If you look at a map the explosion occured just south of the junction
with Woburn Place and Endsleigh Place, or possibly right on the
junction. I'm judging this from the position of vehicles in various
photos. The front of the bus is facing south, away from Euston Road.
Another few seconds and it would have been at the end of Bernard
Street. Russell Square station is a short way up this road, but the
bomber was not to know this.
According to the BBC timetable, Kings Cross/Russell Square bomb went
off at 8.56 on a train travelling south from Kings Cross. It went off
in the first carriage, which presumably meant passengers were evacuated
from the rear back towards Kings X. Again, the bomber would probably
not have known this was the preferred evacuation method.
The bus explosion occured at 9.47, about fifty minutes later. Looking
at this evidence however, I can't see how it was planned to go off
outside a Kings X rescue operation, no matter in what direction it was
travelling. The timings don't fit the theory.
If we are to believe the story of the agiated passenger, I believe the
intention was for that bomb to go off elsewhere, possibly on another
Underground train.
Looking at the available evidence I think it isn't right to try and
draw any conclusions. People who post here and on other similar forums
have a far greater knowledge of the working of the transport system
than most people, let alone a group of Muslim fanatics. I don't think
there was any real pattern to the bombings, this is a transport system
in London in the rush hour for goodness sake! The more I look at it the
more I come to the conclusion the bombs were intended for the tube,
with the bus one going wrong.

Neill