DiogoJ42
TS Member
- Favourite Ride
- The Metropolitan Line
Getting rather fed up of London busses constantly stopping "to regulate the service". It takes me two busses to get to work. The first one should only be a ten minute trip. The last six days, it has taken 25, and not because of traffic, but because the bus stops at least three times, to sit there for five minutes, with the engine idling, the doors open, and the lights off. Because of this, I keep missing my connection to the second bus, which only runs every 20 minutes.
I have heard drivers getting shouted at over the radio for "being too early". "You told me to wait for six minutes and I did." "Don't care, you're too early. Drive slower!"
I refuse to believe it is physically possible for a London bus to be early. It's clear that what is actually happening is that the bus has become so late, that they decide to drop it from service and make it the next bus on the timetable. I can only presume they get penalised for a "late" bus, but not a "cancelled" one.
I have heard drivers getting shouted at over the radio for "being too early". "You told me to wait for six minutes and I did." "Don't care, you're too early. Drive slower!"
I refuse to believe it is physically possible for a London bus to be early. It's clear that what is actually happening is that the bus has become so late, that they decide to drop it from service and make it the next bus on the timetable. I can only presume they get penalised for a "late" bus, but not a "cancelled" one.
