London bus routes that are useless or annoying

[abellion]

Jul 5, 2024 14:30:05 GMT bk10mfe said:

The amount of 156’s being curtailed to Haydons Road is really annoying. Did this use to be the case as well or was it less common previously?

Wimbledon Tennis possibly, the service is looking a bit shambolic today.  I used the 156 regularly up until the past few months and the turn came up occasionally, and it was often done with another 156 following close behind. The lack of alternative from Wandsworth-Wimbledon makes the 156 a great candidate for this thread, it is so obnoxious to rely on (mainly thanks to unpredictable gaps as opposed to the Plough Lane turn) which is why it has fallen out of favour with me and there isn't the demand to have an entire extra route following it all day. The only plus is the buses are rockets and the drivers are usually quite fast 

[bk10mfe]

Jul 5, 2024 14:57:41 GMT abellion said:

Jul 5, 2024 14:30:05 GMT bk10mfe said:

The amount of 156’s being curtailed to Haydons Road is really annoying. Did this use to be the case as well or was it less common previously?

Wimbledon Tennis possibly, the service is looking a bit shambolic today.  I used the 156 regularly up until the past few months and the turn came up occasionally, and it was often done with another 156 following close behind. The lack of alternative from Wandsworth-Wimbledon makes the 156 a great candidate for this thread, it is so obnoxious to rely on (mainly thanks to unpredictable gaps as opposed to the Plough Lane turn) which is why it has fallen out of favour with me and there isn't the demand to have an entire extra route following it all day. The only plus is the buses are rockets and the drivers are usually quite fast 

Yeah I get where you’re coming from & the 493 isn’t the most reliable service in the Haydons Road area either, so some people are just left stranded there for a long time. The 493 does really need a frequency increase, almost always gets full up to the max. It needs it at least until the Wimbledon-Richmond Superloop route gets introduced. & there were some SE’s from the 396 that recently transferred to AL, so those would be perfect to give a frequency boost.