I've decided, 'before Transport for London make it, following the Croydon one, I'll save myself from the despair of waiting it and fantasize my own delusions.' This is the very delusion. The delusion I've spent my entire damn March on drawing maps alone.
I should preface that some of the areas would fall under other borough's jurisdictions but the routes enter one of these two boroughs.
The beginning of a new world.
Warning: This is very long.
Also yes this was uploaded on April Fools but I assure you it's not one, I just worked my entire March on this is all...
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Overview
Proposed changes to bus routes 3 12 40 63 64 68 109 130 172 176 198 201 227 255 315 322 355 356 363 415 432 450 453 468 690 G1 P4 P13 X68 N2 N63 N250 and introduction of new routes 305, 451 and X227.
[We are] proposing changes to a number of bus routes serving many areas in south London. [We] are also proposing two new bus routes. [Our] proposals would help to make the bus network simpler, more efficient, accessible to key locations and developments, and to ensure our resources are invested in the locations where passenger demand is highest.
The closing date for comments is never... because there isn't a consultation for this as I'm a dictator here.
What is proposed?
Routes 12/N12, 40, 176 & 453.
Route 12 runs between Oxford Circus and Dulwich Library, with buses running every 7-8 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and every 8-9 on Sundays and every 10 on each evening. The route runs as a 24 hour a day service with buses running every 20 minutes each Saturday/Sunday night and every 30 minutes every other night.
Proposing to extend the route to Marylebone via Regent Street, Langham Place, Portland Street, Devonshire Street, Great Portland Street, Marylebone Road, Balcombe Street, Melcombe Place to terminate at Great Central Street.
Proposing to also extend the night element of 12 to Croydon town centre, this would follow the 197 route from Dulwich Library. It would be numbered N12.
No changes to the daytime service nor how often the buses run on the night version of route 12.
Route 453 runs between Marylebone and Deptford Bridge, with buses running up to every 4-5 minutes Monday to Friday peak hours and every 7-8 on Saturdays and every 10 on each evening and on Sundays. The route runs as a 24 hour a day service with buses running every 15 minutes each Saturday/Sunday night and every 30 minutes every other night.
Proposing to curtail the route at Oxford Circus.
It would no longer serve Great Portland Street, Baker Street and Marylebone.
Propose to change how often the buses run. On Monday to Friday peak hours buses would run every 5 minutes. Saturday and Sunday frequencies remain the same.
Route 40 runs between Clerkenwell Green and Dulwich Library, with buses running up to every 6-7 minutes Monday to Friday peaks with every 8 intervals during the daytime, every 10 on Saturdays and every 15 on each evening and on Sunday.
Proposing to extend the route from Dulwich library to Lower Sydenham Sainsbury's serving Lordship Lane, London Road, Dartmourth Road, Kirkdale, Devonshire Road, Waldram Crescent, Waldram Place, Perry Vale, Perry Rise and Alan Pegg Place to terminate at Sainsbury's.
No changes to to how often the buses run on this route.
Route 176 runs between Tottenham Court Road and Penge. The route operates about every 8-9 minutes during peak times. On Saturday buses run every 10 minutes and every 12 minutes on Sunday. The route runs as a 24 hour a day service with buses running every 20 minutes each Saturday/Sunday night and every 30 minutes every other night.
Proposed to change the route at Sydenham so that it runs to Crystal Palace serving Westwood Hill to terminate on Crystal Palace Parade. It would no longer serve Lawrie Park Road, Crystal Palace Park Road and (Penge) High Street.
Propose to change how often the buses run. On Monday to Friday buses would run every 10 minutes throughout the day. Saturday and Sunday frequencies remain the same.
Routes 172 and 356
Route 172 runs between Aldwych and Brockley Rise, with buses running every 10 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and every 15 minutes on each evening and on Sunday.
Proposing to extend the route from Brockley Rise to Penge serving Cranston Road, Houston Road, Perry Hill, Sainsbury's, Sydenham Road, Kent House Road, Thesiger Road and Green Lane to terminate on Croydon Road.
No changes to to how often the buses run on this route.
Route 356 runs between Shirley and Upper Sydenham, with buses running every 20 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and every 30 on each evening and on Sunday.
