On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:57:57 +0100, eastender
wrote:

Walking back down Holloway Road from Arsenal match I noticed there are
only three bus routes between Highbury Corner and I presume the Nag's
Head - 43, 271 and 393. Strikes me this is too few and not especially
frequent routes for such a main artery provisioned with bus lanes.

M-F peaks there are 25 buses an hour between those 3 routes. 43 is every
5 mins, 271 every 7.5 and 393 every 12. There is also the 153 for part
distance before it disappears into the depths of Canonbury.

The link I most miss is a bus that turns the corner at Nags Head and
actually serves Highbury and Upper Street. The very old 279 used to do
this when it ran to Smithfield but that was axed and the 153 emerged as
the compromise service - fine for Finsbury Park - Angel via Holloway but
otherwise useless if travelling for further afield. I know the 4 and 19
go Finsbury Park - Angel but no good if you're on Holloway Road or want
to go that way.

However 3 routes can be seen as a luxury - there are only 2 from
Holloway to Camden (253 and 29) or beyond and that is a very busy
stretch of road. The 29 is now marginally less frequent than when it
first went bendy so that's a corridor that's got less capacity than
before.

It's interesting that to note Caledonian Road has three busy trunk
services (17, 91, 259) on it plus forays from other services (274).
--
Paul C


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