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Alan \(in Brussels\) April 12th 05 09:19 AM

Rail symbol on tram destination blinds
 
On a recent trip by Tramink, I was struck by the fact that the former
'double arrow' symbol still widely used to identify National Rail stations
does not appear on the trams' relevant destination blinds, eg Elmers End,
Beckenham Junc. and Wimbledon. Here in Belgium, the corresponding symbol
provides a convenient way of emphasising the way road and rail services are
integrated. Is this an example of the 'not invented here' syndrome, or is
there some other simple explanation?

Regards,

- Alan (in Brussels)



Dave Arquati April 12th 05 09:36 AM

Rail symbol on tram destination blinds
 
Alan (in Brussels) wrote:
On a recent trip by Tramink, I was struck by the fact that the former
'double arrow' symbol still widely used to identify National Rail stations
does not appear on the trams' relevant destination blinds, eg Elmers End,
Beckenham Junc. and Wimbledon. Here in Belgium, the corresponding symbol
provides a convenient way of emphasising the way road and rail services are
integrated. Is this an example of the 'not invented here' syndrome, or is
there some other simple explanation?


Not sure of the explanation, but some bus blinds showing stations as
destinations *do* show the rail (and sometimes Tube) symbols. For
example, the 18 to Euston.

--
Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London

asdf April 12th 05 10:39 AM

Rail symbol on tram destination blinds
 
Not sure of the explanation, but some bus blinds showing stations as
destinations *do* show the rail (and sometimes Tube) symbols. For
example, the 18 to Euston.


Interestingly, though unrelated to the original question, some (but
strangely not all) 258s to Watford Junction show the Tube symbol as
well as the NR one - is this in anticipation of the going-ahead (and
timely completion) of the Croxley Link?

Illustrated he
http://www.busesatwork.co.uk/images2...58_VTL1219.jpg


Michael Hoffman April 12th 05 11:40 AM

Rail symbol on tram destination blinds
 
Alan (in Brussels) wrote:

On a recent trip by Tramink, I was struck by the fact that the former
'double arrow' symbol still widely used to identify National Rail stations


What do you mean the "former 'double arrow' symbol?" It's still a double
arrow symbol, even if it's being used for "National Rail" instead of
British Rail.
--
Michael Hoffman

Alan \(in Brussels\) April 12th 05 11:48 AM

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In the message de ...
"asdf" wrote:

Not sure of the explanation, but some bus blinds showing stations as
destinations *do* show the rail (and sometimes Tube) symbols. For
example, the 18 to Euston.


Interestingly, though unrelated to the original question, some (but
strangely not all) 258s to Watford Junction show the Tube symbol as
well as the NR one - is this in anticipation of the going-ahead (and
timely completion) of the Croxley Link?

Illustrated he
http://www.busesatwork.co.uk/images2...58_VTL1219.jpg

Yes, very nice; why aren't they all like that ?

BTW surely the LT 'roundel' isn't *just* the 'Tube' (or even 'UndergrounD')
symbol?

- Alan (in Brussels)



Peter Beale April 12th 05 02:57 PM

Rail symbol on tram destination blinds
 
In article , lid
(asdf) wrote:

Interestingly, though unrelated to the original question, some (but
strangely not all) 258s to Watford Junction show the Tube symbol as
well as the NR one - is this in anticipation of the going-ahead (and
timely completion) of the Croxley Link?

Illustrated he
http://www.busesatwork.co.uk/images2...58_VTL1219.jpg

They probably think the Bakerloo still runs through to Watford Jct.

--
Peter Beale

Brimstone April 12th 05 03:12 PM

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Alan (in Brussels) wrote:
On a recent trip by Tramink, I was struck by the fact that the former
'double arrow' symbol still widely used to identify National Rail
stations does not appear on the trams' relevant destination blinds,
eg Elmers End, Beckenham Junc. and Wimbledon. Here in Belgium, the
corresponding symbol provides a convenient way of emphasising the way
road and rail services are integrated. Is this an example of the 'not
invented here' syndrome, or is there some other simple explanation?