Proposing to change the route at Lower Sydenham to run via Sydenham Road, Lawrie Park Road, Crystal Palace Park Road, High Street and Croydon Road to normal line of route towards Shirley.
It would no longer serve Kent House Road, Thesiger Road, Green Lane.
Convert to double deck vehicles. No changes to to how often the buses run on this route.
Routes 68, 468 and X68
I've already covered this aspect in a different post but rundown summary of slightly modified preferred version:
68 (West Norwood - Euston) withdrawn.The 468 is renumbered, frequency reverted to pre-2018 levels.- 68: South Croydon South End - Elephant & Castle. Every 8 minutes M-Sat, every 12 Sundays/evenings.
- X68: West Croydon - Russell Square. Every 7-8 minutes peak hours M-F, every 8-9 minutes Monday-Saturdays, every 12 minutes Sundays/evenings.
The X68 would be non-stop across major interchanges/towns. West Croydon - Thornton Heath - South Norwood - Norwood Crown Point - West Norwood - Herne Hill - King's College Hospital - Camberwell Green - Elephant - Waterloo - Aldwych - Holborn - Russell Square.
Where appropriate there would be two stops served in the same area at most. For example, Elephant & Castle's Bakerloo Line entrance and the shopping centre.
Night route N68 would remain unchanged.
Routes 3, 432 and N2
Route 3 runs between Whitehall and Crystal Palace, with buses running every 8 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and every 12 minutes on each evening and on Sunday.
Propose to extend the route to run between Whitehall and Anerley, serving Anerley Hill to terminate on Anerley Station Road.
Propose to change how often the buses run. On Monday to Friday peak hours buses would run every 10 minutes throughout the day. Saturday and Sunday frequencies remain the same.
Night route N3 would remain unchanged.
Route 432 runs between Brixton and Anerley, with buses running every 10 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and every 15 minutes on each evening and on Sunday. Route N2 which runs between Marylebone and Crystal Palace provides a night service running every 30 minutes on Sunday night to Thursday night and every 20 minutes on Friday night and Saturday night.
Proposing to extend both routes 432 and N2 down Anerley Hill to Elmers End Green serving Elmers End Road, Birkbeck Station, Elmers End Station, Croydon Road to terminate at Elmers End Green.
No changes to to how often the buses run on these routes.
Routes 315 and 450
Route 315 runs between Balham and West Norwood, with buses running every 20 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and every 30 minutes on each evening and on Sunday.
Proposing to restructure the route to run between Clapham Junction and Lower Sydenham via St John's Road, Northcote Road, Broomwood Road, The Avenue, Balham Hill, Balham High Road to follow line of route to West Norwood. Then, it would go on Norwood High Street, Gipsy Road, Dulwich Wood Park, Kingswood Drive. Double run via Bowen Drive and Seeley Drive. From Kingswood Drive to Fountain Drive, Westwood Hill. Double run via Hillcrest Close and High Level Drive. From Westwood Hill to Sydenham Road and Alan Pegg Place to terminate at Sainsbury's.
Convert to larger 60 capacity single deck vehicles. Propose to change how often the buses run. On Monday to Saturday buses would run every 15 minutes throughout the day. On Sunday and on each evening buses would run every 20 minutes.
Introduction of fixed bus stops on Stanthorpe Road, Gleneldon Road, Valley Road, Canterbury Grove, Pyrmont Grove, Chartham Grove, Royal Circus and York Hill as well as Broomwood Road.
Route 450 runs between Lower Sydenham and West Croydon, with buses running every 8 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and every 15 minutes on each evening and on Sunday.
Proposing to change the route at Crystal Palace Parade to run via Dulwich Wood Park, South Croxted Road, Park Hall Road, Rosendale Road, Norwood Road, Milkwood Road and Coldharbour Lane to Camberwell Green. It would no longer serve Kingswood Drive, Fountain Drive or Westwood Hill.
No changes to to how often the buses run on this route.
Routes 255 and G1
Route 255 runs between Pollards Hill and Balham, with buses running every 12 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and every 20 minutes on each evening and on Sunday.
