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Old August 9th 05, 04:42 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Paul Corfield Paul Corfield is offline
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Default Where do I find a bus timetable?

On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 13:29:50 +0100, Paul Terry
wrote:

In message , Graham J
writes

I don't think the TfL site has them.


It certainly does, as mentioned earlier - and they are up-to-date.

However try
http://www.busmap.org/timetables.html and you should get some joy.


Trouble is, I'm not convinced that these are up to date - the timetable
for my local route is dated 2001, and is nothing like the one that
currently appears on the bus stop or on the TFL site.


Given that Mike Harris works for TfL Buses in the publicity section he
is able to get the most up to date information for his site. Just
because a timetable is dated 2001 does not mean it is wrong at all -
many simpler routes often stick with the same timetable for a full
contract term of 5 or 7 years.

Be warned that the TfL official information using the journey planner is
often hideously wrong. I really don't trust it all because the computer
programme that generates the stop specific information applies overly
simplistic rules to generate the "every x minutes" type information.

It annoys me intensely that TfL are in possession of fully detailed
schedules for all routes and yet will not make them available. Overly
simplistic information is next to useless in my view unless your route
runs every 2 minutes or so.
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Paul C


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