Putney-Wimbledon Closure

we have the new timetables ready to go onto the programme machines but im not decifing them

You are expected to get the DR Putney Bridge to Parsons Green, then the rail replacement bus to Wimbo - seems daft to me, but that's the way it is unfortunately.

Like you say - the other way is the 'wonderful' 93, though I suspect you won't be the only extra passenger on an already busy route....

Most replacement buses recently have been very complicated. I think the logic is to make the bus journey as quick as possible by following the best road route, but it just confuses everyone, including me! It's difficult to make concise announcements for such complicated alternatives.

Sometimes Rail Replacement Bus Services can get complicated, but there is always a reason behind it (err...usually!!)

For example, this summer onwards, there are a series of closures on the Northern Line between Camden Town and East Finchley. The Rail Replacement Bus service, you'd instinctively think would run between Camden Town and East Finchley calling at all intermediate stations.

But there are big concerns about the disproportionately large volume of traffic through Camden Town station, which is already under strain during the weekends as its a compact station.

As a result, to reduce overcrowding and the possibility of short closures of Camden Town station because of that, the Rail Replacement Bus service will start/terminate from Euston station instead and deliberately miss out Camden Town altogether.

So this is a complicated alternative, but there is a reason for it - just that the average punter would not know, and intuitively expect a Rail Replacement from Camden Town.

I think in looking at the proposed bus replacement and determining if it really is ideal, one might like to consider the "normal" replacement service, more usually provided for this particular shutdown.

A - Parsons Green - Putney Bridge - Wimbledon
B - Parsons Green - All stations - Wimbledon.

I wonder if the revised Parsons Green - Southfields ... service will use Putney Bridge ( as matloughe obviously suspects) but not serve the location. It may run via Wandsworth Bridge but that seems to me to be an opportunity lost (a lot of C stock passengers will not get off until Putney bridge regardless of any announcements) for very little gain. The proposed routing also makes travel between local stations far more tricky.

On the face of it I can't see what will be gained by the (frankly bizarre) proposed bus service.

The main difficulties experienced with the "usual" bus service are gridlocking of Parsons Green Lane by buses from the two services also getting in each others way. Severe congestion delays in Putney High Street. Other than that it usually works pretty well.

I guess the revised service save a few buses, so is cheaper.

A tendency by London Buses Tendering to award the two routes to different contractors, prevents disruptions on one service being accommodated by diverting a bus from the other service, which used to happen in the days when Capital Citybus were the usual operators of both services.

The Information Board at Oxford Circus seemed to think it was all week as well, when i passed it the other day.

To be fair, when the DR is closed i will probably use National Rail to get to Wimbledon I really can't face Rail Replacement Buses or overcrowded 93's (Shudder) ;D

DISTRICT LINE: Suspended between Putney Bridge and Wimbledon due to a signal failure at Wimbledon Park.

I was under the impression that the rain problem was fixed about a year ago.