Proposing to extend the route from Balham to Wandsworth town centre serving Balham High Road, Upper Tooting Park, Trinity Road, Hendham Road towards Wandsworth (return via Wandle Road), Beechcroft Road, Burntwood Lane, double run into Springfield Hospital, Fieldview, Magdalen Road, Heathfield Road, Allfarthing Lane, Garratt Lane to terminate at Ram Street.
No changes to to how often the buses run on this route. Potential view to convert operation to double decker buses.
Route G1 runs between Streatham Green Lane and Battersea Shaftesbury Estate, with buses running every 15 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and every 30 minutes on each evening and every 20 on Sunday.
Proposing to restructure the route to run between Streatham St Leonard's Church and Battersea Power Station.
Curtail the route from Green Lane to St. Leonard's Church.
Then it would be rerouted from Burntwood Lane via Bollingbroke Grove, Broomwood Road and to line of route on Northcote Road.
In addition, it would be extended from it's second-to-last stop on Tyneham Road via Eversleigh Road, Grayshott Road, Sabine Road, Latchmere Road, Battersea Bridge Road, Prince of Wales Drive and Battersea Park Road to terminate at Battersea Power Station.
Introduction of fixed bus stops on Church Lane, Furzedown Road, Clairview Road, Thrale Road, Ullathorne Road and Aldrington Road.
Convert to larger 60 capacity single deck vehicles. No changes to to how often the buses run on this route.
New routes 305 and 451
Propose to introduce a new route 305 running between Wandsworth and Catford town centre, serving Clapham Junction, Clapham South, Clapham Park, Tulse Hill, West Dulwich, Forest Hill, Catford and Catford Bridge Stations to terminate at Lewisham Town Hall.
The new route would use double decker buses. Buses would run every 12 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime, and every 15 minutes each evening and all day on Sunday.
Propose to introduce a new route 451 running between Waddon Marsh and New Cross Gate, serving Valley Park IKEA, Beddington Lane, Pollards Hill, Norbury, Norbury Hill, West Norwood, West Dulwich, Dulwich Village, North Dulwich, East Dulwich, Peckham Rye, Nunhead, New Cross Road to terminate at New Cross Sainsbury's.
The new route would use 60 capacity single decker buses. Buses would run every 15 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime, and every 20 minutes each evening and all day on Sunday.
Routes 201 and P13
Route 201 runs between Herne Hill and Morden, with buses running every 15 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and every 30 minutes on each evening and every 20 on Sunday.
Proposing to change the route at Tulse Hill to run via Norwood Road to terminate on Dulwich Road.
It would no longer serve Thurlow Park Road or Croxted Road.
To provide more capacity, convert operation to be double decker buses. There would be no change to the frequencies of the route.
Route P13 runs between Streatham Station and New Cross Gate, with buses running every 15 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and every 20 minutes on each evening and on Sunday.
Proposing to restructure the route to run between Streatham Green Lane and Peckham bus station via Streatham High Road to join line of route to West Dulwich where it would be changed at Thurlow Park Road to run via Croxted Road, Turney Road, Burbage Road and College Road to line of route on Dulwich Park towards Peckham.
It would no longer serve Thurlow Park Road between the intersection with Croxted Road and the intersection with College Road. It would also no longer serve Queens Road and New Cross Road.
No changes to to how often the buses run on this route.
Routes 64, 109, 130, 198 and N250
Route 64 runs between New Addington and Thornton Heath Pond, with buses running every 7-8 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and every 15 minutes on each evening and on Sunday. The route runs as a 24 hour a day service with buses running every 30 minutes each night.
Proposing to extend the route to Streatham St. Leonard's Church to run via London Road, Streatham High Road to terminate at Mitcham Lane.
Proposing to change the frequency of buses on this route to every 8 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime. No changes to be made to the Sunday and evening frequency.
Proposing to withdraw night service in favour of extending night route N250 from East Croydon to follow existing alignment of route 64 to New Addington.
Route 109 runs between Brixton and Croydon town centre, with buses running every 6 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and every 10 minutes on each evening and on Sunday.
Proposing to change the frequency of buses on this route to every 8 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime. No changes to be made to the Sunday and evening frequency.
