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No-one has yet commented about when there last was a bus route in the 700’s! I’m disappointed!!
Southern Heights (Light Railway) | 01.12.19 - 7:31 a.m. | #
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Harrumph. 718 "ought" to be a Greenline route.
Malcolm | 01.12.19 - 7:43 a.m. | #
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So if you're near a pair of 718 bus stops, you want Morden but you're unsure which side of the road to wait, you should choose the side where the tile doesn't say "Towards Morden" !
Malcolm | 01.12.19 - 8:09 a.m. | #
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Good grief. I only walked past this bridge 12 days ago.
daveid76 | 01.12.19 - 8:34 a.m. | #
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705 ran from 2002 to 2005 linking Paddington to Liverpool St
Busfan | 01.12.19 - 8:57 a.m. | #
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726 became the X26 in 2005, a former Green Line route that was truncated to run between Bromley and Heathrow at the end. Historically had run from Dartford.
Busgeek | 01.12.19 - 9:04 a.m. | #
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Downside to using blinds I guess, rather than the digital displays used throughout the rest of the country. Though it does spare London from things such as the decision by Stagecoach Cambridge (and elsewhere?) to have a Remembrance Day message alternating with the route number/destination for about a week before and after the 11th November.
Al__S | 01.12.19 - 10:24 a.m. | #
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Normally temporary routes are numbered in the 5** series. So I wonder why this wasn't number 518, hmmm.
The 702 between London and Legoland kind of counts. Originates from Greenline and still operates under the brand. Now run by Reading Buses however.
PVR | 01.12.19 - 10:52 a.m. | #
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In the 1970s Green Line 718 was a long cross-London route running from Windsor to Harlow. Living in Berkshire I always wanted to experience a trip along the whole route but I never got around to it before it was cut back.
David | 01.12.19 - 10:58 a.m. | #
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Green Line route 718 started running between Windsor and Epping in April 1946. The journey took three hours. It was extended to Harlow in the late 1950s, and ceased service in the 1970s.
Busnerd | 01.12.19 - 11:19 a.m. | #
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I remember the original 718. It was one of those odd routes that served both orbital and radial journeys depending on where. Windsor to Harlow via Egham, Kingston and Putney would only have attracted the curious for an end to end trip.
NickW | 01.12.19 - 11:42 a.m. | #
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There is a regular hourly 7xx service in London - the 715 re-appeared about three years ago, as a commercial (non-TfL) service run by Stagecoach between Kingston and Guildford. The first mile or so is within the GLA boundary.
I don't know if the current existence of a school service 518 in Banstead, and/or a temporary service 518 in Streatham about five years ago, were factors in the choice of a 7xx number for a temporary service this time.
timbo | 01.12.19 - 11:47 a.m. | #
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I can confirm what Busgeek says. The 700s were always Green Line routes usually on the London outskirts and were the slightly souped up versions of London Transport's green Country Buses with less stops. I did travel on the 726 from Beckenham to Heathrow. It was surprisingly speedy but of course there was less traffic in the 80s.
Rick | 01.12.19 - 12:28 p.m. | #
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Green Line services were indeed limited stop, but most ran from Central London - there was at one time a bus station at Poland Street in Soho - way out into the "country area" where London Transport buses were green, although there were some orbital routes as well. Originally given letters, they were allocated numbers in the 7xx series after WW2. Increasing pressure on parking space in central London led to the radial services being paired to run right across London - for example Harlow to Windsor. However, this simply replaced one problem with another - that of timekeeping on such long routes.
timbo | 01.12.19 - 1:08 p.m. | #
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There was also the 705, as mentioned above.
Still Anon | 01.12.19 - 2:31 p.m. | #
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Was the original idea to go straight between Morden and Rose Hill in one direction?
dg writes: No.
Sprout Eater | 01.12.19 - 4:45 p.m. | #
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I bet someone took the decision to designate it a circular because it made something on their end simpler. The same kind of thinking that led to "hey, let's just rename bus stop G to bus stop M".
G | 01.12.19 - 5:36 p.m. | #
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The last 7xx route for TFL was the 726.It was withdrawn on 2008,& partially replaced by the X26.
Kevin Lucioni | 02.12.19 - 11:37 a.m. | #
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As timbo said, there is another 7xx route in the London area.A couple of years ago,when Abellio pulled out of their Surrey operations, Stagecoach South took over Abellios 515 and renumbered it to its old Green Line number 715,the proper number for a bus route between Kingston & Guildford via Esher,Cobham,Wisley,& Ripley.
Kevin Lucioni | 02.12.19 - 11:44 a.m. | #
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It's Bishopsford Road not Bishopstone Road.
And it isn't going to be gone by August - latest estimate for reopening the bridge is June 2021
tim | 14.06.20 - 3:27 p.m. | #
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Route 718 will be withdrawn from the end of service on Sunday 5 December 2021.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 23.11.21 - 11:41 p.m. | #
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