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The 241 was my school bus from Manor House when it began in 1968, and I’ve had a fondness for the route ever since. It was a trolleybus replacement route, running under the removed wires all the way from Manor House to V&A Docks. In 1973 it was cut back to Stratford, a barrier which it never overcame until now.
Once the new housing is complete I expect not everyone may favour a route to Stratford. It’s possible the service will eventually be extended westward.
The route number and new blind destination look well presented—and perhaps even inviting—in your photo.
Steve | Homepage | 15.06.25 - 7:42 a.m. | #
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I feel like a history of slightly pointless buses in the Olympic Park deserves a mention of the 588.
martin | 15.06.25 - 8:05 a.m. | #
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Nice to see the pictutes of Carpenters Road as it was in your link, I knew someone who once lived in one of the tower blocks and that is how I remeber the area (and kind of liked it). I never go to that part now although I do visit Stratford occasionaly
John | 15.06.25 - 8:14 a.m. | #
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Olympic Parks strangely remain desirable locations to visit, well after the event, and little is left to see (sample size 5).
Apuldram | 15.06.25 - 8:21 a.m. | #
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The three extra buses will come with an annual bill of around £0.75m.
Man of Kent | 15.06.25 - 9:21 a.m. | #
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Steve - an interesting coincidence there then: V&A Docks to V&A Storehouse via V&A East.
Stephen | 15.06.25 - 10:57 a.m. | #
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The 308 served the original version of Waterden Road.
I wonder how much time is spent explaining to delivery drivers that Here is a physical location.
Still Anon | 15.06.25 - 1:55 p.m. | #
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The dedicated Here East bus now charges fares - £1.50 a trip.
Uncle Baz | 15.06.25 - 6:37 p.m. | #
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I have to acknowledge that you were spot on with your prediction in the Watford comments.
Frank F | 16.06.25 - 9:03 a.m. | #
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I was in the area on Saturday observing the rather underwhelming sequencing of the King’s flypast and can add that I saw at least one person boarding the 241 outside Here East.
Michael T | 16.06.25 - 12:42 p.m. | #
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It's only just occurred to me that the V&A Storehouse and East (Museum) are two very different places.
The difference between the ambition in the 2010 plan for the 2021 bus network and what actually materialised is quite striking.
It's a shame that the railways weren't covered over during the Olympics construction. Would have enabled a better road layout in Stratford (and a far more cohesive area).
matthieu1221 | 16.06.25 - 2:31 p.m. | #
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The 2010 plan also predicted 1 million people would visit the Orbit in its first year. Actual total 124,000.
So its legacy view was always wildly overoptimistic.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 16.06.25 - 2:46 p.m. | #
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The key on the new publicity does not represent the information displayed on the map for the bus stops.
scrumpy | 16.06.25 - 5:50 p.m. | #
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Very pleased to have witnessed one of these pictures being taken, and therefore caught a glimpse of the elusive DG!
anonymous user | 17.06.25 - 10:44 a.m. | #
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I spent a lot of time during lockdown preparing tender documents for the external works and landscaping package for the Stratford Waterfront (Cultural Quarter) project.
Paul | 18.06.25 - 5:08 p.m. | #
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