Route 130 runs between New Addington and Thornton Heath Parchmore Road, with buses running every 12 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and every 20 minutes on each evening and on Sunday.
Proposing to restructure the route at Portland Road to run via Clifford Road towards Crystal Palace before joining Portland Road again to go on Manor Road, Sunnybank, High Street, South Norwood Hill, Church Road and Westow Street to terminate on Crystal Palace Parade.
To provide more capacity, convert operation to be double decker buses. There would be no change to the frequencies of the route.
Route 198 runs between Shrublands and Thornton Heath High Street, with buses running every 12 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and every 20 minutes on each evening and on Sunday.
Proposing to extend the route via Whitehorse Lane, Park Road, Selhurst Road to terminate at Grosvenor Road.
No changes to to how often the buses run on this route.
Routes 322, 415 and 690
Route 322 runs between Clapham Common and Crystal Palace, with buses running every 12 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and every 20 minutes on each evening and every 15 on Sunday.
Proposing to extend the route from Clapham Common to Wandsworth to run via Clapham Common South Side, Nightingale Lane, Burntwood Lane and Garratt Lane to terminate at Wandsworth town centre.
To provide more capacity, convert operation to be double decker buses. There would be a reduction to the Monday to Saturday frequency of the route to every 15 minutes.
If on the pretence Brixton Market is pedestrianised over or roadworks done over, the route will be diverted on Railton Road via Kellett Road in one direction and Saltoun Road in the other direction.
Route 690 runs between Burntwood School in Earlsfield and West Norwood, with buses running two trips in the morning and afternoon.
Proposing to withdraw the route to better use limited resources. To compensate there would be an extra journey starting from Burntwood School on extended route 322.
Route 415 runs between Old Kent Road Tesco and Tulse Hill Station, with buses running every 12 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and every 20 minutes on each evening and on Sunday.
Proposing to extend the route via Norwood Road, Leigham Vale, Valley Road, Streatham Common North and Streatham High Road to terminate at Streatham Station.
No changes to to how often the buses run on this route.
Routes 355 and P4
Convert routes to double decker buses. No change to how often the buses run.
Route P4 would be diverted via Gallery Road instead of College Road.
Routes 63, 363 and N63
Route 63 runs between King's Cross and Honor Oak, with buses running up to every 6 minutes Monday to Friday peak hours and every 7-8 on Saturday and every 10 minutes on each evening and on Sunday.
Route 363 runs between Elephant & Castle and Crystal Palace, with buses running up to every 8 minutes Monday to Friday peak hours and every 10 on Saturday and every 12 on each evening and on Sunday.
Route N63 runs between King's Cross and Crystal Palace with buses running every 15 minutes each Saturday and Sunday night and every 30 minutes every other night.
Proposing to extend route 63 from Honor Oak along current 363 line of route to terminate at Crystal Palace and withdraw route 363. The 63 would use Bricklayers Arms flyover to speed up journey time.
Proposing to increase frequency on route 63 up to every 4-5 minutes Monday to Friday peak hours and every 6 minutes on Saturday and Sunday and on each evening buses would run every 8 minutes until 2230 when it will be reduced to every 15 minutes. It would have an overnight service replacing night route N63, with route 63 becoming a 24-hour service with the same frequencies during the night as N63 currently provides.
Route 227 and new route X227
Route 227 between Crystal Palace and Bromley North, with buses running every 8 minutes Monday to Saturday and every 12 minutes on each evening and on Sunday.
There would be a reduction to the Monday to Saturday frequency of the route to every 12 minutes.
This new route X227 would be introduced as a limited stop service between Streatham St Leonard's Church and Bromley North. It would follow the existing alignment of route 227 from Bromley to Crystal Palace and then along Central Hill, Crown Dale, Crown Point, Streatham Common North and Streatham High Road. It would stop at Bromley North Station, Bromley Town Hall, High Street/Mark Square, Bromley Road/St George's Church, Beckenham High Street/War Memorial, Penge Sainsbury's, Crystal Palace Parade, Crown Point, Streatham Station and St. Leonard's Church. It would run every 15 minutes during Monday to Sunday daytimes.
Why propose this?
