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Back in the early 1960s I recall that there were a couple of trains a day, M-F, in the rush hour period that carried on from that London via Woodford to Hainault and vice versa, obviating the change at Woodford.

Rob Gullen | 24.03.24 - 7:16 a.m. | #

What a bumper post today. It has almost everything in (apart from kittens).

Another observation. The anticlock trains must be crossing their own path, near Leytonstone, though the clockwise journey will be a few metres longer.

And there will typically be another group of unsuspecting bus riders. Apart from the baffled and delighted, there will be some who don't notice the difference. This even happens in non-London bus running days, when some buses are also the wrong colour.

Malcolm of Kent | 24.03.24 - 8:07 a.m. | #

The 406 goes past my front door, it'll be good to see a green one again, especially a RM.

Mike | 24.03.24 - 8:25 a.m. | #

Another bus event for the calendar: RM70, when a lot of Routemasters will be at their spiritual home of Chiswick Park (in July).

Martin | 24.03.24 - 8:30 a.m. | #

Yes, I saw the usual FOI types b*tching about the name changes as well. Good for TFL for making them wait a month before answering

Simon G | 24.03.24 - 8:59 a.m. | #

I'd hoped to join the local heritage bus throngs yesterday, but it clashed with another commitment elsewhere in London. However, I did catch a Hainault via Woodford train round the Loop on my way home. Approaching Hainault the 'This train terminates here' message was played, but on alighting at Hainault the platform indicator was already showing the train's destination as West Ruislip.

Alan S | 24.03.24 - 10:14 a.m. | #

Old Bus News - no step entrance Darts then, you can't control what does and doesn't survive, the ex-Thames Transit ones with the centre exit were rare nationally and Barking was one of the few to operate them.

Dangleway News - be a bit of a mystery how the 'improvements' are measured.

Still Anon | 24.03.24 - 10:31 a.m. | #

Did you touch in and touch out at Leytonstone? Wondering what fare you were charged for your journey.

David Cook | 24.03.24 - 10:32 a.m. | #

Presumably the 'lingering on the network' penalty fare wouldn't apply to those with the various free passes/travelcards.

Cornish Cockney | 24.03.24 - 10:47 a.m. | #

I saw a conductor with a ticket machine but didn't think that he actually had any tickets with him :(

Sad bus boy | 24.03.24 - 12:58 p.m. | #

I just cant get over how odd these names seem for lines

Bruce Wayne | 24.03.24 - 1:34 p.m. | #

There is a tiny connection between the Central line and the Overground news' parts of today's posting.

Emmeline Pankhurst, who founded the suffragist movement in 1903, lived directly opposite Woodford station and by co-incidence, it was/is also the location of my last home in the UK in 1984.

Steve | Homepage | 24.03.24 - 2:12 p.m. | #

The 'This train terminates here, all change please' must be automated I suppose.

Wonder how the loop affected reliability of the line as, if every journey were like yours, there wasn't a bit of slack to catch up on any late running at Hainault.

matthieu1221 | 24.03.24 - 2:49 p.m. | #

Bus route 145 sounded vaguely familiar so I looked up its history. It used to run to Chingford until 1963, and I'm so old I can remember that!

James Webber | 24.03.24 - 5:56 p.m. | #

Think it was SYLVIA not Emmeline Pankhurst who lived in Woodford. Her anti bombardment memorial is still there in the High Rd.

Central line - aren’t the trains strictly controlled as to which way they are ‘ended’?

Crispy | 24.03.24 - 9:16 p.m. | #

We were issued with a ticket from a machine, but probably because the conductor was my son. He also drove the RT that was the last one to run in LT days. It was a grand day of many lovely buses, as shown, appreciated by, and an amusement for, many locals. Free rides all day, my wife enjoyed it immensely.

Herbof | 24.03.24 - 10:09 p.m. | #

The Overground names are still rubbish this far on from the announcement. £6.3m badly spent, whichever way you look at it.

Jordan D | 25.03.24 - 8:23 a.m. | #

Thank you Crispy. I should have checked the facts.

Steve | Homepage | 25.03.24 - 9:19 a.m. | #











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