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Thursday, 6 July 2017

Route 36-Hyde Park Corner Egress

Due to Kings Of  Leon fans egressing from Hyde Park corner, route 36 now on diversion both ways as per NOE EP17/172


DT


Delays-50 mins N/B,60 plus S/B


Road reopened at 23:10-Buses still stuck on diversion and heavily delayed-buses curtailed as required

Route 36-Queens rd

Queens Park stand currently not being served due to mechanical 36 on stand. Cars are also parking there making it very tight for service buses to get through. Spoke to Centrecomm who gave ref 855 for us to stand at last stop before Queens Park

225- Brookmill rd into new cross rd- Clear 19:15hrs

18:30hrs- Weight of traffic through junction - 6-8mins

All Routes In The Lewisham Area

LEWISHAM ROAD - LEWISHAM, GREENWICH, SE13

Routes Affected: 21,47,75,89,108,136,178,181,185,208,225,261,284,321,436,484,P4

1640 hours
Operators requested to divert every other bus to ease congestion through the area.
Reinstatement in progress with contractors and we believe that they are bringing in grab lorries to the site which is why the roadway keeps getting congested

Rte's 75,181,185,208,284,484 & P4 are diverted from Lewisham High Street via
left Molesworth Street - left Loampit Vale LOR

Rte's 108 & 261 are diverted from Lewisham High Street (Clock Tower) via
left Rennell Street - left Molesworth Street LOR

Rte's 21,47,89,136,178,225,321,436 are diverted from Lewisham High Street (Clock Tower)
via left Rennell Street - right Molesworth Street - left Loampit Vale LOR

Diversion Reference D2730

RG

225 hither green stand

18:16hrs- 144 blocked on stand by a vehicle unloading

Routes 89,108

17:20 - 19:30
Prince of Wales Road, Blackheath Village towards Lewisham. Displaced traffic from the closure of Kidbrooke Park Road.
10 - 15 mins




Route P12

16:30 - 19:00
Honor Oak Park towards Brockley Rise. Displaced traffic avoiding the roadworks in Forest Hill
10 - 15 mins

Route 21

Traffic Delays In Lewisham From Lewisham High Street To Lompit Vale

Delays 13 - 15 Minutes North Bound

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RG

21 108 225 321 & 436 Lewisham Delays - Updated 16:45pm

At 16:00 delays Lewis Grove to Lewisham Station at 12 - 15 mins.





16:45pm
Buses now on diversion avoiding station.


LEWISHAM ROAD - LEWISHAM, GREENWICH, SE13
Routes Affected: 21,47,75,89,108,136,178,181,185,208,225,261,284,321,436,484,P4
1640 hours
Operators requested to divert every other bus to ease congestion through the area.
Reinstatement in progress with contractors and we believe that they are bringing in grab lorries to the site which is why the roadway keeps getting congested
Rte's 75,181,185,208,284,484 & P4 are diverted from Lewisham High Street via
left Molesworth Street - left Loampit Vale LOR
Rte's 108 & 261 are diverted from Lewisham High Street (Clock Tower) via
left Rennell Street - left Molesworth Street LOR
Rte's 21,47,89,136,178,225,321,436 are diverted from Lewisham High Street (Clock Tower)
via left Rennell Street - right Molesworth Street - left Loampit Vale LOR
Diversion Reference D2730








Route 63

On going delays of 15-20 mins from Midland road cause by traffic from Euston road blocking the box junction of Midland road making it extremely difficult for traffic coming out of midland road .
TJ

DELAYS ROUTE 63 THURSDAY 6 JULY 2017

Delays route 63 as follows:

07:15 hrs through to 08:15 hrs, 5to10, isolated 10to15, Blackfriars Br through to Faringdon Stn, traffic and reports of mech car.

10;00 Ongoing 7to15 min both directions Blackfriars Rd through to Farringdon St.  Northbound clear at 13:00 hrs.

09:00 to 10;34 hrs York Way through to Kings Cross Stn, 5to10.

10;00 ogoing 7to15, isolated 15to20 min Kings Cross Road through to York Way, RTC Euston Road.

10;34 hrs ongoing York Way through to Kings Cross Road, 15to25, isolated 30, RTC Euston Road.  Service reduced to 1in3.