Routes 12/N12, 40, 172, 176, 356 & 453
By swapping the northern termini of 12/N12 and 453, it allows a better match of capacity with demand, with the superfluous peak frequency of the 453 being less used north of Oxford Circus. Having the less frequent 12 take over the Marylebone section, it would better distribute capacity.
The extension on the 40 allows for relief on routes 176 and 185 by giving extra capacity south of Dulwich as far as Forest Hill. In addition, it gives new links to Lower Sydenham from central London, Elephant and Dulwich.
A reroute of the 176 allows the creation of a direct link between Dulwich and Crystal Palace. It's possible to hopper via 363 from Lordship Lane, though direct links are more attractive. This also creates a Camberwell to Crystal Palace link, one which has been vacant for a long time in history.
Dulwich to Penge is covered by the 197. As for the night equivalent, an extension of the night element of 12 (Oxford Circus to Dulwich) via the 197 through Dulwich, Forest Hill, Sydenham, Penge to Croydon, giving South Norwood a night service once again.
My initial plans for this was 40 and 172 to Lower Sydenham, though the stand is rated for 4 buses, stand could be expanded or a new one built but with this in mind (or brute force, easy peasy), I shifted more to 40 via Lower Sydenham but the 356 being faster and paralleling 356 via Perry Vale makes it redundant in a sense. Therefore the more bizarre but more feasible choice was involving 172 with unintentionally quirky new links. Such as Brockley to Penge.
I also realised that there is some Overground overlapping going on, as both serve New Cross as well as Honor Oak Park and you name it. By usual TfL standards this would be treason of the highest order.
Upon doing calculations I've realised having 172 take the existing 356 route via Thesiger Road and Kent House Road saves more time, enough to save one bus on 172. Whilst Lawrie Park Road might be enough with the significantly reduced frequency and capacity by having 356 in place of 176.
Routes 68, 468 and X68
In order to maximise output with the resources it is best to speed up the current route 68 by having route X68 become a full time route, this would save costs overall and make faster journeys possible whilst matching frequency to demand.
Euston is covered by 168 as far as Elephant & Castle, where the hopper fare would be valid.
Routes 3, 432 and N2
The small reduction in how often the buses run would be alleviated by the support of an extended route 450. Extending the 3 out of Crystal Palace allows for space to be made for 176. In addition, going further than Crystal Palace to Anerley gives a daytime round-the-corner link from Anerley Hill (Anerley Station and Crystal Palace Station) to Crystal Palace Parade just like night time variant N3.
Extending the 432 creates a significantly quicker interchange from Brixton and Crystal Palace to the tram at Birkbeck or the next bus stop ahead at Elmers End. This also creates an equally quick Overground to tram interchange through use of the 432 to Anerley or Crystal Palace. Currently you have to walk to Anerley Hill to catch a 157 or 358 or opt to wait for an infrequent 354 or 356 to interchange with 157 or 358. Making this link direct makes it more attractive and much faster.
The extension of route N2 allows night time coverage of these links.
Routes 315 and 450
By extending route 315, it plugs up several unconnected places together. Clapham Junction to Clapham South and Balham, Clapham Junction to West Norwood, West Norwood to Sydenham, as well as Clapham Junction to Sydenham.
Increasing frequency and capacity of vehicles allows for demand increase as well as allow for quicker easier boarding and alighting of buses with dual door vehicles. This would also counteract significant frequency decrease along Kingswood Drive, Fountain Drive and Westwood Hill where route 450 is currently over twice as frequent but has almost equally small vehicles as the current 315.
An extension of route 450 would relieve the 3 along the Croxted Road corridor directly and indirectly by taking on passengers that would otherwise crowd the 3 by changing at Brockwell Park onto a 68 or 468. Furthermore, a new link to King's College Hospital would be made possible as a result to both served and unserved roads.
Milkwood Road would receive a bus service for the first time in 55 years since the curtailment of route 42. Once again linking Loughborough Junction with nearby Herne Hill as a handy round the corner link as well as the other entrance to King's College Hospital.
Westwood Hill to Crystal Palace is linked by 122 and Lower Sydenham to Crystal Palace is linked by 202. Kingswood Estate would be linked to Lower Sydenham by an extended 315.
