On 19 May, 15:13, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Mon, 19 May 2008 06:52:55 -0700 (PDT), MIG





wrote:
On 19 May, 09:55, Paul Corfield wrote:
You cite the 25 as an example but the 25 has
been awful for years no matter what day of the week. I remain amazed
that it is as busy as it is given that it is duplicated over its length
by other rail and bus routes. *The Sunday 25 has recently been increased
in frequency in an attempt to cope - it had a temporary enhancement
between Aldgate and Stratford for a few months. *Whether TfL will agree
to increase the main service on M-S using spare former route 453 buses
will be interesting - will Boris allow it!?

The 25 is now the only route along stretches that used to be covered
by two or three overlapping routes such as the 86 and the 10, which
must have taken a lot of pressure off it, given that not everyone goes
all the way from Ilford to Oxford Circus.

I am not completely clear how all the rationalisation has worked in
terms of total capacity.

To be fair the 25 had one capacity boost not long after it went bendy
plus the 205 was extended to Mile End within the last year. *I accept
there's a gap between Mile End and Stratford but that gets filled in by
the new 425 in a few weeks time. Thus the 25 will be duplicated along
almost all of its length - Aldgate to Bank being the gap.
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Been searching TfL to find where the 425 will go, but apart from "The
consultation is closed" I can't seem to find anything.

Will it cover part of the old 25 (Becontree Heath to Victoria, often
in overlapping sections anyway) or does it branch off?