Dreadful P13 service?

[apbremer]

Am I just unlucky but the P13 just seems hopeless?? For example today:

W. Dulwich station towards New Cross.

Bus due~15.05~no bus

Bus due~15.20~no bus

Bus due~15.35~no bus

15.40~give up and trudge home.

Who are the halfwits who run this "service"?/ Complaints are just not worth the effort.

[hertburs]

I agree. I was waiting for the 15.35 at W Dulwich. The online app said it was close then it just disappeared off the list of buses and went to the next bus 15 minutes later. Very frustrating.

[IlonaM]

P13s going north on Underhill Road (towards Barry Road and Lordship Lane) often seem to miss specific times. Often have to wait for the next one.

[sela]

Same here. I stopped to rely on that route and prefer to go via Forest Hill or now I just park my car near West Dulwich.

[not2late]

Sounds to me like it was on diversion, but no one bothered to put posters on the stops. The P13 shouldn't be seen as a bus service as such. More like a piece of performance art, inspired by Turkish Dolmuses perhaps. I'd never rely on it, but sometimes catch it to Streatham for the thrill of seeing whether it will turn up that day.

[Jah Lush]

If you check the Bus Times app before leaving the house you'll never miss one.

[Jeremy]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> If you check the Bus Times app before leaving the

> house you'll never miss one.

Read the post from "hertburs"... "The online app said it was close then it just disappeared off the list". Has happened to me a few times too (on a different route). You're told the bloody thing is a couple of minutes away, but it never materialises.

Also, checking the app in advance isn't much help when you need to get another bus or train first!

[JohnL]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> Jah Lush Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > If you check the Bus Times app before leaving

> the

> > house you'll never miss one.

>

> Read the post from "hertburs"... "The online app

> said it was close then it just disappeared off the

> list". Has happened to me a few times too (on a

> different route). You're told the bloody thing is

> a couple of minutes away, but it never

> materialises.

>

> Also, checking the app in advance isn't much help

> when you need to get another bus or train first!

That'll be because they've stopped, thrown all the customers

off and turned it around.

https://www.quora.com/Why-do-some-London-buses-end-their-journey-short-of-their-destination-with-no-prior-warning