Night Rationalisation

The 24-hour routes could be better utilised to make more links.

Money can be saved by removing parallels (and reducing capacity on quiet sections of the night network, like Park Lane)

To provide cross-central London links, quite valuable at night and significantly reduces wait times in various interchanges as well as reduction in stands used in the centre of the city.

I have two daring suggestions.

Night time between 23:30 and 05:00:

- Speed limits on select roads increase from 20mph to 25mph (personally would go for 30mph)

- Change in all traffic signal timings, some quiet junctions being turned off or permanently blinking yellow during the hours listed above. Other junctions with reduced wait times, either a third or a half of daytime signal timing. Significantly reduces night travel times by over 15%.

And broadly, modifications to the network

The only remaining night routes with short workings are N8 and N207. Time to address them.

N508 Ealing Broadway - Stratford (replaces N8 and N207 shorts)

N188 Willesden - North Greenwich - Canning Town (replaces N98 shorts)

Entirely new routes bringing many links

N154 Wimbledon via 164 to Morden, via 154 to West Croydon, via 157 to Crystal Palace.

Decker Trial

The 235's recent escapade inspired me...

A trial for single deck routes to use 2 or 3 double decker buses and monitor if usage has increased.

I would argue this has very much happened with route 355, its usage did increase by a notable margin. The 355 was allocated 4 double deckers due to the fire at Orpington (MB) which killed four of 358's buses.

95 is FULLY allocated hybrid double deckers temporarily... watching its usage next year would be interesting.

Would then be horrible to watch it return to fully single deck operation... again (yes this happened under First).

This would surely make a great experiment.

Year 2025

I write this in 2025 with baited breath.

"The definition of madness is repeating the same thing over and over, expecting a different outcome."

So this is more so a recap of when contract changes or changes route or bus consultations happened. Anything extra is a plus.

With that out of the way, enjoy the read.

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How to express on narrow route

For the foreseeable future, new posts remain text-only.

I believe I mentioned this in passing in another post to do with express buses or Superloop but I will make it the focus of this post.

To get you to understand quickly, here is the example:

- 65 leaves Kingston towards Ealing at 12:55

- SL** leaves Kingston towards Ealing at 13:03

- 65 leaves Kingston towards Ealing at 13:05

- SL** leaves Kingston towards Ealing at 13:13

- so on so forth

Note: In reality SL** will most likely be every 12. 65 most likely reduced to every 10.

See where I am going with this?

Silvertown Tunnel - Unorm way

I think we have established routes 129 SL4 and Silvertown Tunnel Cycle Bus (numbered SCS) use the new tunnel, with buses per hour at 7.5 + 7.5 + 5 respectively.

Buses per hour through Blackwall Tunnel: 5 bph

Buses per hour through Silvertown Tunnel: 20 bph

Total change in bus requirement: +36

I think we also have it established the above routes, and 108, will all be free to use for a year. To compensate for the high tolls on Blackwall Tunnel and Silvertown Tunnel.

I have uploaded this on 1st April hopefully but the tunnel opens next week on the 7th.

Postscript: Completely forgot until now (14/5/25), whoops.

Blah blah, what is my opinion and how I will achieve it and why am I so good?

(text only) Super Superloop

Images and maps delayed for the foreseeable future.

Update: Until all real Superloop routes are finalised

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It's been a while since I've posted and it certainly has been years since I came up with some form of network changes of my own.

I have been inspired by looking at other bus enthusiasts' ideas, enticing myself to come out of my slumber, touch grass, and return to bring pixels on a white .PNG file to scratch my itch for map drawing. Intended to, as of 2024
It's like facing a withdrawal symptom from a harmless addiction I once had.

Alas, my previous changes focused squarely with South London and any routes that touched Lambeth and/or Southwark boroughs that I saw fit for improvement.

This time? London-wide express bus revolution, again. Come on, you've read the title!

Here's the mandatory .PNG file for you to absorb the artistic glory and to take in the madness I've created.

I am convinced I have Superloop-hysteria.

Warning: Too much Superloop may make you loopy.

Let's get started with what I subjected to plebian commoner bus routes in my quest for fast Superloop, with wordy details!

Update: 31/01/2025: Bakerloop consultation came out, SL11 is a renumber of 472 (this was just North Woolwich to Thamesmead) and SL12 is Gants Hill via Romford to Rainham Ferry Lane (cut from Leytonstone).

Update: SL15 changed from terminating at Streatham to Clapham Junction. Still terminates at Eltham on the other end.

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Year Recap 2024

Same old. Year recap.

Year recap of 2024.

Better than 2022 I'd still say.

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Necessity is the mother of invention - Greek philosopher Plato

If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress - David Rockefeller

Jugaad: the use of skill and imagination to find an easy solution to a problem or to fix or make something using cheap, basic items. - a word in Indo-Aryan languages

Postscript: Banditry banditry

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Fly over!

Hi again. It's me.

Not a full return of any sort, but irregular uploads whenever I feel like it.

So I thought about flyovers some months ago and started writing.