New routes 305 and 451
An orbital route following the South Circular Road from one major town centre to another town centre opens the door to many demand flows, many which are done currently but interchanged with other routes. By having one route connect all the dots, it makes journeys quicker, attractive and more feasible.
A route 451 would give Norbury Hill a bus service for the first time, link Norbury to Norwood and Dulwich for the first time, link Norwood to Dulwich and Peckham for the first time, as well as linking Nunhead with nearby New Cross. More new links will also be made to the retail parks in Beddington with an ASDA nearby, IKEA and other retailers.
Having another bus route along Elder Road would slightly assist it, whilst also linking it with Crown Point. Most of Park Hall Road being served means West Norwood and West Dulwich are linked, a missing link between neighbouring towns with Dulwich College just beside West Dulwich Station. Dulwich Picture Gallery and Dulwich Village would also be linked allowing interchange with P4 for further destinations. Dulwich would be linked with Nunhead directly too.
An identified problem would be traffic concerns which could hamper reliability. For operation along Robson Road it would be worthwhile considering moving the parking onto the pavement partially on both sides for better access and reduced tailback in rush hour.
Either way, 12 miles for the 451 whilst 305 would be quite a bit shorter at 9 miles.
Routes 201 and P13
Rerouting 201 at Tulse Hill directly on Norwood Road allows for faster journey time between Herne Hill and Tulse Hill allowing for new round-the-corner and direct links along Norwood Road. This also allows Lancaster Avenue to just have one new route as well as not overbussing Thurlow Park Road.
To compensate, the P13 would be diverted at Thurlow Park Road/Croxted Road to go up Croxted Road, right into Turney Road and pick up line of route towards Peckham.
There is sufficient routes from Peckham to New Cross. From Dulwich and Peckham Rye there would be the 451, from Peckham there would be 36 136 and 436.
Routes 64, 109, 130, 198 and N250
The London Road corridor is sparsely bussed at the middle end as opposed to the top or bottom. A lot of passengers travel between Streatham and Croydon with regular overcrowding on the 109. Alternative routes such as the 60 and 250 are slower, going through Pollards Hill and Green Lane respectively.
In order to solve this, an extra route needs to be provided along the corridor to relieve the 109 along it's busiest points where it's the only route.
To save resources, route 109 would have it's frequency slightly adjusted to better match demand and coordinate with the additional buses per hour provided by extending the 64.
Changing the 130 allows for extra capacity by allowing it to use double deckers simply by rerouting it away from a low bridge. Church Road in Upper Norwood has been explored for a use case of having a route going to Norwood Junction in the form of 363. Whilst that wasn't pursued I've taken on the mantle to involve bringing South Norwood a hospital link via Croydon University Hospital and the 198 was the perfect victim, it brings new links from Croydon University Hospital to South Norwood after all.
ngl I also kinda liked the idea of 196/197/198 all going Norwood Junction even if all three don't share the same stop
Extension of 64's night service into Brixton allows areas of Selsdon and Addington to be linked with the tube whilst also saving on some resources from N64 and N250's overlap. In fairness, having a 24-hour 64 alongside N109 does seem a little something for granted whilst something like N250 is already a questioned existence but very appreciable to Green Lane and Parchmore Road.
Routes 255 and G1
255. Honestly speaking HMP Wandsworth gets a bus even closer to their gates.
Gives roads Allfarthing Lane, Heathfield Road and Magdalen Road a bus service once again since the withdrawal of G2 without a replacement on aforementioned roads. They might not want one but if you've seen my 322 proposal I think you understand the need to limit parallels especially on a 'new section' so to speak
Rerouting the G1 allows it to be faster which would alleviate reliability problems on the route with traffic it faces already with Tooting, taking Clapham South's traffic away from the route to improve reliability.
Extension of the route allows for a round the corner link from Shaftesbury Estate into Latchmere and the Northern Line at Battersea Power Station
Routes 355 and P4
Overcrowding of both very busy routes means either increasing the amount of buses on the route or changing the vehicle type. It's more cost effective to change the size of the buses as opposed to increase the amount of buses where possible.
