On 26/11/2012 15:05, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 15:01:02 on Mon, 26
Nov 2012, John Williamson remarked:
As an extension of the prohibitions I have noticed bus lanes in
various places now being signed as for buses on local stage services
only, ie private mini-buses and long-distance and excursion coaches
can't use them.

e.g. Bargate Street, Southampton.

Not to mention a *lot* in London, which are labelled for TfL vehicles
only.

How often are there rail-replacement buses in London, rather than
ticket-acceptance on stage buses and alternative rail routes? (Genuine
question).

Not many in the centre I expect as there are plenty of alternatives.
Further out I've seen, and travelled on, RRS instead of the Northern
Line and around Wembley. And yes the Northern Line buses did visit
every station.

Just for the hell of it, here's a photo of a Rail Replacement bus at
Wembley operating for Chiltern trains between Wembley Stadium and High
Wycombe some years back.

www.greywall.demon.co.uk/RRSbus.jpg

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