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Wearing earphones and looking vacantly out of the window avoids the need even for a "sorry mate".
They were replaced by the 205 on the north side of the Circle Line and the 705 that ran limited stop over the southern loop from Liverpool St to Paddington via London Bridge, Waterloo and Victoria. Unfortunately the 705 was killed off in May 2005. It only ran half hourly which undoubtedly depressed patronage. If it had run every 15 mins or so then I expect it would have done far, far better and still be running today. Given the upcoming changes at London Bridge the 705 would have been immensely useful but it would have needed more capacity at peak times.
By contrast the 205, which was every 10 mins from the start, has been a rip roaring success with route extensions, a night service and enhanced frequencies.
As for The Circle - this became infamous for the 'St. Helier Arms' which has since been demolished and replaced by flats.
http://www.heliermemories.org.uk/page_id__38.aspx
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/the-most-dangerous-pub-in-britain-just-last-week-a-customer-was-shot-in-the-face-with-a-sawnoff-shotgun-cal-mccrystal-reports-1374856.html
They were numbered SL1 and SL2. Although they were usable by all, they were specially fitted with wheelchair lifts and intended primarily for people who couldn't use the Tube, at a time when most bus were not usable by wheelchair users either.
http://londonbusesbyadam.zenfolio.com/p794146910/h1f8b0d97#h1f8b0d97
They became routes 205 and 705 in 2002 each running (in both directions) over half of the original circular route. The 705 didn't last long but the 205 still exists.
http://londonbusesbyadam.zenfolio.com/p863367878/h4d3114b0#h4d3114b0
Mitcham Junction, like many stations with "Junction" (or "Road") in their names, is nowhere near the town they are named after: in this case it is where the direct line to Sutton crossed the much older Surrey Iron Railway, which did pass through Mitcham and is now part of Tramlink. It is the fact that what is now the main line came later that explains the sharp bends approaching the station.
The 205/705. The 705 was never as useful as the 205 - this was partly because the Southern lines are much better connected to each other, and to the Great Western Line, so inter-terminal transfers are much less necessary. The opening of the accessible Jubilee Line between Stratford (for the GE lines), London Bridge and Waterloo killed it off completely. As for the precursor circular routes, truncation to two semicircular routes between Paddington or Liverpool Street was must have been few - Euston to Charing Cross would probably have been quicker in a wheelchair down the Tottenham Court Road than on an SL1 or SL2!
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