Thread: These writhing whales of the road have swung their hefty rear ends round our corners for the final time.
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Old July 26th 09, 01:58 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default These writhing whales of the road have swung their hefty rearends round our corners for the final time.
On 24 July, 19:05, Jarle H Knudsen wrote:
On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:02:28 +0100, Recliner wrote:
Buses on Route 507, which travels betweenWaterlooand Victoria, will be
replaced by a new, more frequent single-decker bus on Saturday.

Why not double-deckers?

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jhk

Because double-deckers are too slow to board/alight. The attraction of
the articulated buses is that everyone can pile on and it leaves
virtually immediately - not possible with stairs etc.

Robert
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