On Friday the 18th December 1908, an unknown military force landed on the shores of the river Crouch in Essex. Britain had been invaded. The invading force (the Germans, if the soldiers tasked with responding …
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In Pictures: West Ham Bus Garage
IanVisits, who is unfortunately a far better spotter of exciting Open House opportunities than this author, made use of the recent Open House weekend to pay a visit to West Ham bus garage. This resulted …
Continue readingEnd of Bendy Buses on Route 73
Yes. This is a genuine TfL graphic. From the 3rd of September the 73 will no longer be served by bendy buses, with double deckers taking over the route. According to London Bus Routes, Arriva …
Continue readingPale Pachyderms and the Dalston Omnibus
On the 8th October 2008, we reported on the work in progress at Dalston Junction together with snatched pictures of the site taken from the top deck of the aforementioned Dalston omnibus. We also included …
Continue readingCountdown Locations
For Bus users that haven’t spotted it yet, you can find details of all the proposed Countdown locations on the TfL website. Accurate as of February, there’s both a map and a list available, giving …
Continue readingNew Bus For London and an LTM Events Roundup
Just a quick note to let interested parties know that the New Bus For London Mockup (pictures previously here and below) has now been moved to the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden. Although access …
Continue readingThe New Interchange at Elmers End
Almost exactly a year ago, work began on the new transport interchange at Elmers End. This has now been completed and finally opened on the 5th of February (it had originally been scheduled to open …
Continue readingTfL November Board Meeting: Roads and Buses
Traffic Signal Timing Reviews 333 signal timing reviews have been completed so far this financial year, delivering just over a seven per cent reduction in stop-start delays for traffic. This has been achieved alongside an …
Continue reading"New Bus For London" Mockup delivered to Acton Depot
Wrightbus’ “New Bus for London” mockup has been delivered to the Tranport Museum’s Acton depot. The model is intended to allow stakeholder feedback to be captured and the design tweaked, with the first working prototype …
Continue readingThe 2011 Fare Tables
This week will bring the TfL Board Meeting, which often leads to a number of interesting documents (and their appendices) becoming available on the TfL website. This month, amongst those appendices, is the letter from …
Continue readingBrown-outs at TfL
Transport firm Go Ahead released a trading statement today in which they confirmed that current CEO Keith Ludeman will retire next July and be replaced by David Brown – TfL’s current Head of Surface Transport. …
Continue readingStagecoach Return to The London Bus Market
Stagecoach have purchased the East London Bus Group back from Australian investment bank Macquarie, to whom they originally sold the firm in 2005 (making it then the largest independent operator in the UK). ELBG has …
Continue readingTrouble Up The (Dalston) Junction – The Difficulties of Safeguarding
Take one London Assembly member and add a television news channel looking for an example of frivolous government expenditure. Use FOI – the modern day “Open Sesame” and shake thoroughly (but not long enough to …
Continue readingIn Pictures: The New "Bus For London"
Today saw the unveiling of the new “Bus For London.” As yet, details beyond the basic are not yet available – today’s coverage seems very much aimed at encouraging comparisons with the Routemaster and emphasising …
Continue readingIn The Quest for Rear-Entrance, Is The True Routemaster Legacy Being Lost?
Listen carefully. The sound you can hear is the Whiplash Lawyers Association rubbing their hands together as they drool over TfL keeping them in the manner to which they have become so accustomed. In April …
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