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The N29 and N207 did get a better weekend frequency at the outer ends, the N29 went up from x10 to x8 between Wood Green and Enfield, and the N207 from x30 to x20 between Hayes and Uxbridge.
The TfL page is usually updated every 2 weeks, so the next update is due 6th/7th October.
The E6 and 276 are always rammed solid whenever I see them, I have to use the former fairly regularly and nearly always have to stand.
After checking my spreadsheet, I can confirm that the 276 is in the top 3 most overcrowded single deck routes, using 125% of its capacity! Cutting that is absolutely ridiculous!
In twenty years time the 25 will probably be running every hour with vans.....
dg writes: You might think so.
Generally for me, cuts from a 20 min or better frequency to a 30 min or worse frequency represents the boundary between a turn up and go service to one where you need to know the timetable.
But, whatever the cause, it is good to have them summarized and documented.
1) It makes the average wait longer. This is particularly so with less frequent services - a change from 2 to 1 bus per hour, for instance.
2) It can make the buses more crowded, oblige more passengers to stand or be unable to board. The severity of this effect depends on the loading - for a lightly-loaded route it can be negligable.
3) As a side-effect of (2) it can increase journey times, as more time is spent at bus stops.
So I'm not sure how much I agree with this doom and gloom. Some of it is the effect of Night Tube, some of it is the effect of Uber and the increase in traffic making journeys less reliable/palatable. I'm not convinced it's all the effect of the fares freeze.
https://www.change.org/p/ tf-save-route-276-from-becoming-almost-unusable
But 28 services are being cut.
As both now run every 30 minutes, you might think there would be some attempt to have a bus every 15 minutes on the common section between Friern Barnet and Archway. But no.
Northbound I've chosen the Highgate stop, as different stops are used at Archway.
Mon-Thurs the 43 goes through at:-
01:06, 01:29, 01:59, 02:27, 02:57, 03:27, 03:57, 04:29, 04:59
The 134 goes through at: -
01:00, 01:28, 01:58, 02:28, 02:52, then xx:22 + xx:52
Weekends the 43 goes through at:-
01:03, 01:15, 01:24, 01:53, 02:19, 02:49, 03:19, 03:42, 04:09, 04:39
The 134 goes through at: -
01:02, 01:32, 02:01, 02:31, 02:53 then xx:23 + xx:53
So at weekends when you might have got off the night tube, the gaps vary from 1 minute @ 01:02 and 01:03 to 26 minutes @ 02:53 and 03:19.
@ DG - you can throw in the 321, Night 214, night 14, N38, N97, 483, U5, 39, 42, 47, 72, 89, 93, 163, 209/609, 211, 319 and 430. The 221 is also due to be restructured with no short runs between T'pike Lane and North Finchley. Most of the above is scheduled for October. The 173 and 368 are due to get "widened headways" - another euphemism for cuts.
It's getting to be ridiculous. At this pace of change every route in the network will have been "adjusted" within 9 months or so.
I'd love to see the figures for the 72 with its under used extra journeys designed to double the frequency but make no sense as they terminate the wrong side of the troubled Hammersmith Bridge.
I would just say that the capacity calculations are, by their very nature, "rough and ready" because they are annualised data rolled up from buses per hour information. The numbers cannot and do not give a view about loadings at any point on a route or in a time band on a route. TfL do not release this level of data - presumably because the data volumes would be enormous and still imprecise as TfL do not record where people alight from buses.
I am not going to put my E Mail address here because of the risk of spam. If LBOTG wants to somehow send you a copy that is fine by me but I do baulk at not being given the credit for a great deal of work over many years or for being willing to freely share this work. A little due recognition is a small thing to ask.
Though after my original post I remembered that some commuter trains now have a bit of kit on them that works out how heavy each coach is and therefore can provide info to passengers saying for example if you move to coach 7 there are seats.
That kit could no doubt be put on buses and then TfL would know which parts of its routes are the most heavily loaded.
https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/buses#on-this-page-1
The N29, which has seen the biggest cut in frequency, has lost 11% of its passengers since 2015/16.
Around 70 bus routes have lost over 10% of their passengers in the last year, most of them nightbuses, but also including routes 11, 25, 47 and 210. The RV1 lost 45% of its passengers.
The W7 is London's busiest bus, in terms of passengers carried and miles travelled.
dg writes: Yes.
The 47 never had a chance to recover from all the chaos in Lewisham whilst they put in the new road layout.
The 210 was also had the twin hit of the removal of the Archway one way system, plus the closure of Holloway Road due to bridge replacement.
If you would like a link to my version then I'm more than happy to share it
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