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Old March 8th 07, 06:57 AM posted to uk.transport.london
Arthur Figgis Arthur Figgis is offline
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Default Diamond West Midlands Bus Story

John Rowland wrote:
Joyce Whitchurch wrote:
Arthur Figgis wrote:
I've had a bus driver in North Yorkshire ask to borrow an OS map I
had in my pocket, and one ask if he had to call at all the little
places on the route, or could he just stick to the main road
bypassing them.


..... which is inconsiderate for anyone actually waiting to board at these
little places.


The driver didn't know if any would-be passengers would be waiting on
the main road, or in the centres of the villages strung along the "old"
road.

I remember the driver of a double decker on one of those once a day
route variations having to do a three point turn in the entrance to a
farmer's field, somewhere outside Woodstock. That was over 30 years
ago.


IIRC, the 174 journeys to Noak Hill "Pentowan" in the 1970s were scheduled
to do a 3-point turn in the entrance to a farmers field.




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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK