[Cross-posted to uk.transport.london and uk.railway]

Voila - the much requested bus link between Waterloo and St. Pancras
materialises in time for Eurostar's move. Though I bet the majority of
passengers using the 59 from Kings Cross down the Euston Road won't
have anything to do with Eurostar at all!

I'm curious as to how the bus will serve Euston bus station in the
(broadly) southbound direction, as the press release states. I guess
the bus will turn right off the Euston Road into Euston bus station,
before turning right onto Eversholt Street and then crossing Euston
Road to Upper Woburn Place and continuing down as normal.

Anyway, below is the press release in full, as sourced from:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/6292.aspx

----------
Route 59 extended to St. Pancras and King's Cross
----------
30 October 2007

Transport for London (TfL) has announced that bus route 59, from
Streatham Hill to Euston Station, will be extended to St. Pancras and
King's Cross from Saturday 10 November.

The extension will create a direct bus link between Waterloo, St
Pancras and King's Cross.

Eurostar passengers will be amongst those who benefit, when the
Eurostar terminal moves to St. Pancras International on 14 November.

The route will continue to serve Euston Bus Station and then run along
Euston Road, with stops at St. Pancras and King's Cross.

John Barry, Head of Network Development for London Buses, said: "The
extension of route 59 will give a direct journey option between
Waterloo, St. Pancras and King's Cross.

"It also creates new bus links for Brixton and Kennington."

The change comes following a review of the existing service and
reflects requests received from a number of passenger groups,
including London TravelWatch.

Brian Cooke, Chairman of London TravelWatch, said: "We are delighted
that passengers will now benefit from a much-needed direct link
between Waterloo and King's Cross St. Pancras stations."
----------

On Nov 1, 2:57 pm, Mizter T wrote:
[Cross-posted to uk.transport.london and uk.railway]

Voila - the much requested bus link between Waterloo and St. Pancras
materialises in time for Eurostar's move. Though I bet the majority of
passengers using the 59 from Kings Cross down the Euston Road won't
have anything to do with Eurostar at all!

I'm curious as to how the bus will serve Euston bus station in the
(broadly) southbound direction, as the press release states. I guess
the bus will turn right off the Euston Road into Euston bus station,
before turning right onto Eversholt Street and then crossing Euston
Road to Upper Woburn Place and continuing down as normal.


Same as the 91, I assume - I _think_ that's what it does, but I try to
avoid buses via Euston for exactly that reason.

Jonn

Anyway, below is the press release in full, as sourced from:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/6292.aspx

----------
Route 59 extended to St. Pancras and King's Cross
----------
30 October 2007

Transport for London (TfL) has announced that bus route 59, from
Streatham Hill to Euston Station, will be extended to St. Pancras and
King's Cross from Saturday 10 November.

The extension will create a direct bus link between Waterloo, St
Pancras and King's Cross.

Eurostar passengers will be amongst those who benefit, when the
Eurostar terminal moves to St. Pancras International on 14 November.

The route will continue to serve Euston Bus Station and then run along
Euston Road, with stops at St. Pancras and King's Cross.

John Barry, Head of Network Development for London Buses, said: "The
extension of route 59 will give a direct journey option between
Waterloo, St. Pancras and King's Cross.

"It also creates new bus links for Brixton and Kennington."

The change comes following a review of the existing service and
reflects requests received from a number of passenger groups,
including London TravelWatch.

Brian Cooke, Chairman of London TravelWatch, said: "We are delighted
that passengers will now benefit from a much-needed direct link
between Waterloo and King's Cross St. Pancras stations."
----------

On 1 Nov, 16:02, wrote:
On Nov 1, 2:57 pm, Mizter T wrote:

[Cross-posted to uk.transport.london and uk.railway]

Voila - the much requested bus link between Waterloo and St. Pancras
materialises in time for Eurostar's move. Though I bet the majority of
passengers using the 59 from Kings Cross down the Euston Road won't
have anything to do with Eurostar at all!

I'm curious as to how the bus will serve Euston bus station in the
(broadly) southbound direction, as the press release states. I guess
the bus will turn right off the Euston Road into Euston bus station,
before turning right onto Eversholt Street and then crossing Euston
Road to Upper Woburn Place and continuing down as normal.

Same as the 91, I assume - I _think_ that's what it does, but I try to
avoid buses via Euston for exactly that reason.

Jonn


Yes, you're quite right, the 91 already does just that (and I've
probably taken it through Euston at some point too!)- it was stupid of
me not to have checked the bus spider map to see whether anything of
the sort already happens.

Euston bus spider map:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/maps/buses/pdf/
euston-2087.pdf

On Nov 1, 4:37 pm, Mizter T wrote:
On 1 Nov, 16:02, wrote:



On Nov 1, 2:57 pm, Mizter T wrote:

[Cross-posted to uk.transport.london and uk.railway]

Voila - the much requested bus link between Waterloo and St. Pancras
materialises in time for Eurostar's move. Though I bet the majority of
passengers using the 59 from Kings Cross down the Euston Road won't
have anything to do with Eurostar at all!

