"Barry Salter" wrote in message
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On 04/03/2010 18:17, Arthur Figgis wrote:
Waiting at a bus stop a while ago, I noticed the timetable for the
969.
Whitton - Roehampton, Tuesdays and Fridays only, one journey.

Why? It even has a Facebook group commenting on its infrequency.

Given the absence of such strategically vital bus links as the N213,
presumably there is a really good reason for the 969 to exist - but
what
is it?

It's one of the handful of remaining "Mobility Bus" routes, which have
now been mostly phased out following the introduction of "low floor"
buses on most routes.

According to Wikipedia[1] the remaining eight routes a

917 - Park Hill Rise to Croydon (WO)
931 - Crystal Palace to Lewisham (FO)
941 - Bedfont Green to Hampton Hill (WO)
953 - Scrattons Farm to Chase Cross (WO)
958 - Woodford to Ilford (TO)
965 - Riverhill to Kingston (MFO)
969 - Whitton to Roehampton Vale (TFO)
972 - Neasden to Colindale (ThO)

I don't really see the point of these routes - surely the Dial-A-Ride
service would cover these journeys and would be a lot more flexible.

Peter Smyth