Simple. There's no modal integration.



Arthur Figgis April 12th 05 05:29 PM

Rail symbol on tram destination blinds
 
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 11:19:08 +0200, "Alan \(in Brussels\)"
wrote:

a convenient way of emphasising the way road and rail services are
integrated.


I think a clue to the answer may lie here....
--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

Alan \(in Brussels\) April 12th 05 06:39 PM

Rail symbol on tram destination blinds
 
In the message ...
"Arthur Figgis" ] wrote:

On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 11:19:08 +0200, "Alan \(in Brussels\)"
wrote:

a convenient way of emphasising the way road and rail services are
integrated.


I think a clue to the answer may lie here....


Perhaps so far as through unit ticketing and/or timetabling is concerned,
but passenger interchange between tram and suburban rail platforms at Elmers
End and at Wimbledon is exemplary (compared eg with many Tube/Tube or even
bus/bus 'interchanges' in central London). So why not stress it wherever
possible?

Regards,

- Alan (in Brussels)



Brimstone April 12th 05 07:16 PM

Rail symbol on tram destination blinds
 
Alan (in Brussels) wrote:
In the message ...
"Arthur Figgis" ] wrote:

On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 11:19:08 +0200, "Alan \(in Brussels\)"
wrote:

a convenient way of emphasising the way road and rail services are
integrated.


I think a clue to the answer may lie here....


Perhaps so far as through unit ticketing and/or timetabling is
concerned, but passenger interchange between tram and suburban rail
platforms at Elmers End and at Wimbledon is exemplary (compared eg
with many Tube/Tube or even bus/bus 'interchanges' in central
London). So why not stress it wherever possible?


Because integration isn't permitted.



Neil Williams April 12th 05 08:16 PM

Rail symbol on tram destination blinds
 
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 19:16:22 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone"
wrote:

Because integration isn't permitted.


A cynical, and wholly incorrect, opinion.

Neil

--
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When replying please use neil at the above domain
'wensleydale' is a spam trap and is not read.

Chris Tolley April 13th 05 01:02 AM

Rail symbol on tram destination blinds
 
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 11:19:08 +0200, Alan (in Brussels) wrote:
On a recent trip by Tramink, I was struck by the fact that the former
'double arrow' symbol still widely used to identify National Rail stations
does not appear on the trams' relevant destination blinds, eg Elmers End,
Beckenham Junc. and Wimbledon. Here in Belgium, the corresponding symbol
provides a convenient way of emphasising the way road and rail services are
integrated. Is this an example of the 'not invented here' syndrome, or is
there some other simple explanation?


I have noticed recently that there's a little blob appearing next the
the double arrow symbol in modern usage. I take this blob to be an R in
a circle, so perhaps there is an issue over trademark protection or
licensing which makes it less hassle and less expensive not to use the
symbol.
--
http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p12686827.html
(Quite a steep gradient: Chester Zoo Overhead Railway - Train 1, 2000)

John Rowland April 13th 05 01:02 AM

Rail symbol on tram destination blinds
 
"Alan (in Brussels)" wrote in message
...

On a recent trip by Tramink, I was struck by the fact
that the former 'double arrow' symbol still widely used
to identify National Rail stations does not appear on the
trams' relevant destination blinds, eg Elmers End,
Beckenham Junc. and Wimbledon. Here in Belgium,
the corresponding symbol provides a convenient way
of emphasising the way road and rail services are integrated.


But Tramlink is not a road service, it's a rail service. District Line
trains to Wimbledon have never, AFAIK, had a BR symbol on the destination
blind, so why would you expect Tramlink to have one?

The double-arrow and roundel symbols are used on the front of buses as a
short hand for "Station", and generally bus blinds have changed overnight
from displaying "Station" to using the symbols. Therefore their presence on
a bus blind informs that the bus terminates at Mytown Station, as opposed to
Mytown ASDA or Mytown Library or some vaguely specified part of Mytown.
There is no need for such a designation on a tram route where every stop has
a precise name.

