often happens that the bus
(double deck) is "full" so the driver will not let anyone on, depsite
there being only a handful of people upstairs.

Although most of the route would be suitable for bendies, I suspect that
Richmond town centre poses insuperable problems, given the narrow
streets and tight corners. Ordinary buses can only just make the very
tight bend into Eton Street, and entering and leaving the bus station
also involves tight turns on narrow streets.

Maybe they could do what they did with the 207, split the route with a
lot of overlap. The bendys couldn't get into Uxbridge, so now the bendy
207s run from Shepherd's Bush to the Hayes Roundabout, while a new route
427 runs from Acton to Uxbridge.
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