Interesting article -http://www.kentnews.co.uk/kent-news/Germans-set-to-offer-high-speed-Eurostar-option-newsinkent39174.aspx 

All the more reason to keep the pressure on for  through trains to St Pancras.

There are major "improvements" taking place at the Elephant and Castle, with buses such as the 68 and 176 northbound turning left before the main roundabout, continuing past St. Georges Cathedral and then turning right. They then turn left to rejoin the scheduled route towards Waterloo Station.

The 468 terminates at the Tabernacle (one stop short of schedule).

In the opposite direction buses stop (southbound) at the stop close to the underground  station (prior to the main roundabout and close to the university) but DON'T stop alongside the shopping centre.

Bidalet

June2010

The contracts for bus routes 45 and 176 have recently been reviewed. There will be no changes to the bus operators, routes or schedules.

Passengers using the 176 will find a mass of roadworks at Tottenham Court Road (these are scheduled to continue for a long time), and many diversions.

Other contracts are due for renewal in the months ahead, the most important by far being the number 3 bus. This column will report on changes, variations in frequencies and so on

Bidalet

June 2010

Commencing on Sat 17th April southbound buses will no longer exit Railton Road at the Herne Hill Junction. Railton Road will be closed to through traffic from the same date.

This will mean that routes 201, 3, 196, 322, N3 and 690 will all travel along Dulwich Road in both directions, and turn southbound buses will turn right into Norwood Road, which will have a three-lane width at that point. Passengers will board these buses at roughly the same place as the southbound 37 stop. Cars and bicycles will also be able to turn right into Norwood Road.

The northbound slip road from Norwood Road into Dulwich Road has been re-sited, and will also open shortly. It will accommodate all forms of traffic.

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In order to access HH Station from Dulwich Road it will be necessary to turn right into Hurst Street and then right again into Railton Road. To return to Dulwich Road traffic will use Rymer Street which has been reversed to southbound.Double-decker buses will no longer use Rymer Street except for urgent operational requirments.

Please be aware that, in the event of unavoidable operational problems, the above could all be delayed

Posted by Bidalet

 Yesterday afternoon the 35, 45 and 345 buses resumed their regular route through Loughborough Junction, and the shuttle service 545 between Brixton station and Camberell ceased. The night servce N35 is also due to resume its original route

It is not certain whether the major gas works are completely finished, or will resume.

Despite various approaches to TfL (Transport for London) no increase in service will be brought in for route P4.

The route is a dense one, has been pushed from pillar to post in Brixton during the Brixton Square works and during the gas leak problems, and is a vital Brixton - Dulwich - Lewisham connection. It has several bottlenecks (most recently southbound at Dulwich Common) and it is very annoying that no improvement will be made to the service.

Lobbying efforts will nonetheless continue

Bidalet

TfL are now operating shuttle buses between Brixton and Camberwell during the lengthy period that the gas leak repairs are taking place in Loughborough Junction. The buses are white single-deckers (although I suppose occasionally other colours will feature) and numbered 545. They are reasonably frequent.

This is of great assistance to all those living in the area or alighting from Loughborough Junction station. Meanwhile the 35, N35, 45 and 345 routes continue to run on diversion along Denmark Hill to Herne Hill and beyond. The buses do stop when hailed.

Bidalet

At the recent stakeholders meeting (attended by Bidalet) reviewing existing Zone "N" (the area around Ruskin Park) it was announced that no further consultations would take place in the two other areas until after the May 6th Council elections.

The areas next in line for consultation would be "South Herne Hill" (Kestrel, Rollscourt etc) and Herne Hill Lower North (Poplar Walk, Fawnbrake etc).

Bidalet was able to establish that, were the existing zone "N" extended, any new streets in the extended zone would be part of a larger zone "N", and not a new zone.

More in May.........

posted by Bidalet

The First Capital Connect franchise has been the subject of much debate following the settlement of their drivers' strike.

Some of the political parties are cranking up the "ante" by leafletting passengers at stations, soliciting their views on whether service has improved since the stream of bad publicity earlier in January.

Let's hope a much better service emerges as a result

Posted by Bidalet

The staff manning at Herne Hill station is still inadequate. Representations have been made to South-Eastern trains to improve the situation.

Herne Hill Forum asks all users of the station to push for increased manning by whatever channels available