Request ID: FOI-1365-2425 Date published: 12 August 2024
You asked
493 bus statistics
Please can you provide me with some information regarding the 493 bus heading towards Richmond from Tooting St. George's Hospital.
I would like to know, between the hours of 16:30 and 18:00 how many times over the last 6 months has this particular bus route been held mid route in order to even out service and also how many times this bus route has been terminated entirely part way through the bus route.
Thanks for taking the time to send me this information.
We answered
TfL Ref: 1365-2425
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 30 July 2024 asking for information about bus route 493.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm that we hold the information you require. You specifically asked: Please can you provide me with some information regarding the 493 bus heading towards Richmond from Tooting St. George's Hospital. I would like to know, between the hours of 16:30 and 18:00 how many times over the last 6 months has this particular bus route been held mid route in order to even out service and also how many times this bus route has been terminated entirely part way through the bus route. Thanks for taking the time to send me this information.
Please see the data requested below. Please note we refer to buses held at stops, as stop dwell time.
Stop dwell time data:
Stop Dwell Time Summary (between 16:00 and 18:00)
Route 493
>1min to <3mins
>3mins to <5mins
>5mins
February
146
13
1
March
169
10
4
April
197
13
12
May
173
12
11
June
194
11
4
July
139
6
7
Curtailment data:
Curtailments
SCHED _TRIPS
TRIPS _OPRD
TRIPS _LOST
LOST _FULL
LOST _BEGINNING
LOST _MIDDLE
LOST _END
%_OPRD
%_LOST
%_LOST _FULL
%_LOST _BEGINNING
%_LOST _MIDDLE
%_LOST _END
Summary
811,612
768,546
43,066
5,208
14,867
6,236
16,755
94.7
5.3
0.6
1.8
0.8
2.1
Please note the following:
Data is reported by financial periods, not calendar months.
Date range is from 03/02/24 to 19/07/24, and between 16:00 and 18:00.
Data is for trips heading in the direction towards Richmond Bus Station
Curtailment data shows the number of scheduled and observed trips for the whole data range, plus any trips lost at the beginning, middle and end. Percentages are also displayed to the right of the table above.
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Yours sincerely
Sara Thomas FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
