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Passengers get back on bus 30
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YOUR E-MAIL ALERTSLONDON, England -- Bus number 30 was full of commuters Friday morning, despite the previous day's bomb blast, which tore through a bus in the heart of London, traveling on the same route. Passengers packed into the number 30 double-decker buses, which travel from Hackney in London's East End to Marble Arch in the central city. Most passengers were silent but some exchanged words about yesterday's events, appearing relieved to share their experiences, Britain's Press Association reported. Others said they were scared and nervously eyed fellow travelers and their luggage. Most, however, were simply glad of a means to travel to the city center and return to some sense of normality. One of the day's first red double-decker services began its journey at 6.30 a.m. at Marble Arch. As a sole passenger boarded, the vehicle was quiet, in utter contrast to the mangled wreckage depicted in images of yesterday's bus blast, PA reported. Network Rail worker Gary Hoffman, 52, was among the first to embark and said he felt fine about taking the bus. "I'm not nervous at all about coming on this particular bus. We have to get into work and it looks as though the situation is under control," he told PA, sitting by the stairwell on the lower deck. Upstairs, perched on a seat at the rear of the bus -- where yesterday's blast ripped through a similar service -- a part-time cleaner said he was feeling uneasy. "I get this bus every single day, but yesterday it was my day off," said Albert, a contract cleaner in the City who said he was too scared to give his surname. "When I saw what had happened on the news, I just looked and thought -- that could have been me." "You can't imagine what happened to the people onboard, but we have to get on with things. People are all going in to work today -- life has to go, doesn't it?" Camil Spelaez, 24, of Hackney, sat by a window on the upper deck and looked out as the service rolled on to Euston, past a network of streets sealed off by police tape and patrol cars. "I took this bus an hour before the explosion yesterday," he told PA. "It's terrible. You just can't not think about it, you think it could have been you, or if it's going to happen again. We are terrorized because of that." Downstairs, nervously toying with her mobile phone, 26-year-old languages student Aisha Husian told PA her journey on Friday was a traumatic experience. "People have got to try to get on with things, but it's very frightening, even just being on this bus." As the vehicle pulled away from the huge crowds of commuters, police and camera crews outside King's Cross station, there was a crucial difference from yesterday's fatal journey. Then, the number 30 had been diverted as Tube stations began to close, forcing it further into the city center before an explosion tore apart the upper deck. Today, the service eased eastwards, first towards Islington and then on to Dalston. "No diversions today, you're not going near Russell Square?" a passenger asked the driver. He replied: "Not today, never again." 
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