tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post4154598312829550145..comments2024-03-25T22:17:35.616+00:00Comments on Public Transport Experience: Green Line - Slow Decline (2)fatbusblokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-76404258502387579512021-11-25T05:11:18.441+00:002021-11-25T05:11:18.441+00:00Great ¡V I should certainly pronounce, impressed w...Great ¡V I should certainly pronounce, impressed with your site. I had no trouble navigating through all tabs as well as related info ended up being truly easy to do to access. I recently found what I hoped for before you know it at all. Quite unusual. Is likely to appreciate it for those who add forums or anything, website theme . a tones way for your client to communicate. Excellent task..<br /><br />Must Read: <a href="https://germanshepherdhuskymix.wordpress.com/2021/11/10/gerberian-shepsky-all-you-need-to-know/" rel="nofollow"> German shepherd husky mix </a><br />SmartOoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01294771715433761260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-58144836321153283962021-11-23T17:19:49.767+00:002021-11-23T17:19:49.767+00:00One factor which killed off most of the residual &...One factor which killed off most of the residual "traditional" Green Line routes was the ending of subsidy from Greater London. <br /><br />Green Line 702 has had a stay of execution as it is. First Berkshire had planned to withdraw the route without replacement at the end of 2017, but Reading Buses decided to register a replacement. They did order five brand-new Optare Mterodeckers for the route but these had not arrived by the start of the Covid pandemic and the order was cancelled. Reading Buses has since introduced a complimentary route 703 which now provides a localised off-peak service between Bracknell and Slough (702 now only operates to and from Bracknell at peak times) as well as new direct links to Heathrow Airport. Julianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16310418509402545330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-35339057867494086742021-11-23T09:21:54.104+00:002021-11-23T09:21:54.104+00:00Green Line withered away for a number of reasons; ...Green Line withered away for a number of reasons; as one who was there . . . traffic congestion; improvements in rail services; falling passenger numbers as a result of the foregoing. Despite LCBS investing hugely in new coaches and an expanded route network (Cambridge; Oxford; Milton Keynes et al), ultimately the passengers simply weren't there.<br />Privatisation didn't help . . . Green Line was constituted as a separate company, owned by the former LCBS companies . . . basically as a marketing operation, as the four operators still supplied the coaches and planned the timetables.<br /><br />Like a lot of things . . . life moves along; the rise of the car and its flexibility finished Green Line off. A few routes have limped along, mainly sustained by commuter numbers or tourist attractions. Luton Airport's 757 has been gently falling off for 10 years . . . with a good train service and last-mile link, plus the disaster with re-negotiating the access contract with the Airport . . . it can't last for much longer )especially with Arriva in charge).<br />That'll leave 702 to Windsor and Lwgoland, and unless the marketing effort is huge around the hotels in London, that'll be difficult to sustain.greenline727https://www.blogger.com/profile/03033268278026535109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-84832796747683005662021-11-23T08:38:04.825+00:002021-11-23T08:38:04.825+00:00That picture of JPA 121K is in its preserved state...That picture of JPA 121K is in its preserved state, and thus the picture of it going to the exhibition is somewhat more recent than when it was in genuine Green Line use (or St Alban's city service, if it ever was - not Stevenage!!).Shieldsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197794322283545552noreply@blogger.com