London Banter - View Single Post - Route 73 to go DD and Route 29 to go Bendi???

Colin Rosenstiel · February 12th 05, 10:07 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(David Cantrell) wrote:

On 6 Feb 2005 12:22:30 -0800, (Martin Whelton)
said:

Apparently it has been reported in other newsgroup forums that Route
73 is to revert back to being a double deck bus route and the bendis
redeployed on the Route 29, does anyone know whether any truth exists
in this story or is it just mere speculation. If it does revert it
will be interesting what reason is given, I suspect bendi buses
running the whole length of Oxford Street has been a major problem
along with the buses being backed to capacity in the morning peak.

They cause untold chaos at the junction of New Oxford St and
Bloomsbury St, and it seems to me that the area around Victoria bus
station has got snarled up a lot more often since the hateful things
were introduced.

All modern buses seem to have problems with the right turn from Bloomsbury
Street, with its bus lane on the right, into New Oxford Street with its
bus lane on the left, hemmed in by an island. The RMs seemed not to have
the problems but they ended with the 73 conversion. The remaining RMs
there take the New Oxford St lane straight on there.

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Colin Rosenstiel