--
John Rowland - Spamtrapped
Transport Plans for the London Area, updated 2001
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acro...69/tpftla.html
A man's vehicle is a symbol of his manhood.
That's why my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line -
It's the size of a county and it comes every two and a half minutes



Brimstone April 13th 05 08:19 AM

Rail symbol on tram destination blinds
 
John Rowland wrote:
"Alan (in Brussels)" wrote in message
...

On a recent trip by Tramink, I was struck by the fact
that the former 'double arrow' symbol still widely used
to identify National Rail stations does not appear on the
trams' relevant destination blinds, eg Elmers End,
Beckenham Junc. and Wimbledon. Here in Belgium,
the corresponding symbol provides a convenient way
of emphasising the way road and rail services are integrated.


But Tramlink is not a road service, it's a rail service. District Line
trains to Wimbledon have never, AFAIK, had a BR symbol on the
destination blind, so why would you expect Tramlink to have one?


But LT/LU maps have long had an indication on their maps of an interchange
facility with the mainline railway.



John Rowland April 13th 05 10:32 AM

Rail symbol on tram destination blinds
 
"Brimstone" wrote in message
...
John Rowland wrote:

But Tramlink is not a road service, it's a rail service.
District Line trains to Wimbledon have never, AFAIK,
had a BR symbol on the destination blind,
so why would you expect Tramlink to have one?


But LT/LU maps have long had an indication on their
maps of an interchange facility with the mainline railway.


And so do Tramlink maps. So what's your point?

--
John Rowland - Spamtrapped
Transport Plans for the London Area, updated 2001
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acro...69/tpftla.html
A man's vehicle is a symbol of his manhood.
That's why my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line -
It's the size of a county and it comes every two and a half minutes



Brimstone April 13th 05 11:07 AM

Rail symbol on tram destination blinds
 
John Rowland wrote:
"Brimstone" wrote in message
...
John Rowland wrote:

But Tramlink is not a road service, it's a rail service.
District Line trains to Wimbledon have never, AFAIK,
had a BR symbol on the destination blind,
so why would you expect Tramlink to have one?


But LT/LU maps have long had an indication on their
maps of an interchange facility with the mainline railway.


And so do Tramlink maps. So what's your point?


That there are methods of indicating interchange facilities without it being
on the vehicle's destination blind.



Alan \(in Brussels\) April 13th 05 12:26 PM

Rail symbol on tram destination blinds
 
In the message ...
"Brimstone" wrote:

John Rowland wrote:
"Brimstone" wrote in message
...
John Rowland wrote:

But Tramlink is not a road service, it's a rail service.
District Line trains to Wimbledon have never, AFAIK,
had a BR symbol on the destination blind,
so why would you expect Tramlink to have one?

But LT/LU maps have long had an indication on their
maps of an interchange facility with the mainline railway.


And so do Tramlink maps. So what's your point?


That there are methods of indicating interchange facilities without it

being
on the vehicle's destination blind.

Indeed, and I am very favorably impressed by the 'semi-geographic' style of
display currently used at key points on the London bus network. But it's
very noticable that a significant proportion of passengers still seek
confirmation from the driver that the bus is actually going where they want
to get to.

On Tramlink, the dot matrix displays at stops provide valuable real-time
information - but in a very compressed form because of their limited
capacity - so that they fall back to the advice to observe the tram's
destinantion blind. In fact, it was because *the trams' destination blinds
closely resemble those on buses* (rather than the scrolling dot-matix
displays on the latest EMUs) that I wondered why the double-arrow symbol
doesn't appear on them.

Regards,

- Alan (in Brussels)





Clive Coleman April 13th 05 03:15 PM

Rail symbol on tram destination blinds
 
In message , "Alan (in Brussels)"
writes
Indeed, and I am very favorably impressed by the 'semi-geographic'
style of display currently used at key points on the London bus network.

A bit off topic I know, but I was astounded to see a display of when the
next bus was due in a bus shelter in Wandsworth. London bus passengers
have luxuries most of us can only dream about.
--
Clive.

