In article . 145,
pleasereplytogroup (David Jackman) wrote:

Railist wrote in
:

On 18 Aug, 23:29, Mizter T wrote:
On Aug 18, 9:52*pm, David Jackman pleasereplytogroup wrote:

"Chris Read" wrote in
:

an anxious 521 regular

Given that a MEC is basically an updated version of a standee
National and the route worked just fine prior to bendification I
really wouldn't expect it to be a big deal (and much less eventful
than the early days of the bendies!!) *

You're making the presumption that passenger numbers haven't changed
since those days of yore.

I've noticed the 507 has been crush loaded on several occasions, with
two packed buses leaving at the same time. This doesn't bode well for
other routes...

Waterloo Road in the morning peak sees queues build up at the bus
stops and the majority of buses leave with crush loads - with the
521 you wouldn't expect to get on the first bus to depart but join
one of three queues (one for each door). All very British.

In the evening you can usually get a bus from the Aldwych fairly
quickly but if you are going beyond Waterloo and want a specifc
route it can be a very fustrating experience.

Time to reopen the Aldwych branch and extend it to Waterloo?

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Colin Rosenstiel