Green Line Coaches
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Topic: Green Line Coaches
Posted By: Rich Kid
Subject: Green Line Coaches
Date Posted: 24 October 2014 at 6:44pm
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When I was a young lad living in CSP I often used to wonder why the final destination of the two Green Line coaches, the 709 and 710 (if my memory serves me correctly), were Godstone and Reigate. In those days they always seemed such exotic faraway places to me, but I wonder why those destinations wer chosen and not others? P.S. On reflection the numbers may be wrong, was it 710 & 711, and was Crawley one of the destinations? Anyone know? |
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Posted By: hissing sid
Date Posted: 24 October 2014 at 8:05pm
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I think it was the 709 & 710 that came from Chesham via Amersham and came through the village. The 711 went to High Wycombe via Gerrards Cross. ------------- Hissing Sid It's a free country, adopt whatever PC stance you want. Just don't tell me which stance I should take just because it clashes with your opinion. |
Posted By: dot poleykett
Date Posted: 24 October 2014 at 11:50pm
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Where did the 445 bus start from? I remember it turned around at the packhorse and we had to wait for a bus to chalfont . Anyone remember the miniature green line bus that used to give children rides at (I think) the fete at the convent? |
Posted By: hissing sid
Date Posted: 25 October 2014 at 12:40am
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I think the 455. Went from the packhorse to chalfont common via along the top of gold hill common. And along the bottom. I think for awhile it might have gone up to old jobs ------------- Hissing Sid It's a free country, adopt whatever PC stance you want. Just don't tell me which stance I should take just because it clashes with your opinion. |
Posted By: dot poleykett
Date Posted: 25 October 2014 at 1:25am
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I think you are thinking of the 305a used to get it from Gerrards Cross to save a long walk over common. If it was that bus would'nt have had to get off at packhorse and get another bus to chalfont. I wonder if it was from high wycombe or beaconsfield or even uxbridge if we missed the green line from uxbridge 50 years ago+ happy days |
Posted By: hissing sid
Date Posted: 25 October 2014 at 3:06am
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Yes, you are correct. It was the 305 and the 305a ------------- Hissing Sid It's a free country, adopt whatever PC stance you want. Just don't tell me which stance I should take just because it clashes with your opinion. |
Posted By: hissing sid
Date Posted: 25 October 2014 at 3:14am
http://www.eplates.info/709s.html http://www.eplates.info/711s.html ------------- Hissing Sid It's a free country, adopt whatever PC stance you want. Just don't tell me which stance I should take just because it clashes with your opinion. |
Rich Kid wrote:Posted By: born and bred
Date Posted: 27 October 2014 at 4:32am
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How times change! Nowadays youngsters would have no idea where a bus stop is located let alone the bus number. I used to know years ago who were bus spotters and collected routemasters numbers,similar to train spotters. Just another innocent hobby lost by today's tech minded generation. ------------- local born and bred |
Posted By: bgoodman
Date Posted: 23 December 2014 at 6:01pm
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It was the 709 and 710. The 711 ran via Gerrards Cross and Beaconsfield. The 709 ran to Crawley and Godstone, the 710 originally to Crawlay but I remember it being cut back to Baker Street. They were both limited stop Services (express :) ) and I remember there was a threepence surcharge............ ------------- bg |
Posted By: mikec34
Date Posted: 25 July 2015 at 8:37am
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Posted By: mikec34
Date Posted: 25 July 2015 at 8:59am
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When I lived in Reigate I used to keep an eye on Reigate bus garage (no TV etc in those days) and was interested in the 711 GreenLine which terminated there. Little did I know, reading the High Wycombe destination board, that I would live close to High Wycombe many years later. Meantime, I was unaware my future wife used the 710 Crawley - Amersham to travel from Earlswood to skate at Streatham ice rink. I was also aware of the 709 service but, despite all my interest, I never had enough pocket money to purchase any Green Line tickets! So I was limited to local bus services 405, 406, 409, 410, 411, 414, 430, 447 to travel round the Reigate area rather than using my bike! I now have the eplates.info to remind me of those days. Thanks for the info. |