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Post by rincew1nd on Sept 6, 2012 6:29:25 GMT
Yesterday is still going, and here's another single part question to mull over: (click for a larger version)
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Post by Deep Level on Sept 6, 2012 6:34:05 GMT
Easy one for me today ;D.
Answer E-Mailed in.
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Post by melikepie on Sept 6, 2012 11:11:20 GMT
Between City Airport and Pontoon Dock on Connaught Road?
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Post by elsombernie on Sept 6, 2012 16:41:01 GMT
Connaught Crossing, with a train on the Beckton Branch, between Prince Regent and Royal Albert.
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Post by rincew1nd on Sept 6, 2012 23:03:22 GMT
Well well well, mark this day dear friends. No-one has yet to submit an answer that matches the one on the card for today; You are all in the right kind of area, though not even Deep Level's e-mail answer of "between Prince Regent and Royal Albert Stations viewed from the Connaught Bridge near London City Airport" matches. So, have a clue: (click for a larger version) I forgot to mention that there are available for identifying the route number of the bus from which this photo was taken
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Post by Chris M on Sept 6, 2012 23:13:01 GMT
Points for Deep Level for getting the right answer when the quiz master didn't
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Post by Deep Level on Sept 6, 2012 23:36:00 GMT
Points for Deep Level for getting the right answer when the quiz master didn't I was gonna say ;D.
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Post by rincew1nd on Sept 7, 2012 6:22:58 GMT
I chose my words very carefully; I didn't say the guesses were wrong, just that they didnt match the answer on the card.
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Post by Colin D on Sept 7, 2012 14:20:10 GMT
Is the bus route 473?
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Post by Chris M on Sept 7, 2012 14:30:01 GMT
It isn't, although it could have been.
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Post by Colin D on Sept 7, 2012 14:41:58 GMT
The only other one I can see is 474...Or maybe 300
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Post by Deep Level on Sept 7, 2012 18:48:02 GMT
It could have been a 474 with a zoom, it's would have been impossible to be a 300 however. Also it may not have been from a bus at all, it could have easily been from another vehicle or even from on foot .
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Post by Colin D on Sept 7, 2012 19:57:39 GMT
I forgot to mention that there are available for identifying the route number of the bus from which this photo was taken I think this is why I thought it was from a bus ;D
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Post by Deep Level on Sept 7, 2012 20:02:31 GMT
I forgot to mention that there are available for identifying the route number of the bus from which this photo was taken I think this is why I thought it was from a bus ;D I should learn to start reading posts the whole way through rather than just "scanning" sometimes ;D, if I come into a thread and see a lot of text I tend to just scan ;D. Even still, it could have been a trick question, we know what rincew1nd is capable of .
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Post by melikepie on Sept 7, 2012 21:08:28 GMT
So its Royal Albert?
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Post by cso on Sept 7, 2012 22:44:36 GMT
The official answer given in the Answer File is top deck of 474 bus in March 2011 [Chris M]... I'd post the rest, but that seems to be wrong
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Post by Chris M on Sept 7, 2012 23:57:10 GMT
This is the view from the top deck of a 474 bus in March 2011. The bus is heading eastbound between Pontoon Dock and London City Airport, which means that at that moment it was travelling north along the stretch of road called Connaught Bridge between North Woolwich Road and Connaught Road (I don't think that bit of road is actually a bridge, but I'm not 100% certain), probably either negotiating or about to negotiate the roundabout junction with Connaught Road (but I didn't note any more detail at the time than the bus route!). It was taken using a zoom - according to the EXIF, the equivalent of using a 94mm lens on a 35mm camera. The view is of the DLR between stations, and Deep Level correctly identified them as Prince Regent to the west (left) and Royal Albert to the east. Looking closely at the picture I think the train is heading westbound (judging by the distance between the train and the near railings, but I can't be certain of that, particularly as there is some inevitable foreshortening due to the zoom. The unmodified version is below:
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Post by Fahad on Sept 8, 2012 19:29:13 GMT
the stretch of road called Connaught Bridge between North Woolwich Road and Connaught Road (I don't think that bit of road is actually a bridge, but I'm not 100% certain) Why do you think that?
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Post by Chris M on Sept 8, 2012 20:57:56 GMT
It's not that bit of the road I'm talking about. Your picture shows the northern part of the road, which is undoubtedly a bridge, but that bit of road is not traversed by the 474 bus. The section of road that is on the 474 route is just the most southern part, between North Woolwich Roundabout and the apparently unnamed roundabout by the Travelodge.
