On Nov 8, 7:11*pm, Paul Corfield wrote:

Note that only half the service on M-F (not evenings) extends beyond
Hackney Central to Clapton Pond. *This is a break with the more usual
"all buses run end to end" approach to TfL services although there have
always been exceptions (186, 221).

Would the 73 not be a fairly high-profile example of this?

It barely seems worthwhile terminating at Hackney Central. It's only
cutting a mile from the route, and won't do anything to reduce
congestion on the Narrowway, as the empty buses will still presumably
run around Amhurst Road to get to the starting point outside the old
Town Hall.

On 9 Nov, 10:11, martin wrote:
On Nov 8, 7:11*pm, Paul Corfield wrote:

Note that only half the service on M-F (not evenings) extends beyond
Hackney Central to Clapton Pond. *This is a break with the more usual
"all buses run end to end" approach to TfL services although there have
always been exceptions (186, 221).

Would the 73 not be a fairly high-profile example of this?

I can remember about 45 years ago my father taking me and my brother
to visit London for the first time and we stayed at the YMCA near
Tottenham Court Road. My brother and I had several bets as to whether
the next in each case of a seemingly incessant procession of RMs on
the 73 would be going to "Stoke Newington" or "Tottenham Garage".

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gordon