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Colin Rosenstiel · October 20th 05, 11:31 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Colin McKenzie) wrote:

wrote:
Awful provincial-style large route number and destination only, no
front via points, meaning London's buses have finally descended to
the level of the rest of the UK.

This really needs to be challenged.

What on earth is the use of knowing that a bus in the back streets of
Southall is going to Shepherds Bush Green?

Especially when it was going the same way on the same road as another
bus showing 'Heathrow Airport'.

Bring back via points, and plenty of them. Even better, display them
in the right order for the way the bus is going.

If the lettering has to be larger, make the displays larger! They've
shrunk enormously over the years.

I entirely agree. My last sight of the 13 before the end of Routemasters
was on Wednesday night. Both buses were new ones and not RMs. All the
38s (and less surprisingly) 159s were still RMS, though. I've not even
seen a bendy on trials on the 38 and I see rather more of the route on
my cycling travels than I see of the 13.

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Colin Rosenstiel