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explicit4u

explicit4u

explicit4u

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I'm not one to complain, especially about London transport! I hardly ever have a problem with it and it usually works fine (for me at least, not sure about you lot!). Today I decided to pop out to oxford street (usually one bus ride away) to treat myself to some new apparel. 1st bus I get on decides to change it's destination without telling anyone and only make 1/4 of the original journey. I get off and the driver tells everyone that another bus is about 2 minutes behind. LIES! 10 Minutes later and 2 more buses turn up, but surprise surprise they both decide to Terminate at my stop so I had to walk the rest of the way to Oxford Street (about 30mins). On the way back It took me 6 buses to get home. 3 of them decided to terminate early and the other 3 were my only alternative to get home. So, what's usually a direct 35minute journey turns into a bus hopping journey totalling about 1 1/2 hours!

Why the hell do buses randomly decide to make half journeys and terminate early? :mad:
 
explicit4u said:
I'm not one to complain, especially about London transport! I hardly ever have a problem with it and it usually works fine (for me at least, not sure about you lot!). Today I decided to pop out to oxford street (usually one bus ride away) to treat myself to some new apparel. 1st bus I get on decides to change it's destination without telling anyone and only make 1/4 of the original journey. I get off and the driver tells everyone that another bus is about 2 minutes behind. LIES! 10 Minutes later and 2 more buses turn up, but surprise surprise they both decide to Terminate at my stop so I had to walk the rest of the way to Oxford Street (about 30mins). On the way back It took me 6 buses to get home. 3 of them decided to terminate early and the other 3 were my only alternative to get home. So, what's usually a direct 35minute journey turns into a bus hopping journey totalling about 1 1/2 hours!

Why the hell do buses randomly decide to make half journeys and terminate early? :mad:
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love the use of terminate :D and LIES!

Made me laugh.

I don't use the bus very often and never had one terminate on me. Does it happen often in London? Strike on? Or perhaps some sort of **** WALK
 
I've never been on a bus that decided to end its route early. How is that even legal? If they are advertising that route and you've paid for the service, arnt they obliged to take you where asked to go?
 
The worst is when your last night bus of the evening flies past out of service with no one in it. Then its the wait till 1st bus in the morning!
 
I've had that happen a few times where the bus finishes earlier than advertised. You normally have to put up a right fight when the next bus comes along and you tell them you're not paying.
 
Where do you live? I'd get off well before Oxford Street and walk in via a back street.

Or not be cheap and take the tube.
 
Yeah happens a bit round here too. Buses terminating at the most random of places on the route... Staff shortage i guess...
 
Sometimes used to happen to me when they'd close certain routes in East London on short notice; I'd explain to the next driver that the previous bus had done that and they'd always be understanding and not charge me again.

I try and check TFL website just before I set off as they keep it pretty up to date for things like changes to bus services.
 
gawd I hate buses too.

I'd always choose tube over a bus. If tube wasn't available I'd just order what I want online.
 
I tend to stick to the tube if i can otherwise i find it becomes a bit pot luck with London buses, especially if you need to go any distances on them.
 
You think that's bad? I have to take the 289 everyday. They always decide to terminate at random points and each bus is usually about 35mins apart. On top of that, you often have 2 or three more that terminate there aswell, wasting over an hour - nearly two!

Cycling's the way to go in some situations TBH
 
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