An Introduction
The funeral went well yesterday and seemed to be appreciated by the congregation of about 20 persons. The Crematorium allows you just 30 minutes for the service, so there is a certain amount of tension in ensuring that everything is done properly and without rushing. The fbbs took 27.5 minutes. But these things are tiring for the old folks, hence the slightly curtailed blog for today.
A number of towns in the south of Hertfordshire almost make up a greater Greater London (but don't tell the residents fbb said so) and most of them have good links into the capital. Often a complaint rears up and snaps its teeth at concerns that orbital travel, e.g. from Hemel Hempstead to Hertford, is less well provided for.
So this blog aims to provide a very quick and incomplete overview of what is already there.
Between Watford and St Albans
Arriva 321 currently runs every 20 minutes ...
... continuing north to sunny Luton. It is joined by the well known and much loved Green Line 724 ...
... on its orbital immensity from Heathrow to Harlow.
From Hemel Hempstead to St Albans and Hatfield ...
... you have the hourly 302 ...
... which overlaps with the hourly 301 to provide two buses an hour on to Hatfield. The 301 turns north and wends its way to Stevenage.
Our friendly Green Line runs every hour via Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City (WGC) and on to Hertford.
Hatfield to Ware
There is quite a clutch of services between Hatfield and WGC via various routes.
Between WGC and Hertford the lonely 724 has recently been joined by the new(ish) 324 ...
... running via part of the A414.
Ware and Harlow.
Served by a continuation of the 724, Harlow is, of course, just over the border in Essex, but still forms part of this crescent of significant communities circling the northern edge of Greater London.
It doesn't run to Ware that often but the 724 does!
And yes, clever reader, you do remember a 324 in the Watford area ...
... which has ceased to be.
Hertford to Cheshunt
The southbound spur of built up Herts is the home of the long standing 310 ...
... running every 15 minutes and entering real London territory at Waltham Cross.
Once upon a time the 310 ran north from Enfield with real red buses ...
... and with a red version of Arriva's livery.
Just to complete the picture, Central Connect runs hourly from Cheshunt to Harlow ...
... offering an hourly service.
Now, however, it is no longer a "London" bus route.
Those that express frustration at the lack of frequent orbital links do have a point. Hourly services as between some of these large communities seems very poor and maybe there is a need to do something about it - especially if we are become all COP24d!
More tomorrow when, hopefully, normal service will be resumed.
Next Hertfordshire blog : Wednesday 11th August
I hope you will pardon my correction, but he 310 has never been a "London" bus route. Alongside the 310 which was operated by London Country, then London Country North East and now Arriva, there was a competing 310A which was operated by Metroline out of its Potters Bar Garage as a commercial venture. This no longer operates.
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