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| taken from their leaflet cover |
Route
X80 is operated by Ensignbus, the route starts at Chafford Hundred railway
station and goes via Lakeside Bus Station, Tesco Lakeside (starts from 2nd November 2015) then it goes via the Dartford
Crossing over the river Thames and Dartford Galleon Boulevard, Greenhithe
Railway Station with the route finally ending at Bluewater Shopping Centre.
Ensignbus
has a specific webpage dedicated to route X80 and you can view their maps,
timetables and fares here.
Here
is the route map taken from their page.
You
can also view the map from Traveline.
The
timetable of Route X80 can also be viewed on Traveline and the London Bus Routes website. The frequency of the route is every 60 minutes
and it runs during weekdays and Saturdays. They do not operate a Sunday
service.
I
like how Ensignbus say that they do not accept any Transport for London ticketing such as Travelcards, Oyster Cards or
London Bus passes. They also say that the Dartford Crossing may be subject to
delays and disruption and they do not accept any liability due to it being out
of their control.
Here
is the video.
Route
X80 (Chafford Hundred/Lakeside to Bluewater)
Operated
by Ensignbus from Purfleet (PT) Depot
Alexander
Dennis Enviro200
Registration:
MX62ARF
Fleet
Number: 715
Filmed
on 1st October 2015
My
journey is going south over the Dartford Crossing which uses the Queen
Elizabeth II Bridge (Known as QE2 bridge). We can also see the transformation
of Dartford Crossing as the toll booths have been removed, they do however use
number plate readers instead. Also you may hear that Ensignbus have a ‘CB
radio’ system allowing the drivers to communicate with the bus controller.
I
do think the service deserves more exposure and at least my article is doing
that as many people don’t realise there is a bus service which uses the
Dartford Crossing.
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