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TfL themselves tweeted a few months back 'Bus No. 100 is the only bus in London to traverse a cobbled street.'

How wrong they are.

Naturally I corrected them.

Amateurs.

Andy Carter | Homepage | 15.11.14 - 4:56 a.m. | #

Not everyone who lives on the Isle of Dogs is a banker who needs to get to and from Canary Wharf (they tend to have those strange things called cars, you know). Didn't it occur to you that there is some significance in the route's passing the Royal London and ending up at the Chest Hospital?

Autolycus | Homepage | 15.11.14 - 7:24 a.m. | #

You were lucky to get such a quiet run. It was busy and the traffic in Limehouse was nasty when I rode on it.

BTW looks like the D8 will divert via Carpenters Road from 29th Nov. Some bus spider maps have been updated to show this.

PC | 15.11.14 - 8:43 a.m. | #

Autolycus: I think you're being a bit harsh there. DG mentions in his opening paragraph that the D3 isn't one of those D-series routes that were primarily introduced for bankers (the old D1 Docklands Express for example). And he goes on to mention the mix of housing on the Isle of Dogs.

Ned | 15.11.14 - 10:31 a.m. | #

The longest route to date. 11 miles - really? It can't be more than two as the crow flies. Does that distance include the two diversions?

50 minutes means an average speed of 13.2 mph, and the aggregate 34 miles in 2h40 or 12.75mph

The "59" registration makes the bus five years old and raises the average to four and a half.

timbo | 15.11.14 - 3:18 p.m. | #

The D3 is fun, I guess!

| 15.11.14 - 11:53 p.m. | #

@andy Carter
Please don't leave us in suspense: what other London bus routes traverse cobbled streets?

timbo | 17.11.14 - 12:32 p.m. | #

Timbo. The D3...

A | 17.11.14 - 6:10 p.m. | #

I looked at the live bus map and got diverted on to what happens to the bus symbols at the terminuses when the number of buses reduces at night and weekends.

Do the extras keep hopping in circles until they are needed ?

Mike D | 17.11.14 - 11:42 p.m. | #











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