I'm curious as to how the bus will serve Euston bus station in the
(broadly) southbound direction, as the press release states. I guess
the bus will turn right off the Euston Road into Euston bus station,
before turning right onto Eversholt Street and then crossing Euston
Road to Upper Woburn Place and continuing down as normal.

Same as the 91, I assume - I _think_ that's what it does, but I try to
avoid buses via Euston for exactly that reason.

Jonn

Yes, you're quite right, the 91 already does just that (and I've
probably taken it through Euston at some point too!)- it was stupid of
me not to have checked the bus spider map to see whether anything of
the sort already happens.

Euston bus spider map:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/maps/buses/pdf/
euston-2087.pdf


One thing I noticed about that map, for no reason other than that it's
my neck of the woods: King's Cross Thameslink bus stop has been
renamed Pentonville Road/King's Cross Road, presumably because this is
after the Thameslink moves to St Pancras.

Jonn

On 1 Nov, 16:18, wrote:
On Nov 1, 4:02 pm, wrote:



On Nov 1, 2:57 pm, Mizter T wrote:

[Cross-posted to uk.transport.london and uk.railway]

Voila - the much requested bus link between Waterloo and St. Pancras
materialises in time for Eurostar's move. Though I bet the majority of
passengers using the 59 from Kings Cross down the Euston Road won't
have anything to do with Eurostar at all!

I'm curious as to how the bus will serve Euston bus station in the
(broadly) southbound direction, as the press release states. I guess
the bus will turn right off the Euston Road into Euston bus station,
before turning right onto Eversholt Street and then crossing Euston
Road to Upper Woburn Place and continuing down as normal.

Same as the 91, I assume - I _think_ that's what it does, but I try to
avoid buses via Euston for exactly that reason.

Jonn


As a user of the 59, the following is likely:

From Upper Woburn Place, cross Euston Road into Eversholt St (you cant
turn right !), left into bus station round island at end and back to
normal 59 stop under the Eversholt St railway offices. Then cross
Eversholt St into Grafton Place, right into Churchway and left on
Euston Rd to KX. Return will be a reversal of above turning right off
Euston Rd into Churchway.


Thanks, that sounds likely. I'd overlooked the turnaround facility in
Euston bus station.

On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:05:58 -0700, Mizter T
wrote:

Thanks, that sounds likely. I'd overlooked the turnaround facility in
Euston bus station.

As had I - didn't know there was one, but it does make sense as
anything that terminates does so on one side and departs from the
other. Despite the fact that I use it every day

I wonder how long it will continue to run that route, though. With
the 205 it didn't last long.

Neil

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On 1 Nov, 20:38, (Neil Williams) wrote:
On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:05:58 -0700, Mizter T
wrote:

Thanks, that sounds likely. I'd overlooked the turnaround facility in
Euston bus station.

As had I - didn't know there was one, but it does make sense as
anything that terminates does so on one side and departs from the
other. Despite the fact that I use it every day

I wonder how long it will continue to run that route, though. With
the 205 it didn't last long.

Neil

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Put my first name before the at to reply.

This is great news for me. Getting from Kings Cross to Streatham Hill,
avoiding the tube has always been a hastle. The 45 takes forever and
turns off just before Streatham Hill.

B.

Mizter T wrote:

[Cross-posted to uk.transport.london and uk.railway]

Voila - the much requested bus link between Waterloo and St. Pancras
materialises in time for Eurostar's move. Though I bet the majority of
passengers using the 59 from Kings Cross down the Euston Road won't
have anything to do with Eurostar at all!
I bet your right. The average visitor will have an undergroud map & use
that.
--
zaax

On 1 Nov, 21:06, "zaax" wrote:
Mizter T wrote:
[Cross-posted to uk.transport.london and uk.railway]

Voila - the much requested bus link between Waterloo and St. Pancras
materialises in time for Eurostar's move. Though I bet the majority of
passengers using the 59 from Kings Cross down the Euston Road won't
have anything to do with Eurostar at all!

I bet your right. The average visitor will have an undergroud map & use
that.
--
zaax

Though if they are travelling by tube from Waterloo to Euston and look
at a Tube map they'll miss the fact that it's easier to travel on the
Bakerloo line from Waterloo to Oxford Circus, then onwards on the
Victoria line to Euston - easier because there is a cross-platform
interchange between the Bakerloo and Victoria lines at Oxford Circus.

A regular uk.railway reader meanwhile is likely not to have missed
this fact as it comes up ad nauseam!

On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:03:06 -0000, ONscotland
wrote:

This is great news for me. Getting from Kings Cross to Streatham Hill,
avoiding the tube has always been a hastle. The 45 takes forever and
turns off just before Streatham Hill.

In return, for those of us who hate the Northern Line but want to go
from Euston to the City, can we also have the 45 or 63 extended from
KX to Euston?

Neil

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