[TRIVIA] Incorrectly spelt destinations

[Flange Squeal]

I was flicking through some photos on Flickr and found this image of a Tellings-Golden Miller Enviro 200 working a Kingston University service with "Subribition" on its destination, instead of Surbiton.

KX57 OWK_7245pse9 (Copy)

Seen in Surbiton on 18th October 2012 working a Kingston University service KU2

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It got me wondering what the worst errors people have spotted that have slipped through the net before are, be it on destination boards/blinds or wider publicity material. Local to me, Stagecoach South have had "Togham" instead of Tongham and "Friary Bus Statin" in the past.

 

[lxfe_mxtterz]

Another one with Stagecoach South, though not necessarily an incorrectly spelt destination; rather a very minor grammatical error if you wished to be pedantic - the route 72 between Guildford and Ockford Ridge displays "Eashing lane Estate" (lower case 'L') for its southern terminus rather than "Eashing Lane Estate".

 

[JD2168]

Some in South Yorkshire are from recent past:
Wiswood instead of Wisewood in Sheffield
Bentlety instead of Bentley in Doncaster

 

[ls2270]

When Arriva ran the 18 in Guildford it displayed Onlsow Village instead of Onslow Village as the destination!

 

[omnicity4659]

"Morpeth & Kikhill" is displayed on the "via Bedlington Station" screen of Arriva's 2 in Northumberland. All other 'via' screens show the correct spelling of Kirkhill.

 

[TheGrandWazoo]

Buses of Somerset had a problem spelling Porlock Weir

 

[150249]

Last year, Stagecoach South West couldn't spell Cullompton.

 

[01d-and]

LiTchfield has appeared from time to time over the years.

 

[Busaholic]

LiTchfield has appeared from time to time over the years.

When Atlas Bus ran the 283 in London they went to Schepherds Bush, so you might say their were two errors in the first word as it included no apostrophe either!

 

[Kilopylae]

Last year, Stagecoach South West couldn't spell Cullompton.

I saw "Cullumpton" two weeks ago on a timetable screen

 

[TheSel]

This is not a recent phenomenon, of course. Even back in the days of linen displays the correct spellings of certain destinations seemed to be beyond the destination blind manufacturers' abilities. (All my own photos)



A pair of Crosville MWs seem to be unsure of the correct spelling of DOLLGELLAU / DOLGELLAU - the latter is correct (photo taken at ... er ... Dolgellau depot in February 1977)



This Crosville 'B' series Leyland National is actually bound for HAFODTY LANE (terminus of a Colwyn Bay local service) - not 'HAFOD TYLANE' as shown. Colwyn Bay, October 1984.




And in a slightly more recent era, this Arriva Merseyside Wright bodied DAF has an additional 'K' in its 'WEST KIRKBY' destination as it leaves Woodside Bus Station in October 2001.

 

[Bletchleyite]

The "Aylesbury triad" of disreputable small operators has had a couple. "Blehtcley" was one, but even better was "Wolver ton", i.e. they had incorrectly specified "Wolverhampton" instead and just coloured it in in black pen.

It got me wondering what the worst errors people have spotted that have slipped through the net before are, be it on destination boards/blinds or wider publicity material. Local to me, Stagecoach South have had "Togham" instead of Tongham and "Friary Bus Statin" in the past.

I suppose there's a reasonable chance that the majority on board were partaking of those

 

[Busaholic]

The "Aylesbury triad" of disreputable small operators has had a couple. "Blehtcley" was one, but even better was "Wolver ton", i.e. they had incorrectly specified "Wolverhampton" instead and just coloured it in in black pen.



I suppose there's a reasonable chance that the majority on board were partaking of those

Good one

 

[D6130]

LiTchfield has appeared from time to time over the years.

Presumably that's the one in Hampshire (near Whitchurch....and formerly having a station on the ex-GWR Didcot, Newbury and Southampton line)

When I was a young lad growing up in the West of Scotland, at least one of the Garelochhead Coach Services AEC double deckers had a destination blind with the incorrect spelling 'Garelochead'.

