Waited 45 minutes for the 40 bus today which never showed up!

[SarahO]

I had to be at london bridge today at 2.30, I left my house at 12:50 and got to the bus stop(dulwich library) at 1:00. The board said the 40 was due in 17 minutes which was a pain but was the only bus I could get so i waited it out.

I waited 45 minutes and gave up, had to get the 176 to elephant and castle and change.

I know that the camberwell accident and road works have effected a few bus routes but at dulwich library everything is back on track.

whats up with the 40!?

[Noto14]

Would have been easier to get a train from East Dulwich Station to London Bridge direct.

With regards to the 40, it may have possibly broke down en route.I have noticed a number of buses in London breaking down recently. Was the 40 still showing on the countdown monitor throughout the duration of your wait?

Also my rule of thumb is after 20 mins of waiting, find an alternative route. most of the time buses that are running quite late tend to simply "go out of service" to get to the garage for the next shift.

[StraferJack]

If I was at the plough I would have checked how many 40 buses were parked up at top if Barry rd

None = something Very Wrong after 10 minutes. Plan b required!

But I know the psychology behind "well I've waited 20 minutes, I've INVESTED dammit, it must be around the corner" so I do sympathise. Did everything work out when you got there?

[SarahO]

Yes that was exactly my thought StaferJack!

I have to walk past the top of Barry road to get to Dulwich Library and there were no 40's there.

Yeah there were about six 40's on the board all saying like 'due' '3 mins' '12 mins' all the way up to 35 mins!

I did eventually get there in time, only just! But with no thanks to the 40 haha.

[PhilPhilPhil]

I recently had a similar wait at the Plough for a 40... allegedly due in 17 minutes but took well over half an hour to arrive. Then two came at once so everybody got on the first one. The second one went roaring off up the road, then the one we were on spent ages at each stop "to regulate the service". Then halfway up the road the driver announced that he'd be terminating at Monument instead of Aldgate. I'm now seeing "17 minutes" as code for "we have no idea when the bus is coming, you should probably make alternative arrangements".

[Jenayr]

I know this is a bit late now but only just read this thread, the number 40 buses were going up Peckham Rye by the train station on Wednesday morning! They were going in both directions. But that was at about 7.45am I noticed that when I was waiting for the 63. But no idea if they would still be going that way at 2pm.

[SarahO]

Ah this is most probably why. I have to go to the same place again next week, hopefully it will be all sorted by then.

[2Sheds]

Just waited 50 minutes for a 40. No show! The man at Transport for London says they're delayed. Does he mean forever? No trains to London Bridge either!!! What a shambles!!!! Looks like a night in :-(

[aquarius moon]

If this happens again, take a bus 12 from the top of Barry Road to Nigel Road (the 1st stop in Peckham)

and from there you can get a 343 direct to London Bridge.

[bloonoo]

Or 185 to oval and tube it, or 176 to e&c and change or tube.

[Sue]

You can also get a 35 to London Bridge from Camberwell Green.