Routes 322, 415 and 690
Extending route 322 allows for indirect relief on the busy route 37 between Wandsworth and Herne Hill. This also establishes new links from Wandsworth to Wandsworth Common, Clapham South, Clapham North, Tulse Hill, West Norwood and Crystal Palace.
Reduction in frequency in coordination with converted operation to double decker buses allows to match frequency with increased capacity and demand flows. This would cooperate smoothly with 690's lesser used section south of Lambeth Town Hall in Brixton.
Potential need for reroute between Gipsy Hill and West Norwood to allow easier flow of buses through will need to be explored using adjacent roads for one direction for a loop around Vincennes Estate.
Streatham Wells has a poor service with PTAL rated at 1a, with developments to continue along Valley Road the 315 wouldn't be sufficient.
Leigham Vale also has no service with the closest being route P13 and routes on the Norwood Road corridor.
This also allows for quick and direct access to the Thameslink at either Streatham or Tulse Hill, as well as giving Leigham Vale a bus service for the first time.
In addition to this, the northbound Tulse Hill Station stop for routes 2 201 432 P13 no longer being the last stop on 415 allows for extra relief on routes 2 and 432.
An identified problem would be traffic concerns along Valley Road which would slow down road users. For operation along Robson Road it would be worthwhile considering moving the westbound parking onto the pavement partially for better access and reduced tailback in rush hour.
Routes 63, 363 and N63
This simplifies the structure of routes 63 and 363 whilst catering for a consistently more frequent service into the heart of Central London from Crystal Palace and Sydenham Hill.
For better efficiency, there would need to be bus prioritisation changes in central London for stronger reliability of this extended route.
Routes 227 and X227
It was a wonder to me upon doing 227 end to end a few times that there's always at least someone besides me that also takes the 249 or 417, that and neither route being direct from Streatham [Hill] into Crystal Palace, to add to that, it's not exactly justifiable for something like 227 to go hand in hand with both 249 and 417 more on the basis of overbussing without having to decrease frequency on any of these three routes.
So next best solution: Express it.
The solution works more than allowing Streatham to be linked with Bromley, the 227 is already the fastest way to get from Crystal Palace to Bromley, but by splitting 227 into a stopping service and an express service it filters out the huge demand of end-to-end travel whilst giving a more west-east cross-axis orbital [insert keywords] route.
Fun fact: The extra 2 buses to make an every 12 227 and every 15 X227 could've made an every 6-7 227 instead.
If I could've, I'd go the step further into Chislehurst but that would add more resources, so on that basis alone, the 162 can continue to suffer.
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PVR changes:
Routes 12/N12 40 172 176 356
12: 24 => 28
N12: 7 => 10
40: 20 => 26
172: 15 => 19
176: 23 => 20
185: 25 => 20
356: 7 => 7
453: 36 => 27
Routes 68 468 X68
68: 23 => 0
468: 24 => 27. Renumbered 68.
X68: 10 => 20
Routes 3 432 N2
3: 19 >= 17
432: 12 => 14
N2: 8 => 9
Routes 315 450 and 255 G1
255: 9 => 14
315: 4 => 12
450: 19 => 19. No change.
G1: 13 => 10
Routes 201 177 P13 and 305 451
201: 10 => 9
P13: 12 => 12
177: 19 => 21 (debatable in service or not)
305: 11
451: 13
Routes 64 109 130 198 355 P4 N250
64: 21 => 26 (N)64: 4 => 0
109: 26 => 21
130: 11 => 13
198: 11 => 12
163: 12 => 10 (+ Double Deck conversion)
164: 12 => 10 (+ Double Deck conversion)
355: 12. No change.
P4: 13 (14 Saturdays). No change.
N250: 5 => 7
Routes 322 415 690
322: 10 => 13
415: 9 => 12
690: 2 => 0
Routes 63 227 363 N63 X227
63: 26 => 37
227: 12 => 8
363: 14 => 0
N63: 8. No change, renumbered 63.
