On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 10:53:27 +0100, Ken Wilshire
wrote:
October Half Term Challenge

On the 213 and 151 routes in North Cheam there is a bus stop
immediately either side of the A24 on the A2043 Malden Road and Cheam
Common Road.

The two westbound stops are less than 100m apart (haven't measured it
exactly but will do if necessary). Is this the record?

[I've read whole thread so far]

I think there's a difference between stops close together on the same road
with no major junctions between them, like the one I'm about to describe,
and stops either side of big junctions, where the time to get to the other
stop may be long even though the distance is short, or there may be
different combinations of routes serving each.

On Boston Road, Hanwell, there's a northbound stop at Elthorne Park, and
another 110m north, flag to flag. The next stop after that is about 1200
metres away. Southbound stops are much more sensibly spaced.

There is a plan to relocate it to give gaps of 800 and 500 metres, subject
to consultation.

It happened because a zebra was built where one of the northbound stops
had been, so it was moved to the nearest feasible location without too
much thought about where other stops were.

Colin McKenzie

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