Talk:London Buses

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This article contains fares information which will change in January 2006. There is reference to Oyster prepay which will be rebranded as Oyster pay as you go by January 2006. Reference to this will need to be cleaned.

Contents 1 23 million 2 Confusing 3 WikiProject class rating 4 Destination blinds 5 Fair use rationale for Image:BusMark.jpg 6 Logo

[edit] 23 million

"over 23 million buses running every day." --- errr what??! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tim166 (talk • contribs) 17:10, 7 September 2006.

[edit] Confusing

It is confusing to say that buses accept Oyster cards, because Oyster cards are just containers for electronic tickets. It is analagous to saying they accept wallets when cash is meant. Travelcards - strictly travelcard season tickets - can be on carboard or on Oyster (though one day travel cards are not offered as an Oyster product). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.7.54.92 (talk • contribs) 17:10, 7 September 2006.

Its not confusing, they have the readers for Oyster cards so can accpet them, simple.

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 21:59, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Destination blinds

Additionally, London Buses also specifies that vehicles operating in London use linen roller destination blinds, whereas in most other parts of the country, electronic dot matrix or LED displays are the norm on new buses.

Has it ever been explained why they require this — is it aesthetically motivated, just an anachronism, or is there some other logic behind it? David Arthur 14:33, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

TfL think it is clearer. Arriva436^talk 11:35, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:BusMark.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 19:09, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Logo

Can anyone confirm this logo Image:BusMark.jpg is still in use on buses or anywhere else, as the replaced roundel looks absolutely crap, and I'm sure the colour is wrong looking disticntly orange. I might be imagining it, but if you look at the bottom of this map [1], it should be redder. MickMacNee (talk) 13:15, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

I took roundel from TfL design standards. <Flrn^talk> 14:01, 5 April 2008 (UTC)