Brimstone April 13th 05 03:53 PM

Rail symbol on tram destination blinds
 
Clive Coleman wrote:
In message , "Alan (in Brussels)"
writes
Indeed, and I am very favorably impressed by the 'semi-geographic'
style of display currently used at key points on the London bus
network.

A bit off topic I know, but I was astounded to see a display of when
the next bus was due in a bus shelter in Wandsworth. London bus
passengers have luxuries most of us can only dream about.


Quite, and most of them don't realise it. All they do is whinge.



Paul Terry April 13th 05 03:59 PM

Rail symbol on tram destination blinds
 
In message , Clive Coleman
writes

A bit off topic I know, but I was astounded to see a display of when
the next bus was due in a bus shelter in Wandsworth.


The system is called Countdown, and about 2000 bus stops are equipped so
far (which leaves an awful lot still to go - I think only well-used
stops will be equipped).

London bus passengers have luxuries most of us can only dream about.


Of course, when Countdown goes wrong or displays the wrong times, or
doesn't display any time because some bus operators have not yet
equipped their vehicles, it can sometimes seem worse than no display at
all - but it does seem to be getting better at our local bus stop.

--
Paul Terry

Alan \(in Brussels\) April 13th 05 04:42 PM

Rail symbol on tram destination blinds
 
In the message ...
"Michael Hoffman" a écrit
Alan (in Brussels) wrote:

On a recent trip by Tramink, I was struck by the fact that the former
'double arrow' symbol still widely used to identify National Rail

stations

What do you mean the "former 'double arrow' symbol?" It's still a double
arrow symbol, even if it's being used for "National Rail" instead of
British Rail.


I'm glad to hear that. But when at Wimbledon, I noticed that it isn't used
on the panel indicating the interchange facilities (where eg the the LT
'roundel' is used to point the way to the District Line platforms) ;
instead, the 'generic diesel loco front' symbol (I think it may be a UIC
pictogram for a railway station; it's not in the Highway Code or anywhere
else I've looked) is used to flag the way to SW Trains etc. on platforms
1-8. So I suspected the double-arrow symbol might be just a relic.

Regards,

- Alan (in Brussels)




Dave Arquati April 13th 05 04:50 PM

Rail symbol on tram destination blinds
 
Paul Terry wrote:
In message , Clive Coleman
writes

A bit off topic I know, but I was astounded to see a display of when
the next bus was due in a bus shelter in Wandsworth.



The system is called Countdown, and about 2000 bus stops are equipped so
far (which leaves an awful lot still to go - I think only well-used
stops will be equipped).

London bus passengers have luxuries most of us can only dream about.



Of course, when Countdown goes wrong or displays the wrong times, or
doesn't display any time because some bus operators have not yet
equipped their vehicles, it can sometimes seem worse than no display at
all - but it does seem to be getting better at our local bus stop.


I've noticed an improvement in Countdown information too - I most often
see a Countdown display at Piccadilly Circus, but I've noticed a fairly
decent accuracy level at other West End stops too. I wonder if anything
has changed behind the scenes?

--
Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London

Clive Coleman April 13th 05 04:52 PM

Rail symbol on tram destination blinds
 
In message , Paul Terry
writes
Of course, when Countdown goes wrong or displays the wrong times, or
doesn't display any time because some bus operators have not yet
equipped their vehicles, it can sometimes seem worse than no display at
all - but it does seem to be getting better at our local bus stop.

I suppose that when you get two hour intervals between buses as we do
before service drops off in the evening, it would be annoying to know
you could have stayed at home for that extra cup of tea/coffee/alcohol.
--
Clive.

Alan \(in Brussels\) April 13th 05 05:10 PM

Rail symbol on tram destination blinds
 
SNIP my previous message

FYI, TfL have produced a handy guide to its pictograms, which includes the
ex-BR 'double-arrow' symbol among the various 'transport modes' (but not the
'generic diesel loco front'), and is available on-line at:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/downloads/...amStandard.pdf

Regards,

- Alan (in Brussels)



Paul Terry April 13th 05 06:14 PM

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In message , Clive Coleman
writes

I suppose that when you get two hour intervals between buses as we do
before service drops off in the evening, it would be annoying to know
you could have stayed at home for that extra cup of tea/coffee/alcohol.