36- Vauxhall bdge rd through millbank- Clear 17:00hrs

13:30- Broken down range rover at ATS junction Milbank

Delays 17-19mins southbound

                                                 UPDATE

14:00hrs delays increased to 24-26mins

CCOM ref 480


                                                UPDATE

14:55hrs- Delays increased to 30-38mins


Multiple late meal reliefs and only one spare bus till 15:30hrs- Service not running complete till 19:15hrs






MH

Route 171 Walworth Rd & Holborn / Bloomsbury Way / Kingsway

13:30

Isolated buses encountering delays around Holborn, Bloomsbury Way and Kingsway.

Average delay 8 to 14 minutes accumulative...



Buses also encountering isolated delays N/Bound Walworht Rd of 8 to 10 mins.

DB

Route 37 Delays

13:00

Delays being encountered at the following locations:

Battersea Rise through to Clapham Junction and St Johns Hill Westbound, delays of 12 to 14 minutes

Brixton through to Herne Hill, delays of 9 to 11 minutes

Battersea Rise...



DB

DELAYS ROUTE 129 AM THURSDAY 6 JULY 2017

Delays Woolwich Road through to Trafalgar estate from 07:06 to 08:08, 3 to 7 min.

Delays Woolwich Road through to Cutty Sark from 08:08 to 11:08, 5 to 10, isolated 10 to 20.

225- New cross road into brookmill rd- Clear 18:30

13:00- Weight of traffic tailing back from deptford

Delays 7-9mins



MH

225- Lewisham high street through station into loampit vale- Clear 19:45hrs

12:30hrs- Weight of traffic due to temp ATS lewisham road

Delays- 8-18mins




MH

Lewis Grove / Lewisham High Street

12:35 Lewis Grove has been blocked by a mechanical route 108, all route have been diverted via Molesworth Street. A few buses are currently stuck in the blockage.


Cleared at 13:20

Posted by SMR

Route 36

11:30-11:50 Park Lane to Vauxhall Bridge Rd traffic delays 6-8 mins

WW

Route 225

11:00 Lewisham High St to New Cross Rd traffic delays 7-9 mins E/W

WW

Route 225

10:15 Lower Rd to Trundleys Rd diversion traffic delays 10-12 mins

WW


NEW CROSS MARQUIS


08:50 4 - 8 mins southbound delays though the New Cross Marquis due to a broken down bus.



Posted by SMR

ROUTE 21

08:40 Delays of 10 - 15 mins between Lewisham Molesworth Street and Lewisham Loampit Vale. 08:50 CCom informed and was advised of a road rage event that blocked Lewis Grove and Lee High road for approximately 10 mins.

Posted by SMR

Route 436 Lewisham

08:40

W/B

Lewisham High Street To Lewisham Station

5 To 8 Mins

Route 321 Lee High Road To Lewisham

08:20

W/B

Lee High Road To Lewisham Station

10 To 15 Mins


Route 36 & 436 Camberwell New Road

07:30

N/B

Camberwell New Road To Oval

Traffic Delays

8 To 15 Mins

Route 37 General Delays

07:35 - 08:15

Isolated traffic delays through St Johns Hill into Wandsworth and through to Putney of up to 12 minutes.. Also affected 1 light runner.

Odd / Isolated delays Eastbound throughout the route of up to 6 minutes.

DB

Route 171 General Delays

08:10

Isolated delays Southbound through Brockley Road, Stondon Park and Brockley Rise of 7 to 10 mins.

Other odd / isolated delays of up to 7 mins throughout the route both ways.

Brockley Rd..


Update @ 09:00

Starting to lose time around Stanstead Road into Catford.

Accumulative delays Brockley Rise through to Catford now average 8 to 13 mins.



DB

Route 321 Eltham Green

07:58 - 08:15

Eltham Green

NX 221 Broken down in centre of Road and bus wont move.. Driver did "Code Red"
Assisted driver in getting the bus moving and the bus moved on over ride of system.

Blackheath Area


Very slow moving / stationary traffic from Shooters Hill Road and Stratheden Road going into Blackheath Village. Possible displaced traffic from the closure of Kidbrooke Park Road.

89 delays - 17/20 mins
108 delays - 15mins

UPDATE 09:00

Both routes experiencing delays of 20+ mins