Anyone else on the 40 bus this morning (and other bus issues)

[Cassius]

The walk to Camberwell is nice but the Walworth road is ghastly to walk along - are there any alternatives?

[Jeremy]

Old Kent Road? Residential streets in between Walworth Road and Old Kent Road (going through Burgess Park if you feel brave)?

[SeanMacGabhann]

Walworth Rd in the morning is fine - lot's of space. But on the way back after work the streets are much busier and, frankly a pain.

[giggirl]

Is there some sort of TFL rulebook making it mandatory for there to be at least one smelly person on the bus at all times?

[SeanMacGabhann]

I can genuinely say that I encounter a genuinely smelly person once every six months... maybe

Of couse taht could mean that I could be the smelly person.... :(

[ms_1316]

TillieTrotter Wrote:

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> Flipping hell Ms 1316 that's rough justice. I'd

> hate to think what your punishment would be for a

> heftier crime!

Obviously it depends on the circumstances but I would certainly see them escorted from the bus way before it got to that stage. There is no justification for causing that much trouble the police have to be called to remove you from a public vehicle. I'm surprised no one on the bus thew them off, but then I don't know the circumstances.

[Cassius]

But the Walworth road is so UGLY - I'd rather be on a bus with my nose in a book so I don't have to see it, whilst the walk over Dog Kennel Hill can be quite pleasant.

[KalamityKel]

planned bus strikes for three Wednesdays from the 22nd October... happy commuting :))

[KalamityKel]

Planned bus strikes have now been called off due to injunctions being taken out against the unions.

[Nero]

Although I live in the (*cringe alert for some*) Upper East Side, I prefer to walk to Denmark Hill or even C'well Green to get a bus. Even then, I have to brave Walworth and Elephant, but at least I miss out on the damned road works on LL and the crush around King's. The walk takes about 35 - 40 mins, but it means I don't sit on a bus thinking 'I hate sitting on a bus'.

I am not sure whether the bus routes have had more buses put on them during the past few years when ED has seen a population growth, or at least a growth in the population that uses buses to get to and from work.

The buses on the 12 route have very poor suspension, and rattle and shake. The vehicles used on other bendy routes don't seem to be as bad.

At least the new, improved 176 vehicles don't have wooden floors, a la Mao era Shanghai trolley bus.