Two sets of friends in North Yorks ("one bus a week on Thursdays") still
cannot get over the fact that despite being 8 miles from the centre of
London, we have buses every 3 minutes in the peak, every 5 minutes
off-peak, and night buses stopping within short walking distance every
10 minutes throughout the night. A bit further up the road there are 36
buses an hour each way in the peak period.

I say all this not to be boastful, but to point out that only very
high-frequency operation will persuade people to move from cars to
buses. I wouldn't dream of driving into central London any more, nor
would any of my neighbours - the bus (+ train) is more reliable,
quicker, cheaper and more pleasurable - it is MUCH easier to read the
paper when on the bus than when driving, for instance, and it is rather
fun to strike up the odd conversation with a stranger instead of being
in the hermetically sealed mobile box that we call a car, interacting
with others only by honking the horn or flashing the lights in anger.

Having said all that, I fully understand why folk in outer suburban and
rural areas could hardly exist without a bus - there has to be some sort
of critical mass to tip the balance towards public transport. Once that
happens, the results can be astonishing - something like Countdown then
just becomes the icing on the cake.

--
Paul Terry

Tom Anderson April 13th 05 06:41 PM

Rail symbol on tram destination blinds
 
On Wed, 13 Apr 2005, Alan (in Brussels) wrote:

generic diesel loco front


Splitters!

tom

--
No hay banda


Tom Anderson April 13th 05 06:45 PM

Rail symbol on tram destination blinds
 
On Wed, 13 Apr 2005, Paul Terry wrote:

In message , Clive Coleman
writes

I suppose that when you get two hour intervals between buses as we do
before service drops off in the evening, it would be annoying to know
you could have stayed at home for that extra cup of tea/coffee/alcohol.


Two sets of friends in North Yorks ("one bus a week on Thursdays") still
cannot get over the fact that despite being 8 miles from the centre of
London, we have buses every 3 minutes in the peak, every 5 minutes
off-peak,


Sounds like where i live.

and night buses stopping within short walking distance every 10 minutes
throughout the night.


Okay, now that's impressive; i take it there are three routes, each coming
every half-hour? You must live in a fairly significant suburban centre.

Having said all that, I fully understand why folk in outer suburban and
rural areas could hardly exist without a bus


ITYM 'car', no?

- there has to be some sort of critical mass to tip the balance towards
public transport.


Indeed. In my old 'hood, on a sunday, there is nominally 0.5 bph from the
town railway station to my village, and the arrival time is more or less
random.

tom

--
No hay banda


Paul Terry April 13th 05 07:11 PM

Rail symbol on tram destination blinds
 
In message ,
Tom Anderson writes

On Wed, 13 Apr 2005, Paul Terry wrote:


Two sets of friends in North Yorks ("one bus a week on Thursdays") still
cannot get over the fact that despite being 8 miles from the centre of
London, we have buses every 3 minutes in the peak, every 5 minutes
off-peak,


Sounds like where i live.


and night buses stopping within short walking distance every 10 minutes
throughout the night.


Okay, now that's impressive; i take it there are three routes, each coming
every half-hour?


Yes.

You must live in a fairly significant suburban centre.


I live in a London borough that I think claims a higher proportion of
open space than any other (Richmond).

Having said all that, I fully understand why folk in outer suburban and
rural areas could hardly exist without a bus


ITYM 'car', no?


Oops, yes!

- there has to be some sort of critical mass to tip the balance towards
public transport.


Indeed. In my old 'hood, on a sunday, there is nominally 0.5 bph from the
town railway station to my village, and the arrival time is more or less
random.


