Robin9 wrote on 30 Jan 2016 at
10:50 ...
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.

The bus routes go round the houses because that's where people live,
thus providing a bus service to thousands of people who would have found
it difficult or impossible to reach one of the old routes, or who would
have had to use their cars and helped to clog up the streets. This
seems to me to be a worthwhile improvement.

Gone are the days when you could judge by the destination board if
a bus was appropriate for your journey.

That was because there was often only one route in that general
direction. Isn't it nice to have a more comprehensive service?
--
Richard J.
(to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address)