ska invita
back on the other side
half an hour on a bus is about the point i start feeling ill... at 13 minutes i'll give it a watch though!
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Superloop - round London bus service
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One thing I've noticed about the superloops I've been on (SL9 and the SL8- the Shepherds Bush one) is the long time spent at stops when half the bus exits and and a similar number get on.
I've made my peace with the fact that the advantage of limited stops is cancelled by being stuck in the same traffic as non superloops
I've made my peace with the fact that the advantage of limited stops is cancelled by being stuck in the same traffic as non superloops
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Yes, I think that's the reality of the Sloops, but in non-rush hour times around the genuine outer loop routes the things can get a real wiggle on and you do genuinely feel the X-bus type progress.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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I welcome it, but wish it was possible to do an actual express route. It takes well over an hour to go from Croydon to Kingston most of the time just because of the traffic. Bromley should be only 20 minutes away, takes about that long by bike, but due to congestion the superloop bus usually takes something like 45 -50 minutes. I can literally run there just as fast.
I'll have to watch that Marshall video. I bet that's fun.
I'll have to watch that Marshall video. I bet that's fun.
philosophical
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Waiting for the one from Grove Park to Canary Wharf, so the whole promised network isn’t up and running yet.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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April fool or just a fool?Heading out shortly to try and complete the superloop
xsunnysuex
Life is a horizontal fall.
Wow! 2hrs from West Croydon to Heathrow on the SL7 
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Neither. Enjoying being an anorak. 2 down, Woolwich ferry and 5 more to go.
Puddy_Tat
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is the ferry running today, what with it being a bank holiday?
there is the pedestrian tunnel (although can't promise the lifts are working)
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Fortunately, yes. We have seen it. Just stopped for a quick cuppa nearby.
One or two routes are not running though, like the Croydon Waterloo. But we are looping.
Puddy_Tat
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ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Cor blimey. That is quite an undertaking. It's going to be about 9 hours isn't it?
You should have done a google maps location share.
Where did you start?
If it was me I'd start in Croydon (handy because I live there) go all the way around and into the centre (are you doing the croydon to central london arm, or missing that out as it is not technically part of the 'loop').
Puddy_Tat
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that bit won't be running today with it being a bank holiday / sunday service
the SL8 (was 607) from uxbridge to white city - also not part of the loop - does run on a bank holiday, though
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Which direction are you going? Sounds like it might be anti clockwise? . . . but that would be madness!!
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Why madness? It is a ti clockwise and seemed logical to us.
Puddy_Tat
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yes - i can't see much in it either way, only factor would be making sure to do the woolwich crossing at a time of day the ferry's operating.
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Just 1 hour 49 Heathrow to west Croydon. Roughly 9.5 hours in total. Brilliant.Wow! 2hrs from West Croydon to Heathrow on the SL7
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Chapeau
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Fans of superloop unite .
www.newsshopper.co.uk
London bus mega-fan from Bromley rides all Superloop services in one day
One man's passion for the London Superloop buses has taken him on an extraordinary journey.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
There was a point in the 1980s (I think) where a lot of DMSs had white upper decks and red lower ones, which I thought looked veh smart at the time...
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
mid to late 70s (in terms of when things got that livery)
MDs (delivered in 1976/7) got that livery, as did DM/ DMSs from the same era
and the first few Titans / Metrobuses did
but while the livery hung on until buses got repainted, i think it went out before the 80s started.