--
Paul Terry

Tom Anderson April 13th 05 07:35 PM

Rail symbol on tram destination blinds
 
On Wed, 13 Apr 2005, Paul Terry wrote:

In message ,
Tom Anderson writes

On Wed, 13 Apr 2005, Paul Terry wrote:


Two sets of friends in North Yorks ("one bus a week on Thursdays")
still cannot get over the fact that despite being 8 miles from the
centre of London, we have buses every 3 minutes in the peak, every 5
minutes off-peak, and night buses stopping within short walking
distance every 10 minutes throughout the night.


Okay, now that's impressive; i take it there are three routes, each coming
every half-hour?


Yes.

You must live in a fairly significant suburban centre.


I live in a London borough that I think claims a higher proportion of
open space than any other (Richmond).


Even Waltham Forest? How about one of those godforsaken Metropolitan Kent
places? :)

Anyway, i take it you live within short walking distance of one of the
town centres in Richmond.

Thinking about it a bit more, perhaps three routes isn't as exceptional as
i'd thought. There were four to where i lived in Hackney, and there are at
least three to Holloway - the problem is that only one or two were ever
any use to me, but that's due to the fairly narrow range of places i
needed to get home from late at night!

tom

--
It is a formal cultural policy to show unreasonable bias towards any woman who is both attractive and wierd.


John Rowland April 13th 05 11:30 PM

Rail symbol on tram destination blinds
 
"Alan (in Brussels)" wrote in message
...

So I suspected the double-arrow symbol might be just a relic.


No, the double arrow is still used on road signs, even those pointing to
brand new stations, and it is also used in conjunction with the underground
roundel in brand new totems outside old interchange stations.

--
John Rowland - Spamtrapped
Transport Plans for the London Area, updated 2001
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acro...69/tpftla.html
A man's vehicle is a symbol of his manhood.
That's why my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line -
It's the size of a county and it comes every two and a half minutes



Clive Coleman April 14th 05 12:40 AM

Rail symbol on tram destination blinds
 
In message , John Rowland
writes
"Alan (in Brussels)" wrote in message
...

So I suspected the double-arrow symbol might be just a relic.

No it's not a relic, it means they don't know whether they're coming or
going.
--
Clive.

Paul Terry April 14th 05 08:00 AM

Rail symbol on tram destination blinds
 
In message ,
Tom Anderson writes

On Wed, 13 Apr 2005, Paul Terry wrote:


I live in a London borough that I think claims a higher proportion of
open space than any other (Richmond).


Even Waltham Forest?


There is more than 5,000 acres of public open space in Richmond - about
14% of the total for Greater London. I believe that is a larger amount
than in any other London borough:

http://www.richmond.gov.uk/depts/env...ks/default.htm

My point is that Richmond is an area of relatively low population
density in London terms (30 per hectare, compared with 56 per hectare in
Waltham Forest, for example). Despite this, much of the area can sustain
high-frequency bus services.

I don't want to over-simplify, though: part of the reason is that wide
tracts of open parkland separate areas of quite high-density housing and
that is an ideal combination for high-frequency bus routes.

Anyway, i take it you live within short walking distance of one of the
town centres in Richmond.


Not really. We just have a lot of buses. :)

--
Paul Terry

Tom Anderson April 14th 05 09:47 AM

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On Thu, 14 Apr 2005, Paul Terry wrote:

In message ,
Tom Anderson writes

On Wed, 13 Apr 2005, Paul Terry wrote:


I live in a London borough that I think claims a higher proportion
of open space than any other (Richmond).


Even Waltham Forest?


There is more than 5,000 acres of public open space in Richmond - about
14% of the total for Greater London.


Eek! That is quite a bit. Damn you with your fancy great park! And what
have we got up here? Flipping Finsbury Park is what!

I don't want to over-simplify, though: part of the reason is that wide
tracts of open parkland separate areas of quite high-density housing and
that is an ideal combination for high-frequency bus routes.


