London has a new slowest bus route - and it's quicker to jog.

The infamous number 14 bus no longer holds the unenviable title of being London's slowest bus with it's neighbour somehow even slower.
The number 11 bus has been crowned London's slowest bus

Taking 80 minutes to cover seven miles from Fulham to Central London, the number 11 bus is officially London's slowest, according to the latest TfL data.

The transport authority's most recent bus speed figures show that the average speed on the route was just 6.4mph - roughly a medium jogging pace, reports MyLondon.

Arriving every seven to 10 minutes, route planner app CityMapper shows it can take a whopping 80 minutes to get from Fulham Town Hall to Primrose Street during rush hour.

Getting on the London Underground instead would take you a fraction of the time.

With the route slow enough as it is, the London bus is currently facing delays as cranes operate close to Fulham Broadway Station and is having to stop at Chelsea World's End for now.

Its journey begins at Fulham Broadway before snailing its way to a key stop at Victoria Coach Station.

After that the bus heads to Westminster Abbey before crossing the West End.

The route passes London hotspot Covent Garden and heads to St Paul’s Cathedral before coming to its resting spot at Liverpool Street.

Travelling at speeds of 6.5mph, the number 14 is only marginally slower.

It recently became even more sluggish as TfL cut the frequency of the service to every 10 minutes.
The bus is expected to take an hour and a half to make a short eight-mile journey in rush hour.

Despite a petition by Chelsea and Fulham MP Greg Hands and Kensington and Chelsea councillors, TfL have refused to make the bus more frequent, citing cost saving as the reason.

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On 14/03/2022 22:33, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:

> London has a new slowest bus route - and it's quicker to jog.

> The infamous number 14 bus no longer holds the unenviable title of being London's slowest bus with it's neighbour somehow even slower.
> The number 11 bus has been crowned London's slowest bus

> Taking 80 minutes to cover seven miles from Fulham to Central London, the number 11 bus is officially London's slowest, according to the latest TfL data.

Well, I don't suppose traffic calming measures have anything to with
that at all.

Just think how much more slowly they would go if they had to follow the
Jeremy Vine proposal of not being allowed to overtake cyclists.

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Spike

On 14/03/2022 10:33 pm, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:

> London has a new slowest bus route - and it's quicker to jog.
>
> The infamous number 14 bus no longer holds the unenviable title of being London's slowest bus with it's neighbour somehow even slower.
> The number 11 bus has been crowned London's slowest bus
>
> Taking 80 minutes to cover seven miles from Fulham to Central London, the number 11 bus is officially London's slowest, according to the latest TfL data.
>
> The transport authority's most recent bus speed figures show that the average speed on the route was just 6.4mph - roughly a medium jogging pace, reports MyLondon.
>
> Arriving every seven to 10 minutes, route planner app CityMapper shows it can take a whopping 80 minutes to get from Fulham Town Hall to Primrose Street during rush hour.
>
> Getting on the London Underground instead would take you a fraction of the time.
>
> With the route slow enough as it is, the London bus is currently facing delays as cranes operate close to Fulham Broadway Station and is having to stop at Chelsea World's End for now.
>
> Its journey begins at Fulham Broadway before snailing its way to a key stop at Victoria Coach Station.
>
> After that the bus heads to Westminster Abbey before crossing the West End.
>
> The route passes London hotspot Covent Garden and heads to St Paul’s Cathedral before coming to its resting spot at Liverpool Street.
>
>
> Travelling at speeds of 6.5mph, the number 14 is only marginally slower.
>
> It recently became even more sluggish as TfL cut the frequency of the service to every 10 minutes.
> The bus is expected to take an hour and a half to make a short eight-mile journey in rush hour.
>
> Despite a petition by Chelsea and Fulham MP Greg Hands and Kensington and Chelsea councillors, TfL have refused to make the bus more frequent, citing cost saving as the reason.

What possible good would increasing the frequency of the "service" do?

Each bus would still take whatever time it takes to do the journey.
Adding to the number of buses on the road could not help. It could only
hinder (by causing even more congestion).

> https://www.thesun.co.uk/motors/17925863/londons-slowest-bus-its-even-quicker-to-jog/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=sunmotorsfacebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1647083005

On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 10:33:37 PM UTC, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
> London has a new slowest bus route - and it's quicker to jog.
>
> The infamous number 14 bus no longer holds the unenviable title of being London's slowest bus with it's neighbour somehow even slower.
> The number 11 bus has been crowned London's slowest bus
>
> Taking 80 minutes to cover seven miles from Fulham to Central London, the number 11 bus is officially London's slowest, according to the latest TfL data.

On my commute, I could cover seven miles in 20 minutes - three times faster than that bus.

On 15/03/2022 05:04 pm, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:

> On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 10:33:37 PM UTC, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:

Talking to yourself again?

>> London has a new slowest bus route - and it's quicker to jog.
>> The infamous number 14 bus no longer holds the unenviable title of being London's slowest bus with it's neighbour somehow even slower.
>> The number 11 bus has been crowned London's slowest bus
>> Taking 80 minutes to cover seven miles from Fulham to Central London, the number 11 bus is officially London's slowest, according to the latest TfL data.

> On my commute, I could cover seven miles in 20 minutes - three times faster than that bus.

How interesting.

On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 5:04:58 PM UTC, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 10:33:37 PM UTC, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
> > London has a new slowest bus route - and it's quicker to jog.
> >
> > The infamous number 14 bus no longer holds the unenviable title of being London's slowest bus with it's neighbour somehow even slower.
> > The number 11 bus has been crowned London's slowest bus
> >
> > Taking 80 minutes to cover seven miles from Fulham to Central London, the number 11 bus is officially London's slowest, according to the latest TfL data.
> On my commute, I could cover seven miles in 20 minutes - three times faster than that bus.

