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| London Transport (uk.transport.london) Discussion of all forms of transport in London. |
| Tags: buses, rail, replacement, shoreditch |
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January 29th 07, 08:28 AM
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Shoreditch Rail Replacement Buses
I was working in Whitechapel yesterday morning.
Just as an observation, I was surprised to see just how heavily loaded the Rail Replacement buses were between Whitechapel and Shoreditch. When the service was introduce, I expected most of Shoreditch's users to simply walk from Whitechapel rather than faff about changing and then possibly having a traffic-bound journey to Shoreditch. This may indeed be so in peak hours but certainly yesterday the service was being very well-used by visitors to the Market. -- Ian Jelf, MITG Birmingham, UK Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk 
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January 29th 07, 10:53 AM
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Shoreditch Rail Replacement Buses
On Just as an observation, I was surprised to see just how heavily loaded the Rail Replacement buses were between Whitechapel and Shoreditch. When the service was introduce, I expected most of Shoreditch's users to simply walk from Whitechapel rather than faff about changing and then possibly having a traffic-bound journey to Shoreditch. This may indeed be so in peak hours but certainly yesterday the service was being very well-used by visitors to the Market. -- Also of note is that the Oyster PAYG "fare" on this service is 0p. (Probably the only way to implement PAYG on rail replacement services.)
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January 29th 07, 11:11 AM
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Shoreditch Rail Replacement Buses
Matthew Dickinson wrote:
On Just as an observation, I was surprised to see just how heavily loaded the Rail Replacement buses were between Whitechapel and Shoreditch. When the service was introduce, I expected most of Shoreditch's users to simply walk from Whitechapel rather than faff about changing and then possibly having a traffic-bound journey to Shoreditch. This may indeed be so in peak hours but certainly yesterday the service was being very well-used by visitors to the Market. -- Also of note is that the Oyster PAYG "fare" on this service is 0p. (Probably the only way to implement PAYG on rail replacement services.) Oh, that was interesting news. You are probably right there, it should really have been charged as a tube journey but it might have been difficult for Oyster to treat this as both a tube touch-in and touch-out at the same time when validating a PAYG card on the bus... or some similar problem. -- Olof Lagerkvist ICQ: 724451 Web: http://here.is/olof
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