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PS You may remembered that in an earlier post  I had speculated as to why some of our bus posts had received significantly more visitors than others and whether this was to do with the popularity of the route or our account of it.

PLCD, a follower who travelled the X68 with us, has kindly forwarded an impressive spreadsheet (compiled from information made available via City Hall) of TFL’s most used routes, which covers everything from standard number and letter routes through to disability and school services.  Additionally PLCD has compiled comparative data over the last few years showing the rise and fall of different routes.

Obviously use of certain routes is dependent on the frequency of the service, the capacity/size of vehicle and whether it is 24 hours or not - the 4-per-day 507 is never going to make the ‘top ten’.

However here is the Top Twenty ranking for 2013 (descending order – most used first):

START POINT	ROUTE
Oxford Circus	25
Euston	18
Trafalgar Square	29
Edmonton Green	149
Clapton	38
White City	207
Romford	5
Stoke Newington	73
Romford	86
Wood Green	243
Golders Green	83
Waltham Cross	279
Friern Barnet	43
Oxford Circus	12
Whitehall	53
Harrow Weald	140
Aldgate	254
Hackney Central	253
Brixton	109
Queens Park	36

 

Why is that biscuit tins, money boxes etc never get the routes quite right??