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I know that this isn't the point of your article, but surely the aim of it was to suggest destinations, not a 'mad' rush to see the entrance of one of the museums and then return to base, using your one free transfer, just to save £1.50?

What I do recognise though is that the hitherto secret R94 hotel society has now been unmasked. Remember you read it here first!

Ken | 04.04.17 - 7:23 a.m. | #

Perhaps written by the same person as the Londonist Christmas lights tour by bus?

Andrew | 04.04.17 - 7:24 a.m. | #

For me the 94 bus avoiding Chiswick High Street is good, as it misses all the traffic hold ups, I often take the 94 bus in either direction between Turnham Green station and Marble Arch.

John | 04.04.17 - 7:45 a.m. | #

You wonder if anyone checks anything, to get published it must have been given the OK by more than one person.

Given the amount of information available on the net, even someone sitting at home would have had some idea of the geographical relationships between the stuff in the text and the real world.

It is quite bizarre to have an image of the Albert Hall on a leaflet for the 94 - its much the same distance from the 94 as Shepherds Bush is from Hammersmith!, then it mentions the museums, roughly the distance between Marble Arch and Victoria!

This is aimed at tourists, god knows what other areas they might visit as they stumble around disorientated.

By the way - note that there is no advice on how to get back again, baffled tourists asking people in South Ken how to get back to the 94 stop.

Still anon | 04.04.17 - 8:18 a.m. | #

The first itinerary is very well-produced but not sure how they came uo with the list of 'London's 10 most popular attractions' - Somerset House but no St Paul's, Houses of Parliament or Buckingham Palace.

dg writes: It's not quite this official ALVA list, but pretty much.

And it's a shame the 94 route guide isn't better written as I think it's genuinely a very interesting route to ride; I particularly like the contrast between the wide boulevards of Holland Park and the more down-to-earth Shepherds Bush Green.

whiff | 04.04.17 - 9:18 a.m. | #

Oh dear! TfL should know by now that not much passes DG without being subject to scrutiny!!

Cornish Cockney | 04.04.17 - 11:49 a.m. | #

Nobody seems to have noticed that for Soho you have to go to the legendary Bus Stop M.

dg writes: I noticed. I'm sorry I chose not to mention it.

Gerry | 04.04.17 - 3:34 p.m. | #

I think 'retail therapy' is one of worst phrases on the planet.

Tom | 04.04.17 - 9:55 p.m. | #

Not sure about the King Charles II Street stop on Regent Street, but the shelter of its counterpart on Haymarket is labelled as King Charles 11 Street. How very futuristic!

Zappomatic | 05.04.17 - 12:52 a.m. | #

If TFL weren't so full of themselves , they could offer you a part time job as, not a proof reader , but a sanity and logic checker how much better London could be. The DG seal of approval would rank up there along side the farming red tractor ??

Peter Taylor | 05.04.17 - 9:05 a.m. | #

When did Notting Hill become South Kensington? And Piccadilly Circus become Covent Garden? Covent Garden isn't served by bus routes, but routes serving Leicester Square, Holborn and Aldwych are what serve Covent Garden.

They should write about many different routes, the 94 won't be to everyone's taste.

neyagness | 05.04.17 - 8:21 p.m. | #

Good job investigating DG. Speaking as someone who has worked on several tour maps like this in the past and a stickler for accuracy, the various mistakes on that map make me wince. Poor effort by TfL!

Mike Hall | Homepage | 06.04.17 - 8:07 a.m. | #

I'm sure the number 11 is a more suitable route for tourists to ride, despite the tiny windows on Roastmasters.

| 09.04.17 - 12:40 p.m. | #

This is what I love about you DG. Honest appraisal, and amusing.
Thank you.

Sally Hirst | 10.04.17 - 7:17 a.m. | #

Minor point about Fullers pubs by the river (in Chiswick): the Bell & Crown is a Fullers on Strand-on-the-Green.
For suree it's a hike, 20+ mins, from the 94's terminus on Acton Green. But it's a very nice pub and worth the stroll.

Fiery Jack | 12.04.17 - 9:04 a.m. | #











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