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dg writes: Crossrail's work schedule affects certain weekends only. At other times, including all weekdays, Forest Lane remains open and the 308 runs as normal.
And how do you know the middle-aged gentleman wasted £1.50? He probably had a freedom pass - lots of people (of all ages) who don't speak English seem to have one - or he may have a travelcard/bus pass/already taken 3 buses that day.
Eg https://t.co/ef2BOhgzF8
http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/508.htm
Routehere :-
http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/508.htm#roads
dg writes: Er, yes, Hail and Ride, thanks.
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Quite common to see such signs in London, where parking on the pavement is illegal unless expressly provided for. (A legal quirk, resulting from the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1974 being in force, whilst Section 7 of Road Traffic Act 1974 is still awaiting an order bringing it into force - apparently councils need time to arrange any exemptions required!)
http://pedestrianliberation.org/2011/08/07/the-sorry-tale-of-the-road-traffic-act-1974/
I've had another look at Field Road and can see some of those signs; they are rather small. Can't see any right at the South end where the bays start.
Yeah...
dg writes: There's only the 'proper map' on Forest Lane now, I think.
the previous one lasted for 19 weeks in 1969
http://www.londonbuses.co.uk/routes/508.html (Mon - Fri so 85 actual operating days)
Prior to that, trolleybus 508 was to have run between Victoria and Tooting, replacing tram No 8, but it never happened because of a difficulty with Poles (Hitler invaded their country)
My two eldest children went to school just near to Field Road. The pavement parking is a real pain if you're trying to negotiate the pavement with a buggy etc.
Joan
It consisted of one journey early on Sunday mornings, from Uxbridge to West Drayton, West Drayton to Hillingdon, and Hillingdon back to Uxbridge; that was it. It ran on just 33 Sundays (and presumably one Bank Holiday) between June 1933 and January 1934.
The map for the 308 now shows the bifurcation - though doesn't explain which of the two routes it's going to take. The 508 now has a map and timetable, which suggests that it's running daily (with three buses first thing in the morning on Monday-Thursday, and last thing on Friday - when these would just be running on Monday and Fridays of closure weekends), and no indication that it's not running every weekend.
It seems to exist in the world of Countdown now too - I wonder if the buses are now iBus equipped?
The 300 metre stretch of Petersham Road used by routes 65 and 371 is closed for five weeks for gas works, so the 371 is suspended and the 65 is diverted to run the other side of the river between Kingston and Richmond (and in consequence crosses the river three times instead of once)
Three replacement bus routes are running, the 565 and 571 south of the blockage, replacing the 65 and 371 respectively between Kingston and Ham, and the 572 running a circular itinerary covering the 371 between Richmond and Petersham and the 65 back to Richmond.
Although the vehicles are presumably equipped with ibus, being the vehicles usually used on the 371, there is no mention of them on the "live arrivals" site, which simply states, for any stop on these routes, that there is no bus expected for the next 30 minutes.
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