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Of course your posts are always interesting, but I found this one especially so, despite having no particular interest in busses or Islington. So thank you.
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I loved my trip on the 812 a few years ago, when it was still the yellow minibus. It had the same feel as a provincial market day bus route, namely one of all the regulars knowing each other and the driver, whilst making you feel like the intruding stranger that you are. Happy times!
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During this pandemic I have become a volunteer delivering prescriptions to the housebound or those sheltering. Despite living in my area of inner London for nearly 30 years it has been a real eye opener as to how many care homes and sheltered accommodation there is in the area that I had never noticed before and also how many elderly people there are. While in percentage terms inner London has a lower proportion of elderly people than other parts of the country there are still a huge number of them in absolute terms, most living alone.
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Fascinating post. Sounds like this route could be a real lifeline. It must cost quite a bit to operate, with negligeable farebox revenue, and that dreadful stuff, cash money, to care for and account for.
When I was young and reading timetables, "weekdays" always meant Monday to Saturday. I think usage may have changed recently. |
I'm so glad you've covered this route! It was actually conceived by university researchers and originally called 'PlusBus' - with a sister route in Cumbria.
Its creation is explained in the book Accessibility and the Bus System: From Concepts to Practice edited by Nick Tyler (who is now the director of the UCL Centre for Transport Studies). |
Or I should say conceived by university researchers alongside local people who had their say in where it goes, as DiamondGeezer mentioned
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Where is Percy Circus?
dg writes: see map. |
This seems a socially useful route, so puzzled why this isn't part of the TfL network
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Judging from the map I wonder why it isn't run in two full circles like the R5 and R10 do.
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I'm not sure I knew that "Islington is the most densely-populated borough in the UK.." before today.
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Islington also has one of the highest rates of child poverty in the UK.
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Rosebery, not Roseberry. Only know that because my Dad used to work at New River Head.
dg writes: updated, thanks. |
My first seven years in Brewer’s Buildings , Rawstorne St, grandparents in Lubetkin’s newly built. Spa Green Estate. Astonishing as it may seem to today’s parents my chums and I had the freedom to roam the streets unaccompanied by adults. Very happy days.
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I recognised the Percy Circus photo straight away. That was my favorite place to eat my lunch when I worked in Kings Cross (the actual station) in the mid 60s. 50 years later I started a new job in the area, and returned to lunch in Percy Circus, which hadn't changed much.
If lockdown ever ends, I might get back there again. WFH can mean no walk to a little park at lunchtime. |
Just saw an 812 drive southbound on Green Lanes next to Clissold Park at 2237 and felt compelled to come back and leave a comment. Sorry.
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Route 812 will come to an end on Friday 26 August 2022 (due to sustained commercial losses).
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