{"id":3679,"date":"2024-01-16T02:36:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T02:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/three-four-seven-blogging-heaven-2\/"},"modified":"2024-01-16T02:36:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T02:36:05","slug":"three-four-seven-blogging-heaven-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/three-four-seven-blogging-heaven-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Four Seven : Blogging Heaven (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"
There Was A Green Bus 347<\/span><\/p>\n The 8, says Mr Geezer, is very similar to uts historic predecessor …<\/p><\/div>\n DG’s extract is from the era when the green buses were hived off from Transport for London (as it is now) and handed over to the National Bus Company. But the route, we are told, had remained much the same over previous years.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n You are right, it is too hard to read, so here is the fbb version with a current map.<\/p><\/div>\n … And even, sacrilege of sacrilege, an RT 347 in NBC\u00a0leaf green<\/span>!<\/p>\n As is the way of life in the modern bus lane, the 347 was replaced by the 8 as shown above. It was eventually cut back to operate from Mount Vernon Hospital via Watford to Abbots Langley.<\/p>\n … for no obvious reason. It looks much the same as the 8 except that it was extended back to Hemel Hempstead!<\/p>\n The 508 did not last long as the route was renumbered 328. As part of this change, the leg to Hemel …<\/p>\n … went back to the future, only ran to Abbots Langlet and confused and infuriated everybody! And, to add insult to injury, the frequency was halved to hourly.<\/p><\/div>\n It ran from Romford to Brentwood, once again venturing into darkest Essex.<\/p><\/div>\n There was a broadly similar Saturday schedule. As far as fbb can glean the route was broadly via the A12, but diverted via Warley on the approaches to Brentwood. Nothing goes that way today.<\/p>\n For a while it became Eastern National only, then ended its days tendered by Ensign.<\/p>\n The Brentwood 347 is almost as weird as the current 347 to which fbb will turn tomorrow.<\/p><\/div>\n A new floor will form the base for the upper deck “bedrooms” and toilet at the top of the stairs. The front seats are retained to allow an area for relaxing whilst the cooking gang are at work on the bottom deck.<\/p><\/div>\n Hopefully the pillars will eventually be disguised as bedroom cupboards or, more likely, just painted to match the newly installed dividing walls.<\/p><\/div>\n