Superloop

[wheat lichen]

https://twitter.com/willnorman/status/1640645332982808579?s=20

Will Norman (@willnorman)

Check out London's new 'Superloop' express bus service which @MayorofLondon announced today

This orbital network will connect up town centres and transport hubs around the capital.

Great job from colleagues @TfL

Twitter · Mar 28, 2023, 9:21 AM

https://twitter.com/BBCTomEdwards/status/1640653057657561088?s=20

Tom Edwards (@BBCTomEdwards)

Superloop bus launch in Northolt

Twitter · Mar 28, 2023, 9:52 AM

[soft raven]

What a surprise

[echo gyro]

LOL

[latent wolf]

Rare w tfl

[soft raven]

How exactly does it work

@wheat lichen

[wheat lichen]

as far as i can tell its just a series of express routes

fares are the same

its actually a W imo

[primal spear]

nah

useless brand imo

[latent wolf]

^

[latent wolf]

It’s useful for me 😃

[tacit laurel]

Does this exist already or....?

[wheat lichen]

How is it useless?

Have you tried travelling east to west in North London before?

[primal spear]

a couple new routes would be beneficial

like the red one

but the brand nah

cos like the x26 won't be relevant to the green one

plus they aren't even close to each other

[tacit laurel]

I'm confused on what you mean by this

[wheat lichen]

What

[primal spear]

idk I personally don't like it

[wheat lichen]

It's being rebranded as part of the loop

[primal spear]

red route should be a thing though

[wheat lichen]

That already exists

[primal spear]

is it 34?

[wheat lichen]

The design choices aren't great though ill agree

I like the idea, it just need better execution

[primal spear]

ou

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[wheat lichen]

the livery just needs to be improved, its really bland

[primal spear]

I personally think brands should be routes that relate to each other like go to the same place

like a heathrow brand

[tacit laurel]

I'm a fan of everything to be honest, brings some NTFL to London

[primal spear]

for routes to heathrow

should be a thing imo

[wheat lichen]

the X183 is also confirmed

[soft raven]

[soft raven]

Dyk when they are they due to start

[latent wolf]

232-34 takes an a hour and 10🥲

[steel wraith]

from walthamstow u can just take 123 and then switch not that hard icl

[steel wraith]

34 to North Finchley

[primal spear]

seperate

one route won't be possible 😬

think so

some existing

[wheat lichen]

no date

apparently the livery being shown is not final

https://twitter.com/callummarius/status/1640698449547984897

Callum Marius (@callummarius)

Don’t take the initial vinyls too seriously. I’m told this initial paint job is not exactly what we’ll get. It will look a bit more like (somewhat irconically) the old early 00s route 607 white and deeper red livery so there’s an easy visual clue the bus is an express. I like it!

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Twitter · Mar 28, 2023, 12:52 PM

[tender gorge]

so more express routes

[umbral gazelle]

i like it.

just hate that it means more electrics

[tiny basin]

South londoners saying its a W because they get an express through their ends 😭😭😭

[umbral gazelle]

LOOOL

bromley to croydon some irrelevant express route

will be in traffic most of the time

[tiny basin]

Ong

[wheat lichen]

no new buses apparently

[tiny basin]

All of the south ones except x26 and

x68

[wheat lichen]

its just existing ones

[tiny basin]

r gonna be irrelevant

[umbral gazelle]

so they'll just be

repainted

with branding

[tiny basin]

They shouldve js added nee north to south, south to east, east to west etc

[umbral gazelle]

imagine yh

if they did that whole loop

as 1 route

PVR of 100

😭

[tiny basin]

LOL

They should acc do that

But

they cant

[wheat lichen]

atm yeah, tfls only getting £8mil for it from the GLA

[umbral gazelle]

it wouldnt work

[tiny basin]

What operator is gonna slap

100 buses

💀💀💀

[umbral gazelle]

i think

if that was gonna happen

they'd do like

[tiny basin]

No companies can even maintain their routes pvr

lol

[mild kiln]

Maybe joint operation

[umbral gazelle]

30 pvr each company that wants to run it

like they do with

RRP

[tiny basin]

no

[mild kiln]

50 and 50

[wheat lichen]

Nah

[umbral gazelle]

no ones slapping

50 buses

LOOL

[wheat lichen]

I recon thats why they've split it up into sections

[mild kiln]

Arriva would seeing 38

[wheat lichen]

so different operators can have different bits

[umbral gazelle]

yea

[wheat lichen]

and for logistical reasons

[umbral gazelle]

i wonder who will win what route

routes like

X140 X26 607 X68

would just stay

[tiny basin]

Sullivan operatoring

Edpress

would b crazy

[umbral gazelle]

sullivan are RRP merchants man

everytime i see an RRP

sullivan runs it

can sullivan even afford new buses

LOL

[vapid ingot]

I don’t know what I think of this but it’s definitely not good

Canary Wharf to Grove park?

Wth 💀💀

North finchley to Walthamstow is basically 34

North finchley to Harrow is basically a 186

And who’s seriously going from Walthamstow to royal docks 💀

[violet valley]

It’s part of the Silvertown tunnel proposal

But why Grove Park though

Should at least be Bromley

[soft raven]

This not exactly no

[vapid ingot]

North Finchley to Hendon is litch just the 125

Takes 10 mins max

That one’s not too bad tbh

[latent wolf]

Routes:112,232,X140,34,123,X26,269,X68 etc will be rebranded

Superlink will be completed around 18 months time

[fast mortar]

It’s gonna have advantages and disadvantages

With a bit of replanning, it would be a very good idea

[soft raven]

Should have LED ads so if they ever swap routes

They just display different stuff

[clever sparrow]

croydon to bromley and bromley to bexleyheath useful

faster way to get to bluewater

[primal spear]

Yep

[alpine tangle]

He’s cascading operations

[normal ledge]

119

[normal ledge]

that's just the 119 and 269

[normal ledge]

the North side plans for that is alright tbh

[steel wraith]

finchley sides r blessed

[dusk mica]

Yeah tbf either extend into Bromley Town Centre or Downham Round the Maccies stand

I can see the Downham part working in helping 181 and 136 a tad as a school carrier allow the two to be stoppers but then X239 could do Downham > Northover > Grove Park Station then wherever it goes

That’s more of an experience thought though. Logic would say Bromley would be ideal. Always thought they should convert the taxi ranks to the bus stands for the 126 and those express routes.

[dusk mica]

Should probs just make that one whole route tbf rather than the 2 splits

[clever sparrow]

yeah

but not from the retail park

from park street

or fairfield halls