Robin9 wrote:

Offramp;153677 Wrote:
Gor blimey. I made a massive mistake. I was at the Purley Tesco, at
about 3pm, and I wanted to go to Tooting. But I just missed a 127, by
about 30 seconds.

The next 127 was in 29 minutes but a different bus arrived in 1 minute,
a 455 to Wallington. I thought that I could take that and possible catch
up with the 127, or get another bus.

But the 455 went everywhere. South Croydon, East Croydon and West
Croydon AND then back to Purley where we had started from. Luckily, the
mad bus stopped at Waddon Marsh and I leapt off and got the Tram. What a
relief!

Since London has been afflicted with a Mayor and TfL, there are
numerous bus routes that go all round the houses, often along
residential streets that are quite unsuitable for large vehicles,
and waste passengers' time. Gone are the days when you could
judge by the destination board if a bus was appropriate for your
journey.

This route predates the Mayor and had the odd route sine 88.

Croydon has several routes that nearly loop as they cover one old route
into Croydon and another out e.g. 466, 407

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Mark