Does the 37 not run on a sunday?

[Strawbs]

Im trying to get to clap junc on sunday and all the journey planners I am doing is coming up as two buses and a train or at minimum two buses.. Am I being daft or does the service just not run on a sunday?

thanks x

[HonaloochieB]

No you're not being daft, it does run on Sunday and will deliver you to the busiest train station in the world in about 30-40 minutes.

I won't enquire as to exactly why you're going to 'that place', but enjoy yourself.

[Jeremy]

Allow a good hour or so waiting at the bus stop.

[SeanMacGabhann]

It runs and I use it fairly regularly these days

Journey planners are Oooo kaayyy ish, but left to default settings they will suggest multiple routes

I've just asked it for a direct route to Clapham on Sunday, With buses only and it has come back with the 37 for every journey, no changes

It used to be a shocking service, frequency wise, but it is much better of late

[Strawbs]

Thank you everyone sorry to be such a twit but the settings on the journey planner were trying to pick up my postcode as a station, so Ive literally just worked it out and logged on to call myself a twit..

thanks

No.1 Twit:-$

[Scylla100]

I ran into the same problem last week and called transport for London. The guy on the phone apologised for their journey planner and said they knew it wasn't working properly. I just wanted to make sure the 37 was running and it took the TfL guy awhile to find the bus and tell me, yes, it was running.

Is it me or is the journey planner getting worse? I had a one hour journey yesterday timed, by the planner, as 1h 40m (so I was very early to my appointment).

Scylla

[SeanMacGabhann]

I wouldn't say it's getting worse - but it is an imprecise tool because of the nature of moving so many people around London.

What were the details of the journey?

[beaver14uk]

Bear in mind because it is holiday time there is less traffic on the roads so journeys do tend to be quicker than normal.

Scylla100 Wrote:

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> I ran into the same problem last week and called

> transport for London. The guy on the phone

> apologised for their journey planner and said they

> knew it wasn't working properly. I just wanted to

> make sure the 37 was running and it took the TfL

> guy awhile to find the bus and tell me, yes, it

> was running.

>

> Is it me or is the journey planner getting worse?

> I had a one hour journey yesterday timed, by the

> planner, as 1h 40m (so I was very early to my

> appointment).

>

> Scylla

[MrBen]

Imagine if you could link the TFL route database to a new real time journey planner that worked off the GPS feature on your iphone/mobile.

So that wherever you are you simply type in the destination only and it gives you your fastest route and time of the next tube/bus/tram/train in your vicinity.

Does this exist yet or should I be giving Dragons Den a call?

[SeanMacGabhann]

It doesn't exist yet, but I've had the same thought

that patent will cost you tho...

[Loz]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> Allow a good hour or so waiting at the bus stop.

An hour, Jeremy? Optimist...

Early evening 37 services on the weekend are, frankly, a disgrace.

[Pandora]

An alternative to the 37 (depending on where you live) is getting the Victoria train from Peckham Rye and changing at Battersea Park for Clapham Junction, takes under half an hour.

[Torben Pieknik]

MrBen Wrote:

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> Imagine if you could link the TFL route database

> to a new real time journey planner that worked off

> the GPS feature on your iphone/mobile.

>

> So that wherever you are you simply type in the

> destination only and it gives you your fastest

> route and time of the next tube/bus/tram/train in

> your vicinity.

>

> Does this exist yet or should I be giving Dragons

> Den a call?

There is something developed at the moment which though not this sophisticated will be a real help. Using GPS techology in buses there will be an application which will tell you what time the next bus will come to your stop on your phone/pc. And it will be more reliable than the old countdown system at stops.

[ratty]

I used to live at Clapham Junction. It's nice!

[HonaloochieB]

Me too, it's ace.

[Applespider]

MrBen Wrote:

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> Imagine if you could link the TFL route database

> to a new real time journey planner that worked off

> the GPS feature on your iphone/mobile.

I've got an app on my iPhone which can use your current location to figure out where the next bus to wherever you type in is. V v useful... although subject to the usual Journey Planner oddities still.

[mikese22]

Or any bus to Camberwell, get off by Nando's and cut through to Coldharbour Lane and pick up several buses that go to Clapham

[thexwinglessxbird]

An alternative root would be to take the 185 to the Oval & then the 155 to Clapham.

I take the 37 to & back from Clapham on Sundays, but the 37 bus seems to take forever. I don't understand this, as when I am in Clapham, the 37 bus appears regularly.

[ianr]

There are also trains from Peckham Rye/Denmark Hill to Wandsworth Road at 20 and 50 minutes. Journey time 9 minutes from PR. Then iirc there's the 77(a) bus direct. Though I think Pandora's two train stratagem (jouney time 25 min) would be hard to beat for a speed/predictability combination.

[El Presidente]

i waited half an hour for a 37 on sunday before just giving up and going home. it sucks

[Sue]

I can't understand this, I've never had to wait long for a 37 at the weekend!

[louisiana]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> Allow a good hour or so waiting at the bus stop.

Agreed. I've waited for over an hour for a 37 on a Saturday before now. Sunday I wouldn't even consider.

[Strawbs]

ended up getting a cab both ways as was way too hungover to face it..