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Post by melikepie on Sept 9, 2012 11:07:08 GMT
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Post by Chris M on Sept 9, 2012 11:59:22 GMT
That's a different roundabout! Gallions Reach roundabout is by Gallions Reach station and is part of bus routes 101, 262, 366, 474 and N551. The roundabout I'm talking about is between Pontoon Dock and London City Airport and is only on routes 473 and 474 (it's where they diverge westbound). Take a look at this map. Point A is Gallions Reach Roundabout, point B is the unnamed roundabout, point C is North Woolwich Roundabout. The photograph was taken from the stretch of the road called Connaught Bridge between points B and C.
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Post by norbitonflyer on Sept 9, 2012 13:01:59 GMT
Just because the 474 doesn't use the road in the picture doesn't stop the picture being taken from a 474.
As you say that route does not use the actual bridge part of Connaught Bridge shown in the photo, as it turns right at the roundabout marked "B" on the map. The photo appears to be taken from that roundabout. If it's a 474, you are looking out of the left hand side of the bus, along the road previous to the exit that the bus will take.
There can't be many bridges with a roundabout part way along their length!
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Post by Deep Level on Sept 9, 2012 13:33:03 GMT
I believe the road name of the roundabout is still 'Connaught Bridge' rather than the roundabout actually having a name, that's an area close to where I live that I visit often and if my memory serves me well...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2012 14:11:36 GMT
If I have sorted out roundabouts correctly, the one in question (at NGR TQ416803) is called Airport Roundabout (see map here). Gallions (or Gallions Reach) roundabout is at TQ437808, at the opposite corner of the Royal Albert Dock. (and the train illustrated is at TQ417807, crossing over Dockside Road)
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Post by Chris M on Sept 9, 2012 14:38:12 GMT
Just because the 474 doesn't use the road in the picture doesn't stop the picture being taken from a 474. As you say that route does not use the actual bridge part of Connaught Bridge shown in the photo, as it turns right at the roundabout marked "B" on the map. The photo appears to be taken from that roundabout. If it's a 474, you are looking out of the left hand side of the bus, along the road previous to the exit that the bus will take. I think it's more likely that I took the photo through the front window a few seconds earlier, but after all this time I can't say for certain! There can't be many bridges with a roundabout part way along their length! Indeed not, although there are many roundabouts which include bridges as part of their length - look at pretty much any motorway for example. I've asked elsewhere about this, as it's rather off topic for a quiz about TfL railways in London! If I have sorted out roundabouts correctly, the one in question (at NGR TQ416803) is called Airport Roundabout (see map here). Gallions (or Gallions Reach) roundabout is at TQ437808, at the opposite corner of the Royal Albert Dock. (and the train illustrated is at TQ417807, crossing over Dockside Road) Yes, that's the right roundabout - interesting that neither Google Maps nor Open Street Map name it. Your map link though shows TQ445805, a point near the middle of the river Thames east of the City Airport runway. Try this link.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2012 14:54:04 GMT
If I have sorted out roundabouts correctly, the one in question (at NGR TQ416803) is called Airport Roundabout (see map here). Gallions (or Gallions Reach) roundabout is at TQ437808, at the opposite corner of the Royal Albert Dock. (and the train illustrated is at TQ417807, crossing over Dockside Road) Yes, that's the right roundabout - interesting that neither Google Maps nor Open Street Map name it. Your map link though shows TQ445805, a point near the middle of the river Thames east of the City Airport runway. Try this link. Yes, that's better - I'd dragged the map, which obviously didn't update the URL. The roundabout name also shows on OS mapping, reachable via Full window browser here (and you will have to drag it to area of interest)
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Post by melikepie on Sept 9, 2012 17:22:56 GMT
If I have sorted out roundabouts correctly, the one in question (at NGR TQ416803) is called Airport Roundabout (see map here). Gallions (or Gallions Reach) roundabout is at TQ437808, at the opposite corner of the Royal Albert Dock. (and the train illustrated is at TQ417807, crossing over Dockside Road) I'm confused. he roundabout we're talking about is in the middle of the Thames?
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Post by Deep Level on Sept 9, 2012 20:23:38 GMT
No, it's Airport Roundabout on Connaught Bridge as shown in the map above. It's just before (or after) the road actually becomes a bridge.
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