Thomas Covenant wrote:
In article , Redonda
wrote:

And what's the alternative? I had to go by bus to pick up my car
from being serviced a couple of weeks ago and waited an hour and a
quarter for a D7 - scheduled to run every 10-12 minutes between
rush
hours.

That would indicate only one bus out of six was in service (6 x 12
=
72 = 1hr 12 min).

That would be about right. At the Mile End turn-around you can often
see 3 D7s parked up with the drivers having a fag and a cup of tea
while you wait half an hour or more - then all 3 come out together.
There always used to be an inspector checking out the busses there
but I haven't seen one in years now.

The journey from Westferry Road to Burdett Road, which takes
about 4 or 5 minutes driving door to door, took 1 hour 40
minutes!!


Does beg the question as to why you didn't walk it, or (depending
exactly where on Westferry Road you were waiting) catch a 277?
Were the D3s running as they should have been?

If I had 2 good legs I would have walked, as it is I've been waiting
10 months for an operation on both legs - just getting to the bus
stop (by McDougal Gardens, if you know it) takes me 10 minutes
:-( The garage is north of Bow Common Lane near Mile End and the D3
turns left at Limehouse along Commercial Road so no good. The walk
to Canary Wharf for the 277 is well beyond my physical capabilities.

Yes, I could have caught a D3 and changed to a 277 at Canary Wharf
but hope springs eternal and I kept thinking that a D7 must come any
minute. Poor deluded soul that I am :-/

This wasn't an isolated incident - my wife often waits up to an
hour
for this bus when visiting relatives (she doesn't drive and is too
scared of London drivers to learn). The amazing thing is that the
D7
must be one of the shortest routes in London, running from Poplar
to
Mile End round the Isle of Dogs where we live. It seems
impossible
that such a short route should have such long delays.


I assume you've complained to the TfL/First with all the relevant
details/dates?

What's the point? Several local groups and councillors have met with
TFL representatives who promise improvements and then sit on their
hands while the service collapses around them!

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Phil ,,,^.".^,,,




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