P13

[crispy]

Does anyone else enjoy the randomness of the P13 as much as I do?

[Spacey]

I particularly enjoy it when there's a vehicle coming in the opposite direction down a side street that's not willing to give way. It makes the journey so much more enjoyable... and long!

It's more of a necessity than an enjoyment for me as it's the only route that goes anywhere near my friends house in Rosendale Road, and it's not even that near really.

[crispy]

Yes i agree. It seems to be a bit of an old people's bus ( hope this doesnt offend anyone), but i use it when i have heavy shopping. Just recently though it really is never on time, so its a bit of a game deciding whether to wait another 5 minutes or not, knowing it maybe another 25. sometimes it is even 5 or so minutes early, just thought it seems to be a bit of a "twilight zone bus", not like any other!

[Dulwich_ Park_ Fairy]

I like the way the drivers insist on switching into rally driving mode once they hit those residential street going towards Peckham Rye. As soon as the elderly get on with their shopping at Sainsburys its foot down all the way.

[HonaloochieB]

It's always a little treat when turns up and saves me a walk down to the Lane.

[HonaloochieB]

The name sounds like a film rating as well. Past 13?

[SteveT]

It's a bus for unlucky people suffering from acute incontinence

[crispy]

Well its saved me a couple of times, its a long walk home you know....!

[louisiana]

I've always thought the P stood for 'possibly' or 'possible'.

[*Bob*]

I love the suburban weaving of the P13.

If you're heading over to Streatham to lunch at Wimpy, why not arrive in style?

[Shu.Kurimu.Sensei]

the P13 route also has some of the most attractive female bus drivers in London :))

[sweetgirl]

:))it was on the p13 i met my sweetboy, over 2 years ago!!!!!!!B)

[Dulwich_ Park_ Fairy]

it was on the p13 i met my sweetboy, over 2 years ago!!!!!!!

Can you ask him to slow down as he approaches Avondale Rise?

[sweetgirl]

his garage no longer run the p13, p13's come from beddington garage. phone them & complain!!!!!!!!

[jimbo1964]

I love it, it could be a Thomas the Tank Engine character. It passes the top of my road and very regular. It's a shame it doesn't go to Denmark Hill station.

[seanmlow]

This bus is a saviour on a freezing day! However, it seems that just as I begin walking down to LL, it whizzes past and sails into the misty distance!

[Shu.Kurimu.Sensei]

Tis the curse of the whimsical wonder that is the P13 :))

[MelbourneGr]

Timings for buses? I didn't think there was such a thing. Every bus I get seems to come at a random time.

[crispy]

Maybe that is where i am going wrong, its the only route that i take notice of the 'timings" as there are only 3 an hour, so i guess its back to luck. add's to the quirky fun of the shopping trolly bus...

[jctg]

Is it not true that nobody really knows the route of the P13?

[crispy]

Just looked it up ( a bit sad i know,but its very quiet at my job today)

Streatham Station

Tulse Hill Station

Dulwich, Grove Tavern

East Dulwich, Goose Green

East Dulwich, Sainsbury's

Peckham, Bus Station

Old Kent Road,( Tustin estate

New Cross Gate, Sainsbury's .

[reenie40]

I have spent more of my life than I care to calculate waiting for the P13! It does get me all the way from home in East Dulwich to work in New Cross and back and I've read many a good book (sometimes a whole one in one journey) as it weaves it's way around the longest possible route you could possibly take between the two points. I feel ridiculously happy when it arrives when it's supposed to - years of using it have obviously lowered my expections dramatically.

[*Bob*]

On a good day you can be having it large in 'Caesar's Palace' in fifteen minutes flat, door to door.

On a bad day you can still be waiting in East Dulwich fifteen minutes after it's supposed to have come.

[crispy]

So reenie and bob ( clearly veterans of the P13), would you say you the 'time-table" is reliable, or do you just wait with baited breath and try your luck?

[*Bob*]

I think they're better than they used to be.

But, like all buses, they lull you into a false sense of security and then let you down when you really need to, say, get to the Christian bookshop in Streatham before it closes.