 

[Hassocks5489]

One of my pics from a few years ago - Brighton and Hove Buses school route 49E travelling to "Lower Bevedean" instead of "Lower Bevendean":

School Buses for Cardinal Newman School, Hove - YN04 GJE (Route 73 to Whitehawk) and PK02 RDX (Route 49E to Lower Bevendean)

On 29th November 2010, in very low sunlight, I went to Upper Drive in Hove to photograph buses on the rare school-run routes which serve Cardinal Newman School, a large secondary school. There are six such services in the afternoon: one is merely an extension/diversion of the regular hourly...

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[SSmith2009]

First Leicester have for many years split the word Netherhall as Nether Hall for their 38/38A routes as seen here

First Leicester 66969 KX05MJU Haymarket Bus Stn, Leicester on 38 (1280x960)

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Although during one of the covid lockdowns they managed to get it right

First WX59BYR

First Leicester WX59BYR seen passing Haymarket Bus Station on service 38 to Netherhall

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[PaulMc7]

Avondale had a bus that said Patrick instead of Partick for a long time. I'm not sure if it's still the case though.

 

[318266]

McGill's once wrote "Gallagher Retal Park" instead of "Gallagher Retail Park" for the 530 terminal.

Surprised it was the second word they misspelt and not the Gallagher!

 

[Busaholic]

McGill's once wrote "Gallagher Retal Park" instead of "Gallagher Retail Park" for the 530 terminal.

Surprised it was the second word they misspelt and not the Gallagher!

Hope no-one tried to insert a 'c'.

 

[PTR 444]

First Leicester have for many years split the word Netherhall as Nether Hall for their 38/38A routes as seen here

First Leicester 66969 KX05MJU Haymarket Bus Stn, Leicester on 38 (1280x960)

Explore dearingbuspix's 158942 photos on Flickr!

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Although during one of the covid lockdowns they managed to get it right

First WX59BYR

First Leicester WX59BYR seen passing Haymarket Bus Station on service 38 to Netherhall

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Similarly in Southampton, First went through a phase of splitting Lordshill as Lords Hill, although I think all buses now display the two words as one.

 

[duncanp]

Discount Travel Solutions, a small independent bus company, run a handful of journeys along part of the Birmingham Outer Circle 11A/11C route, in competition with the main operator National Express West Midlands.

Their buses of the 11C (clockwise circle) are shown as terminating at Dudely Road rather than the correct spelling of Dudley Road.

 

[Stan Drews]

McGill's once wrote "Gallagher Retal Park" instead of "Gallagher Retail Park" for the 530 terminal.

Surprised it was the second word they misspelt and not the Gallagher!

Whilst it predates the 530, Kilmaclom has also made an appearance as a digital destination!

 

[Roger1973]

In South-East London, a batch of intermediate blinds on Titans had Brounhill Road for Brownhill Road on route 160, and a batch of Leyland National blinds at Bromley had Nottingham for Mottingham on route 126 - both must have been mid to late 1980s.

I have seen a photo of an LT bus showing 'Plumpstead' for Plumstead but can't remember when.

Some buses involved in the tendered routes at the 1988 'Bexleybus' scheme (think it was Boro Line) had blinds that showed 'Bexley Heath' not Bexleyheath.

And seem to remember Eastern National's Olympian coaches, when they had an early electronic destination display, briefly showed 'London Owf Circus' which should have been Oxf(ord) Circus.

 

[ls2270]

Staying with London displays in the 1980s there were Metrobuses at Edgware Garage that spelt their home as Edgeware on their blinds!

 

[Welshman]

Before M&H Coaches took over the operation of the X1 & 2 services between Ruthin, Mold and Chester, there was a photo going the rounds of a Stagecoach single decker displaying "MOULD" on the front!
At least they didn't try to display YR WYDDGRUG on the board!

