Transport in London

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" <susiequsie23 at ...> 
wrote:

Carol: 
> > The bus system, in contrast, is a nightmare (IMO) because London is
> > emphatically not laid out on a grid.
> 
> SSSusan:
> Not planning much/any bus travel at all; more just a quick hop-on, 
> hop-off of one of the double deckers so my kiddos can say they've 
> experienced that tradition.

Geoff:
Carol, there are very few cities or large towns in the UK which have 
any sort of grid layout (thank heavens!)

The New Town in Edinburgh comes to mind and there are parts of 
London in the area where I always imagine Grimmauld Place to be 
which were built for the gentry in Victorian times which do have a 
sort of grid plan. But generally, British towns and cities "just growed".

The bus system is quite reasonable. there are good maps available 
and many bus stops have area maps on display plus strip amps of 
the more important routes.

Susan, if you are planning to get on a double decker just for the ride, 
try to get one of the Heritage services (routes 9 and 15). BTW, the 15 
goes to Tower Hill near the Tower of London. These still use the famous 
Routemaster buses which have open platforms at the rear and were 
in regular service from  1956 to 2005. If you have a look at my 
website (www.geoffbannister.com) and go into the transport section 
and follow the links for London, you'll find pictures of them.