On 27 Jan, 22:49, "Lew 1" wrote:
Incidentally, buses outside of the M25 have an awful long way to catching up
with the London Bus experience. Most of them stop at 5 and are nowhere near
the frequency and reliability of National Rail (And that's saying
something...) The few bus routes that do still run, seem to serve the same
places as the trains and most local routes have vanished. (I.e. only 1 bus
each direction per day so that the powers that be don't notice.)

I get the bus to the station because it saves on parking fees, and you
can't argue with £1.80 a day, compared to the petrol and parking costs
of driving (that said, the reliability and mind-numbingly bad
timetabling of the 258 tempts me to drive sometimes).

On the other far end of the scale, take the Arriva W9/7 service I used
to get back in 2006. £2.50 each way for a ~10 minute bus ride between
Bushey and Borehamwood, which after 6 is goes to 1 bus an hour, and
they refuse to serve the timetabled stop in the actual station's bus
stops, as the drivers apparently have trouble turning in. The TfL
buses have no trouble mind you, so it was actually cheaper (and taking
into account the wait) quicker to get the bus to Stanmore then wait
and get another to Bushey. It also worked out cheaper to drive from
Bushey to Borehamwood and pay the parking fees than get the bus. That
can't be right.