Re: Bus diversion due to closure of Battersea Bridge



On 26 Sep 2005 06:33:03 -0700, "Mait001@xxxxxxx" <Mait001@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

>I have to say that some of the responses here rather suggest that some
>contributors to this forum seem to think that those big red things
>chugging along the road, for which we all pay through Council Tax etc.,
>are there for some purpose OTHER than getting as many passengers from A
>to B (whether via C or D or whatever) as efficiently as possible and
>talk of extra stopping time, pirating or that they should not be
>picking up "off route" is sheer humbug.

So? Many (most?) bus-stops are designated for certain buses only. I
could stand at certain stops on Wood Green High Street and wave my
arms as much as I like at a 329, but it isn't going to stop if that
stop isn't designated for that service.
--
Nick Cooper

[Carefully remove the detonators from my e-mail address to reply!]

The London Underground at War, and in Films & TV:
http://www.nickcooper.org.uk/
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