 

[Simon75]

The other year, Station's of Stoke had Bradley Vollage on their 61, instead of Village.

 

[verneyjunction]

The "Aylesbury triad" of disreputable small operators has had a couple. "Blehtcley" was one, but even better was "Wolver ton", i.e. they had incorrectly specified "Wolverhampton" instead and just coloured it in in black pen.



I suppose there's a reasonable chance that the majority on board were partaking of those

The group of Aylesbury independents have had so many errors (both on LED displays and the older manual wind up blinds) on displays.

I live in Aylesbury and i have personally seen buses run by these group of independents with these displays on the front:

- Alyesbury (Aylesbury)
- Aylesbruy (Aylesbury)
- Chinor (Chinnor)
- Fairford Lays (Fairford Leys)
- High Wycome (High Wycombe)
- Meadowcoft (Meadowcroft)
- Srory Not In Service (Sorry Not In Service)
- Slough Bus Staiton (Slough Bus Station)
- Steeple Clayton (Steeple Claydon)
- Watford Raliway Station (Watford Railway Station)

The spellings in brackets are the correct way to spell these places.

They do not seem to put any effort in to taking a few seconds to check they have got their spelling correct and have not made any typos as over the years i keep spotting new mistakes on their bus displays.

Also there are six of them currently (not just three) that all run buses around that area:

- Red Eagle Buses
- Red Line Buses
- Red Rose Buses
- Star Travel
- Vale Travel
- Z & S Transport

They are all very closely related (i think just owned by different members of the same family) to each other.

Red Eagle and Red Line and Red Rose are in particular very closely linked as they share the same ticket rolls with all three logos and names on the same ticket roll and these three also share the same fleet numbering system. So i think Red Eagle and Red Line and Red Rose are very closely linked. The other three Star Travel and Vale Travel and Z & S Transport are a bit more distantly related but still have some links.

There was a seventh one called Red Kite Buses but they seem to have disappeared now.

 

[Strathclyder]

Avondale had a bus that said Patrick instead of Partick for a long time. I'm not sure if it's still the case though.

Mini Pointer Dart SN03 ECC is/was the vehicle in question (linked photo copyright of Flickr's busmanscotland).

Avondale, Clydebank SN03ECC

SN03 ECC is a Transbus Dart SLF/Transbus Pointer new to Solent Blue Line (Musterphantom) in April 2003 as their 577. It joined the Avondale fleet in Clydebank in 2016. Note the typo in the destination, Patrick and not Partick!

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McGill's once wrote "Gallagher Retal Park" instead of "Gallagher Retail Park" for the 530 terminal.

Surprised it was the second word they misspelt and not the Gallagher!

McGill's have got form for this. When running in/around the Vale of Leven (Dumbarton, Balloch etc) after taking over from McColls, their version of the 206 (Haldane - Westcliff) had 'Belsmyre' instead of Bellsmyre (linked image copyright of Helensburgh & Lomond Bus Archive) as a via point. Other gems over the years have included 'Erksine', 'Spatestone' and Glasgow 'Airpot'.

McGill's J4868, Dart S867 OGB, on the 206 to Westcliff

McGill's J4868 was another Dart to enter service at Dumbarton during August 2013. It is seen here approaching Balloch Bus Stance on the 206 to Westcliff. The fleetnumber was never updated with a D depot code prior to the withdrawal fo the Vale area services.

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[Wolvercoter]

I remember seeing 'Oakhampton' (rather than Okehampton) displayed on a Western Greyhound bus many years ago.

I also recall 'Michery Farm' on the 16 in Oxford... the correct spelling is Minchery Farm. However, I can't remember if it was Oxford Bus (who gave up the route around 2006) or if it was Stagecoach.

 

[alistairlees]

"Tunbridge Wells Girls Grammer School" on (I think) Ham's Travel double decker service. It's been like that for years.

*It might be Tonbridge Grammer School, I can't remember.