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I could go on. I have no doubt that the mere fact that the 77A had been
with us for so long counted heavily against its retention.

I *could* grumble here about the demise of the previous 87, but
apparently that's falling on deaf ears at TfL who are merely promising
to carry out a survey [1], grumble, grumble grumble...

[1] A survey? Getting data from the ticket machines on buses and
speaking to drivers must be far too effective and efficient. "We have a
budget for a survey though and this will delay having to fix the
problems we caused" ;O

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Paul G
Typing from Barking