Fictional: 'Making 45 great again'

Fictional: Rather than cutting 101 short...

If you have seen the new consultation but you didn't have a negative comment about it, fair play I guess.

 

Though the breakdown is leaving 366 to rot isn't the wisest gamer move, even if to fund the extension of 325...

 

So what I do is replace 325's handy extension (hmm) but spruce it up whilst murdering 101's entirety to fuse with an unborn 304.

Fictional: 312 proposals, 2011 (with spice) vs 2020

Lockdown drawings as I read the Croydon bus study , and compared the two 312 proposals side by side...

 

...with an idea of mine inspired by the 197/410 swap to allow 197 to serve South Norwood Clock Tower.

And the idea of 312 extended to Crystal Palace. There are interesting suggestions, to ring around Crystal Palace's stand issue. Worth noting 363 to Norwood Junction is a no-go for costs in comparison.

 

Something for me to pass the time, irrespective of whether the former could ever be a reality.

The 414 getting cut to Marble Arch... (in November 2021)

As usual I take ideas from others that intrigue me, put it on a canvas and flip out the calculator.

Goal being '8 bph is sufficient from Edgware Road' which can be achieved through many ways, just like preparing food. Never waste it. Insert motivational comment.

Fictional: Link the links, 5 missing links.

Utilising the number 48 only as a result of the first version of it using Milkwood Road to link Loughborough Junction and Herne Hill, something only done by Thameslink and your feet if you desire.

 

So, the links:

Birkbeck to Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace to Camberwell

West Norwood to West Dulwich

(initially didn't regard Dulwich Village)

Camberwell to Old Kent Road, not a big deal perhaps

Camberwell to Bermondsey

Old Kent Road to Surrey Canal Road

 

I only came up of the idea as a result of reading up on how Crystal Palace doesn't have a direct link to Camberwell, not that hopper doesn't do wonders for that. Just 3 then 68/468, simples.

 

Some extra note, didn't go with Croxted Road with 201's presence, other than that, I didn't give much thought, whether that's a surprise or not.

Fictional: 296 396 into one bus route, with two different numbers

A quick post to get out during the holiday. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

 

Promo for Bifurcated buses.

 

Basically tackling a more efficient approach to cut resources without actually cutting needed capacity.

 

For a long time 296/396 worked together as an every 10 combined route, for decades in fact. Then 296 alone got a frequency increase thus throwing this to the wayside. Unlike 406 and 418 were both had increases.

 

As for why my scheduling has 296s change into 396s and vice versa, the 166 does that. Look at it's schedule and how barely no bus doesn't end up going to Epsom.

Fictional: Operation Shorten G1 Improvement

Self explanatory.

 

The reason, I've already tackled changing G1 in my Lambeth/Southwark review of 2021.

 

For 2023 I came up with an alternative.

 

Idea spawned from diverted G1s whereby some were diverted via St George's but some direct via Garratt Lane due to an accident.