Last Day For Bendy Bus On The Number 18

By · November 12, 2010 at 9:30 am · 4 Comments · Latest News · Report an error ·

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Today marks the final time that the articulated version of the number 18 bus wends its bendy way between Euston and Sudbury. From tomorrow, the route will be served by a fleet of new double-decker vehicles, and the frequency will correspondingly increase, from 12 buses per hour at peak times to 18. London’s programme of de-bendification, one of Boris Johnson’s electoral pledges, has already seen the 507 and 521 switch to shorter vehicles, while the 38 and, most recently, the 149 were replaced by double-deckers. By the end of 2011, the bendies will be mothballed, probably to be resurrected decades from now when some ambitious Mayor decides to hang his campaign on a nostalgic reinvention of a once-loved bus.

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  • http://undefined Francis

    Were the bendy buses ever loved at all?

  • http://undefined Rob

    Maybe not loved, but the articulated 18 transformed this route. The previous double deck service was slow, unreliable & frequently impossible to board as people were reluctant to use the upper deck. I note the promised increase in frequency but remain to be convinced this will be an improvement.

  • http://undefined jamesu

    The site of a 25 barrelling toward you with its three enormous doors after arsehole No.8 driver left you shivering in the drizzle was truly a moment of love.

  • http://londonbusesonebusatatime.blogspot.com/ Ladies Who Bus

    You might like the picture of breeding 18s at the Sudbury end of the route, photographed from our trip on the 92 in August this year: obviously the breeding programme has been interrupted and the breed as a whole culled!

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