On my time trials, I could cover 10 miles in 30 minutes though.

On 15/03/2022 17:27, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:

> On my time trials, I could cover 10 miles in 30 minutes though.

And sod any other road users?

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Spike

On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 5:27:30 PM UTC, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 5:04:58 PM UTC, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 10:33:37 PM UTC, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > London has a new slowest bus route - and it's quicker to jog.
> > >
> > > The infamous number 14 bus no longer holds the unenviable title of being London's slowest bus with it's neighbour somehow even slower.
> > > The number 11 bus has been crowned London's slowest bus
> > >
> > > Taking 80 minutes to cover seven miles from Fulham to Central London, the number 11 bus is officially London's slowest, according to the latest TfL data.
> > On my commute, I could cover seven miles in 20 minutes - three times faster than that bus.
> On my time trials, I could cover 10 miles in 30 minutes though.

Apart from hill climbs where it could take me 4 mins to do a quarter of a mile, like on Spout Hill, Brantingham.

On 16/03/2022 11:31 am, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:

> On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 5:27:30 PM UTC, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 5:04:58 PM UTC, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 10:33:37 PM UTC, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:

That's approaching a record.

You are talking to yourself talking to yourself talking to yourself.

>>>> London has a new slowest bus route - and it's quicker to jog.
>
>>>> The infamous number 14 bus no longer holds the unenviable title of being London's slowest bus with it's neighbour somehow even slower.
>>>> The number 11 bus has been crowned London's slowest bus
>
>>>> Taking 80 minutes to cover seven miles from Fulham to Central London, the number 11 bus is officially London's slowest, according to the latest TfL data.
>>> On my commute, I could cover seven miles in 20 minutes - three times faster than that bus.

>> On my time trials, I could cover 10 miles in 30 minutes though.
>
> Apart from hill climbs where it could take me 4 mins to do a quarter of a mile, like on Spout Hill, Brantingham.
>

On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 11:32:00 AM UTC, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 5:27:30 PM UTC, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 5:04:58 PM UTC, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 10:33:37 PM UTC, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > > London has a new slowest bus route - and it's quicker to jog.
> > > >
> > > > The infamous number 14 bus no longer holds the unenviable title of being London's slowest bus with it's neighbour somehow even slower.
> > > > The number 11 bus has been crowned London's slowest bus
> > > >
> > > > Taking 80 minutes to cover seven miles from Fulham to Central London, the number 11 bus is officially London's slowest, according to the latest TfL data.
> > > On my commute, I could cover seven miles in 20 minutes - three times faster than that bus.
> > On my time trials, I could cover 10 miles in 30 minutes though.
> Apart from hill climbs where it could take me 4 mins to do a quarter of a mile, like on Spout Hill, Brantingham.

The local HTRC club record was recently beaten when a house was demolished and there was a strong backwind through the gap it caused. 2m 45s.

On 16/03/2022 02:39 pm, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:

> On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 11:32:00 AM UTC, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 5:27:30 PM UTC, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 5:04:58 PM UTC, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>> On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 10:33:37 PM UTC, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:

[something fatuous, but hey-ho...]

He's really going for it now!

Five layers!

That's Mason talking to himself, talking to himself, talking to himself,
talking to himself!

Come on you fairy-cyclists... reply to him about something... anything...

On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 11:32:00 AM UTC, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 5:27:30 PM UTC, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 5:04:58 PM UTC, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 10:33:37 PM UTC, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > > London has a new slowest bus route - and it's quicker to jog.
> > > >
> > > > The infamous number 14 bus no longer holds the unenviable title of being London's slowest bus with it's neighbour somehow even slower.
> > > > The number 11 bus has been crowned London's slowest bus
> > > >
> > > > Taking 80 minutes to cover seven miles from Fulham to Central London, the number 11 bus is officially London's slowest, according to the latest TfL data.
> > > On my commute, I could cover seven miles in 20 minutes - three times faster than that bus.
> > On my time trials, I could cover 10 miles in 30 minutes though.
> Apart from hill climbs where it could take me 4 mins to do a quarter of a mile, like on Spout Hill, Brantingham.

Anyone who remembers my legendary "personal trainer" thread will be familiar with Spout Hill as it was the first hill that Mrs M tackled in her get fit regime of 2011.

On 16/03/2022 04:59 pm, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:

> On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 11:32:00 AM UTC, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 5:27:30 PM UTC, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 5:04:58 PM UTC, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>> On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 10:33:37 PM UTC, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:

[nothing of consequence]

Oh come on!

You aren't even trying.

Surely you can nest your own replies to no-one but yourself at least six
deep?

> > Apart from hill climbs where it could take me 4 mins to do a quarter of a mile, like on Spout Hill, Brantingham.
> Anyone who remembers my legendary "personal trainer" thread will be familiar with Spout Hill as it was the first hill that Mrs M tackled in her get fit regime of 2011.

Steve England drew up a list of "killer hills" in 2010 and we tackled them one by one until we conquered Nr1 hill, Hanging Grimston at 20% - then it was a treat of fish and peas at Harpers in Wetwang.

On 16/03/2022 17:08, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:

>>> Apart from hill climbs where it could take me 4 mins to do a quarter of a mile, like on Spout Hill, Brantingham.

>> Anyone who remembers my legendary "personal trainer" thread will be familiar with Spout Hill as it was the first hill that Mrs M tackled in her get fit regime of 2011.

> Steve England drew up a list of "killer hills" in 2010 and we tackled them one by one until we conquered Nr1 hill, Hanging Grimston at 20% - then it was a treat of fish and peas at Harpers in Wetwang

....as he went for his get fat regime.

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Spike