London Transport - 418 & 406 bus routes THEY ARE CRAP

These bus routes are hands down the worst I have experienced on LT - a company not known for its punctuality. I frequently rely on at least one of these routes being reliable in order to get to uni on time. Nine times out of ten, neither bus can be relied on to arrive at the correct time - as an example today, the 418 was 20 minutes late and the 406 did not arrive when it was supposed (having waited for 20 minutes, I was forced to arrange alternate transport at extra cost to myself). While I can appreciate that traffic can delay a journey during peak periods, the recent bus routes which have been provided for these buses seem to, if anything, made the buses even later than before!

With very little in the way of alternatives (there’s no direct train route and few places to park), I have no choice but to either risk being late even though by the times given I should arrive on time, or catch an earlier bus (resulting in over an hour’s travel time for what should be a 30 minute journey!) That is, if the earlier bus arrives at all…

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POSTED by: jbinc on 4 October 2006 at 1:07 pm

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1. Lineswine Says:
   June 3rd, 2007 at 1:27 pm

   A student who wants “to get to uni on time”?
   Don’t make me laugh!
   If you KNOW the buses are that crap at timekeeping, here’s a little trick people with common sense use…go for the earlier bus!

   
   

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