X227: 6
Total PVR changes (excluding N2/N12/N63/N250):
539 => 539
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Notes:
Stands released:
Balham (255 & 315)
Battersea Shaftesbury Estate (G1)
Brockley Rise (172)
Clapham Common (322)
Dulwich Library (40)
Euston (68)
Elephant & Castle (363)
Honor Oak (63)
Thornton Heath Pond (64)
Thornton Heath, Parchmore Road (130)
Thornton Heath, High Street (198)
Tulse Hill (415)
West Norwood (68 & 315)
Stands recycled:
Anerley (432>3)
Crystal Palace Parade (3>176)
Crystal Palace Parade (130+227 [splitting 227 to only 1 bus on stand])
Lower Sydenham (450>315)
New Cross Gate Sainsbury's (P13>451)
Peckham Bus Station (177>P13)
Penge (176>172)
Streatham Green Lane (G1>P13)
Streatham Station (P13>415)
Stands used in addition to current network:
Battersea Park (G1 + 436)
Camberwell Green, Wyndham Road (no stand??? > 450)
Catford Town Centre (no stand, turning point only > 305)
Clapham Junction (315 + 35 39 295 C3)
Elmers End Green (curtailment only > 432)
Lower Sydenham (probably be overcapacity with 40 & 315 + 194 352)
Norwood Junction (previously 130+196, fine being 196+198)
Peckham Rye (curtailment only > 177)
Streatham St Leonard's Church (last used by 133 > 64+X227. Other stand curtailment only > G1)
Waddon Marsh (no stand, turning point only > 451)
Wandsworth (305 + 87)
Wandsworth, Ram Street (255 + cba)
Wandsworth, East Hill... (curtailment only > 322)
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Towards the end there was a lack of budget to continue the quality, whatever quality was there to begin with.
Also, I may have made up lies to make this convincing.
Honestly for the most part the rosier language has damaged my psyche but it's something I've been willing to do for a long time and have done. I only realised as I kept copycat pasting TfL consultations, mainly using Sutton-Croydon and Crossrail ones as a template that I have a habit for using plurals. So for the frequency portion I would refer as Mondays to Fridays rather than Monday to Friday. As well as that, I'd elongate sentences to make them appeal like they have more information than they actually do, both to clarify better and to extend word count. The PVR changes I've calculated may be bias towards making savings. May, emphasis on that word.
Either way I hope you enjoyed my glorious work of words and art that I could only wish some of these genuinely become reality as they're more engrained to the realism within me, whilst something like my 305 idea is plausible, in the current climate I'd only expect a new route when Crossrail or Crossrail 2 by the time my grandchildren are about to pass away, starts into consultation.
I literally only added 12/453 and 63/363 to the equation to break even on PVR savings, which is pretty mad for healthy extensions on a plethora of routes plus two entirely new routes.
Even then I found liking 50 to Vauxhall but I'm approaching at this from a 'something has to give' standpoint to nullify an increase overall and preferably go for a decrease overall, which means cutting 88 at Stockwell. Now, before it's extension it wasn't uncommon to see Stockwell turns thanks to protests but even after the extension it's still been the case but I guess having everyone forced to stay home for a long period of time is enough not to hamper 88's reliability whilst the prospect of an every 12 minute 50 would definitely need an increase to combat Vauxhall on top of it's troubles.
Quick calculations however, reducing 88's freq a notch from every 8 to every 9 (PVR 27 > 24) and extending 50 (PVR 15 > 17). Whilst cutting 88 at Stockwell can't cut 3 buses even at every 8.
Thanks for reading, next is another in the series of Better the Network, and until then, stay safe!
451 literally 25 mins + 80 + 80.
Calc notes of 63
17.5 bph E&C-Honor Oak with-the-flow
63 = 10 bph
363 = 7.5 bph
63 12 bph peak with-the-flow PVR = 28
63 base 8 bph = PVR 23 / 22 (Covid)
base 10 bph = PVR 29
base 12 bph = PVR 35 / 32 (Covid)
Extended 8 bph alltime = PVR 27
10 bph alltime = PVR 34
11 bph (x5-6) = PVR 37 original calc but recalc'd to 33-34
12 bph Covid = PVR 35
5 bph E&C-Honor Oak shorts PVR = 7
4 bph = 6
6 bph = 9
Honor Oak-CP shorts
5 bph = 3
The 176 to Penge Is fine where it is we need 2 routes on lawrie park road but there should be a third route on lawrie park road
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