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Why Green Line routes numbers start with 700
In message , Guy Gorton
writes On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 14:14:42 +0000, Bryan Morris wrote: In message , Rob writes Are there any modern routes that serve Victoria and areas just outside London that don't start with a 7? Rob You have to distinguish between Green Line (Centre of London to outside) and London Country Buses (also painted green & which took over Green Line in 1986) Not all Green Line served Victoria They certainly did not! Our services out in Bucks were 709, 710 and 711, all off which went through central London to various destinations in Surrey. In the 1950s we used them regularly from the Uxbridge/Hillingdon area.. The trolley buses along the Uxbridge Road were numbered 607. There is a bus route 207 to this day. Guy Gorton On numbering BTW , with trams the notation was even-numbered services south of the Thames and odd-numbered ones north of the River .When trolley buses replaced trams the numbers were preceded by 5 or 6 -- Bryan Morris Public Key http://www.pgp.uk.demon.net - 0xCC6237E9 |
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Why Green Line routes numbers start with 700
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(Guy Gorton) wrote: On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 16:18:15 -0600, wrote: In article , ine (Bryan Morris) wrote: On numbering BTW , with trams the notation was even-numbered services south of the Thames and odd-numbered ones north of the River. When trolley buses replaced trams the numbers were preceded by 5 or 6 Up to a point Lord Copper! Those route numbering rules were for the LCC network. And South London had a few odd-numbered routes which traversed the Kingsway Tram Tunnel linking the two sides of the system. There were some even-numbered routes which crossed Putney Bridge to the north side of the Thames. An odd-numbered route 89 that was jointly operated with LUT also crossed Putney Bridge. The combine (LUT, MET & SMET) and other municipal operator routes didn't follow those numbering rules and after the establishment of the LPTB in 1933 there was quite a bit of duplication. The Uxbridge Road LUT route 7 had three duplicates in East London only reduced to two after limited renumbering. That was one reason why trolleybuses had routes in the 5xx and 6xx series. The 655 trolleybus which crossed Putney Bridge was based on an LUT route 55 tram extended to replace the 89. The 555 was in East London replacing a 55 tram route run jointly by the LCC and Leyton UDC. In general 6xx routes were in West London and 5xx routes in the east. The main exception were some route pairs going opposite ways round terminating loops north of central London (where no tram or trolleybuses ever penetrated). An example was the 521 & 621 pair from North Finchley to the Holborn loop via Farringdon Road and Gray's Inn Road. There was several other such pairs using the Holborn loop. This was because a tramway could come to an end as a terminus with trams using a crossover to reverse on the same route while trolleybuses had to run round loops so the ends of tram routes were connected up with new wiring to form loops in the conversion programme. 655 trolleybus route - I seem to remember using that occasionally running south from Hanwell - or was it Southall? Hanwell all the time but only beyond Hammersmith in the peaks IIRC. -- Colin Rosenstiel |
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