In article .com, MIG
wrote:

Unlimited Eddie wrote:
... Would it be correct to assume that
... the bus was about one quarter of a block down the
street from the hotel?
Was it travelling towards Euston or towards Russell Square?

It was about two and a half blocks north of the Hotel Russell (or less
blocks on the other side of the road), ie about three fifths of the way
from Hotel Russell to Euston Road.

It must have been heading south from Euston and was directly outside
the window of the office I used to work in in the BMA building (rented
out to various).

Since the route 30 doesn't go there, I can only assume that it had been
diverted following the earlier incident at Kings Cross. This hasn't
been explained in any reports that I have seen.

It's explained in detail with maps by the BBC on their "In Depth" and
"In Detail" pages; the bus event is described at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/h.../html/tavistoc
k.stm. The "In Depth" stuff starts at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/...ions/default.s
tm, linked from the front page at http://news.bbc.co.uk/.

Sam

It's explained in detail with maps by the BBC on their "In Depth" and
"In Detail" pages; the bus event is described at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/h.../html/tavistoc
k.stm. The "In Depth" stuff starts at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/...ions/default.s
tm, linked from the front page at http://news.bbc.co.uk/.

Sam


Ah. Tar. Didn't see that before.

In message , Sam Wilson
writes

In article .com, MIG
wrote:

Since the route 30 doesn't go there, I can only assume that it had been
diverted following the earlier incident at Kings Cross. This hasn't
been explained in any reports that I have seen.

It's explained in detail with maps by the BBC on their "In Depth" and
"In Detail" pages; the bus event is described at

As discussed in another thread, that is probably wrong - the police were
diverting all EASTBOUND traffic on the Euston Road down through
Tavistock Square, so it is much more likely that the bus was bound for
Hackney, not Marble March.

--
Paul Terry

So it would be right near the road that comes out at the far end of
Cartwright Gardens?

since my last trip there,I remember i used to walk across the street
from the Russell and there was an office there where you could book
tourist trips,Frames Rickards i believe,there was a petrol station the
same side as the Russell and a family owned British style food
resteraunt

I think there was a college there too.

So it would be right near the road that comes out at the far end of
Cartwright Gardens?

since my last trip there,I remember i used to walk across the street
from the Russell and there was an office there where you could book
tourist trips,Frames Rickards i believe,there was a petrol station the
same side as the Russell and a family owned British style food
resteraunt

If the bus had continued a bit further South (towards the Russell) it
would have been able to turn left into Tavistock Place (where the
incident was first reported to have taken place). This leads through
to Marchmont Street, which heads North/South parallel with the diverted
route of the bus.

If you turned left again, ie heading back North towards Euston Road,
Cartwright Gardens is a crescent off Marchmont Street. There is a hall
of residence for students there at least.


I think there was a college there too.

In message .com,
Unlimited Eddie writes

Now I am an American who has been to London 11 times. I usually stay at
the Russell Hotel which is on Woburn.Would it be correct to assume that
if i was Walking out of the Russell hotel and looked to my right
towards Euston that the bus was about one quarter of a block down the
street from the hotel?

As others have said, it was more like two and half blocks. However, you
would undoubtedly have been in the thick of things (albeit safe) since
passengers from the Piccadilly line explosion were being evacuated from
the tube station just at the back of the hotel.

Was it travelling towards Euston or towards Russell Square?

It was not on its usual route, but it was heading towards Russell
Square.

--
Paul Terry

In article , Richard Sobey
writes
About 09:45 I heard a loud bang in the distance. I thought it was
south-east (that is, towards Holborn) but I guess it was the Tavistock
Square bus.

I witnessed the bus explosion - I must have been standing approx 50
metres away,

Ouch. My fullest sympathies.

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