Quite!

tom

--
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Jason April 14th 05 02:02 PM

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On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 19:14:35 +0100, Paul Terry
wrote:

Two sets of friends in North Yorks ("one bus a week on Thursdays") still
cannot get over the fact that despite being 8 miles from the centre of
London, we have buses every 3 minutes in the peak, every 5 minutes
off-peak, and night buses stopping within short walking distance every
10 minutes throughout the night. A bit further up the road there are 36
buses an hour each way in the peak period.


Some London Night Bus routes do have a wonderful service - erm no,
make that a 'wonderfully high frequency'.

With the N38, using from Angel for example, there are 12 buses per
hour from 2am to 5am - an average of every 6 minutes - for the
weeknight service.

This doesn't give the whole picture are there are some odd frequencies
thrown in: 2:02, 2:03 [...] 2:32, 2:33 [...] 3:02, 3:03 [...] 3:30,
3:33, 3:36, [...] 4:01, 4:03 [...] 4:33, 4:34.
(From http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/use...__000022b8.pdf)

--
Cheers,

Jason.

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet and in e-mail?

Paul Dredge April 14th 05 03:39 PM

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"Jason" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 19:14:35 +0100, Paul Terry
wrote:

Two sets of friends in North Yorks ("one bus a week on Thursdays") still
cannot get over the fact that despite being 8 miles from the centre of
London, we have buses every 3 minutes in the peak, every 5 minutes
off-peak, and night buses stopping within short walking distance every
10 minutes throughout the night. A bit further up the road there are 36
buses an hour each way in the peak period.


Some London Night Bus routes do have a wonderful service - erm no,
make that a 'wonderfully high frequency'.

With the N38, using from Angel for example, there are 12 buses per
hour from 2am to 5am - an average of every 6 minutes - for the
weeknight service.

This doesn't give the whole picture are there are some odd frequencies
thrown in: 2:02, 2:03 [...] 2:32, 2:33 [...] 3:02, 3:03 [...] 3:30,
3:33, 3:36, [...] 4:01, 4:03 [...] 4:33, 4:34.
(From http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/use...__000022b8.pdf)

--
Cheers,

Jason.

I just tried it and it gave a even spread of buses, also the timetable
suggests they are fairly well spread http://www.busmap.org/tt4/N038.pdf

Paul



Clive Coleman April 14th 05 03:46 PM

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In message ,
Tom Anderson writes
I live in a London borough that I think claims a higher proportion
of open space than any other (Richmond).

Richmond Park, now there's a nice bit of land to concrete over and make
a park and ride from.
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Clive.

Tom Anderson April 14th 05 10:57 PM

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On Thu, 14 Apr 2005, Clive Coleman wrote:

In message ,
Tom Anderson writes

I live in a London borough that I think claims a higher
proportion of open space than any other (Richmond).


Richmond Park, now there's a nice bit of land to concrete over and make
a park and ride from.


Clive, you're a genius!

Hang on, though - park and ride? That would mean people would leave their
cars and use public transport. That's madness! Better, surely, would be to
use the space - not all of it, of course - to build two or three new
six-lane motorways into central London, the Richmond bypass, the Wimbledon
bypass, and the Richmond bypass bypass. Perhaps the rest of it could be
converted to a service area.

tom

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Clive Coleman April 15th 05 12:54 AM

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In message ,
Tom Anderson writes
Richmond Park, now there's a nice bit of land to concrete over and make
a park and ride from.


Clive, you're a genius!

Hang on, though - park and ride?

You think I'm joking. With the price of land so high in London surely
a park and ride scheme in Richmond Park could take a LOT of cars off of
the road and free up a lot of the roads further in. Just think of all
those commuters from the south west.
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Clive.

Chris Tolley April 15th 05 04:13 PM

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On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 19:14:35 +0100, Paul Terry wrote:

night buses stopping within short walking distance every
10 minutes throughout the night.


really?
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Paul Terry April 15th 05 05:12 PM

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In message , Chris Tolley
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On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 19:14:35 +0100, Paul Terry wrote:

night buses stopping within short walking distance every
10 minutes throughout the night.


really?


There are eight night buses an hour, on four different routes, so
roughly 10 minutes is a reasonable guess.

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Paul Terry


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