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I think it's not just that Stratford is used by people who can't work from home (you're correct on that front) but since the 2012 Olympics, Stratford is a massive leisure destination and those statistics reflect that well. Weekends especially, but generally so to speak all week long, sees the...

The flow on that corridor has reduced over the years and the 9 and 27 should be able to cope alone without the 23. Today is the last day of the 414 at Abellio, and also going to Maida Hill. Interestingly seems to be mostly operated with Enviro 400 MMC hybrids. I understand these will be on the...

Which driver depot is signing this route out of curiosity? I assume the traction is 465/9s?

Lots of small tidbits on the B&H front lately... I don't know if anyone spotted any of the extras that were running on the Regency 28s between Brighton and Lewes on Bonfire Night? Lots of interesting vehicles including Brighton & Hove putting out Streetdecks from various depots and a number of...

Are there any plans for Charing Cross to sign 707s in the future?

Given that there are a number of 'redundant' or 'dead man walking' routes in the K&C / Westminster / H&F Would have made more sense to merge the northern half of the 23 with the southern half of the 414. Could have made a fairly useful link out of that in my opinion i.e. a bus route from...

This funny enough was the company's own doing...a lot of their buses were grimy and in incredibly poor condition at the time (several PG9s mind you). One of the buses had the logo half as--d applied and was missing the 'T' in Trustybus. An enthusiast quickly picked this up, and well as they say...

Sorry if I have missed it (in the 37 pages, it's very easy to) but does anyone know what driver depots are signing the new 707s? Is it just Grove Park or are there other depots (planned or otherwise) going to sign them?

111 has been awarded to Abellio London from their Twickenham (TF) depot with 30 fully electric buses (for a PVR of 27). The route is currently at London United RATP Group from Hounslow (AV) using Scania OmniCities. It was supposed to convert to LT Borisbuses very shortly however at this stage it...

At this rate, and in this dire economy, the 1972s will still be around in 2035.... Almost seems that they'd like to replace 1992s first as well, and try get 1972 replacement to co-incide with any future extension of the Bakerloo line to/via Lewisham. 1627037336 I definitely get that but surely...

Quite interesting that the off-peak service will initially be 5tph - it's quite rare to find tube or rail services that are operating (I assume at even intervals) every 12 minutes. Quite often they're always either every 10 or every 15 but never every 12.

Whilst it's understandable what has happened and can in some context be hard to prevent, it's incredibly poor communication by TfL online and in stations about what is going on and when to expect disruption. District line services to Edgware Road are also affected and it seems the Metropolitan...

TfL website states that the new timetable in Autumn when the Battersea extension opens will see Mill Hill East becoming a through service again, rather interestingly. Battersea will only see 6 trains an hour initially and eventually up to 12 next year which means many trains will still terminate...

The route has already gone out to tender, it will be numbered route 733 and will operate between Moorgate and Kennington / Oval. My understanding is that it will be limited stop on the 'outer' sections but once past London Bridge will be serving most, if not all stops, to Moorgate. It will...

There are some night routes that indeed are quiet. Two that spring to mind are N550 and N551 but these two I think are very poorly promoted or advertised and most people are not aware of the services. They do support the intensively busy N15 for much of their respective routes (and for a lot of...