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Route 3

As a side-adventure I concluded 25 individual journeys with special regard to Route 3 between stops Brixton Station and Whitehall/Horse Guards. (The course changed in 2023.) This was to observe the nature of the linework confined to the same track yet against the backdrop of changing conditions throughout a course of a day. For the drawing grade B pencil was used.
The results can be found detailed under each drawing.

24/09/2019, Tuesday.

Terezia Abraham, In Transit, art, artist, bus, London, artwork, contemporary art

1. B 6:53am -> HG 7:18.

Brixton Station, heavy rain, 16ºC. Layered clothing, cagoul, umbrella. H pencil. Busy bus stop. Grabbed my usual seat, upper deck, front left, window. Bus full. Rush hour is getting there, queues of cars, frequent breaking. Most ppl get off by Oval and Lambeth North. Enjoying the view. Media outlets setting up by Westminster Abbey and Parliament Square.

2. HG 7:30 -> B 7:53.

Rain is heavier, bus is not empty coming from Victoria, but I can sit at the usual spot. H Pencil. Bus fills quick but no overcrowding. Traffic is heavy, queues at the Lambeth Bridge roundabout, south side. Less stop-and-go, the drive is smoother. Everyone got off at Brixton. Quick sharpening.

3. B 8:02 -> HG 8:39.

Left my umbrella on the previous bus, but rain stopped. Very busy, have to stand downstairs, a little awkward, bagging a few strange looks. H Pencil. Lots of breaking, slow-moving cars. Full on morning traffic, cabbies in the bus lane, stopping at every stop, lots of ppl. Managed to sit down at the War Museum. Millbank and Parliament Sq are full.

4. HG 8:45 -> B 9:10

Raining again, hood up. Usual seat. Changed pencil, 0.3 automatic, 2B fillers. Traffic is better on the way out, although it is still busy. Feel sorry for the reporters. Queue at the roundabout, massive puddle at the Imperial War Museum corner. Slow cyclist.

5. B 9:25 -> HG 9:59

Fortunately rain stopped by Brixton. Pencil change to regular B. Upper deck but not the usual spot, further back. Traffic is still bad, long time at
Aggressive driving, stop-go. Fast corners. Stopping at every stop. City centre is still slow around the Parliament, but the bus is emptier.

6. HG 10:01 -> B 10:25

No rain, ran across the road to catch the outgoing 3. Pencil B. Usual seat. Faster drive, traffic is still busy at the usual spots, but passenger numbers are declining. On and off clouds.

7. B 10:26 -> HG 11:00

Ran over to the other side at Brixton to catch the oncoming one, I’m on a roll! The traffic is calming down, the passenger numbers are too. Smoother drive, easing waiting time at lights. News outlets are frenetic at the Parliament, Boris’s antics are not going down well with the Supreme court. Brexit is not going as planned, but was it ever?

8. HG 11:14 -> B 11: 41

Not a bad ride, bus starts missing stops. Big swing at the War Museum corner, that puddle will not get smaller today.