On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, Paul Corfield wrote:

On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 17:48:11 +0000, Tom Anderson
wrote:

(sorry for not replying to the root post - i've long since deleted it,
and this thought only just struck me)

Unless I'm very much mistaken, it was Kat
), in message
who said:

I'm fine at showing people best routes to use on the Underground but
does anyone have any ideas about the most useful ten/twenty bus routes
to learn?

How about routes which have night-bus equivalents? Then they're useful at
any time.

Some routes are having the "N" element of the route number abolished so
there is no difference between day and night operation - the route is
simply 24 hour. Examples include the 12, 94, 65, 108 and 176.

Good point.

The obvious mistake here is that you won't be at work when the night buses
are running, so you'll never need to advise people about them. Still, as a
general point, it might be something to consider.

Kat might be at work - people do miss last trains into town even though
the station will be open for trains going the other way. Night buses
become important then - Leicester Square station for example has lots of
night bus info for rather obvious reasons.

Okay, i didn't realise the last train out was that late.

The important local night buses for Mile End are the N8, N25 and N277.
Down the road at Limehouse you've got the N15 and N50. At a stretch in
the other direction towards Hackney Wick you've got the N26 and N236. I
guess you could chuck in the 108 from Bow Church over to Lewisham as
well.

If you fancy a little walk down the Mile End Road, you've got the N106 and
N253 from Whitechapel as well.

tom

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