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Aidan Stanger February 4th 04 03:58 AM

Save the 73 Routemaster!!!!
 
Terry Harper wrote:
"Aidan Stanger" wrote...
Terry Harper wrote:

My view is that they should be restricted to a free shuttle the full
length of Oxford Street,


So missing nearly everything that the tourists want to see!

and that all other buses be diverted from it.


You want to ban wheelchair accessible buses from Oxford Street????

Why is it that so many people want to take the buses away from
Central London's main bus interchange? 'Tis not as if there's a viable
alternative.

So why have you come up with the most anti-routemaster proposal yet?


I haven't. Their days are numbered, but Peter Hendy has said that some will
always remain, so why not put them to work in London's biggest tourist
trap.

There's an enormous difference between putting them to work in London's
biggest tourist trap and restricting them to a tiny part of London's
biggest tourist trap. Tourists want Piccadilly Circus!

Wheelchair accessible buses would still cross Oxford Street, but be able to
get on with going places, rather than clog up the already congested street.


Clog up? I thought the switch to ticketless buses had solved that
problem.

I think the main reason Oxford Street's clogged up is because the road
was narrowed too much in the wrong places!

As for calling Oxford Street London's main bus interchange, a long street
with interminable queues of buses trying to get onto blocked stops does not
make an interchange. Aldwych or Victoria are a lot more effective.


Aldwych and Victoria are more effective as termini (though Aldwych may
not be when the trams come) but I'd regard somewhere where general
traffic is banned and you can catch buses going in all directions as an
interchange.

Colin Rosenstiel February 21st 04 11:48 PM

Save the 73 Routemaster!!!!
 
In article ,
(CJG Now Thankfully Living In The North) wrote:

"The Equalizer" wrote in message
...
Do you want to stop TFL from scrapping yet another Routemaster bus
route, do you want to save London`s heritage?


Only if they keep the cold creaky wet and damp and not to mention
dangerous (don't stand too close to the yellow line when one is coming
into Waterloo) slam door trains as well.


At least the slam door trains are reliable, with over 100,000 miles per
casualty at best. Compare some modern units in the low thousands.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Alek February 24th 04 02:13 PM

Save the 73 Routemaster!!!!
 
Some reports appearing about TfL becoming quite agitated about this
Campaign.
It appears they becoming concerned about the St73 Campaigns fly posting of
their Bus Stop infrastructure.
Not sure whether they concerned about the numerous Shelters with "Call Me im
saucy Sally the Salicious Schoolgirl" type ads posted to them...
Horses for courses I suppose.....



Aidan Stanger February 27th 04 12:44 PM

Save the 73 Routemaster!!!!
 
Alek wrote:

Some reports appearing about TfL becoming quite agitated about this
Campaign.
It appears they becoming concerned about the St73 Campaigns fly posting of
their Bus Stop infrastructure.
Not sure whether they concerned about the numerous Shelters with "Call Me im
saucy Sally the Salicious Schoolgirl" type ads posted to them...


Are they're many of those? Last time I saw a London bus shelter with a
schoolgirl on it, she was climbing onto the roof - and the shelter was
bending noticably...

Alek February 27th 04 05:18 PM

Save the 73 Routemaster!!!!
 
Guess the Camera-Phone had`nt been invented then......Damn !!!!




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