richfish Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 I have recently started using the 78 bus during rushhour to get me from Peckham Rye to Aldgate. What a nightmare experience. The buses are unbelievably tiny single deckers that seem to roll a lot making a standing journey feel like a sickness inducing trip to the fairground. The seats have almost no leg room at all and so standing is the only option for me. To make it worse this is a hugely popular route and the buses are absolutely packed beyond belief so for 40 minutes or longer we all roll around standing on each others feet with no room to breathe, feeling terrifed by the experience and yet merrily passing every packed busstop from the Old Kent Road onwards. Crazy. How can this happen? Does anyone know how I can alert LT to this problem? Even better has anyone on here got the power to change it and give us a bigger bus? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/9152-save-me-from-the-78-bus/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
KalamityKel Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 welcome to the real world of public transport along with thousands of other commuters each day!Stop complaining and just get on with it! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/9152-save-me-from-the-78-bus/#findComment-276479 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybee82 Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Join the queue mate...behind about half a million other Londoners, including myself.You could always get a taxi?? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/9152-save-me-from-the-78-bus/#findComment-276480 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMacGabhann Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 I would imagine a relatively small percentage of bus commuters use the 78 compared to the double deckers taking people into town and richfish is right - travelling on say the 63 or 40 is like flying firstclass compared to the 78 - so I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss himWhen I travelled on it for 2 years I sent a number of complaints to the bus company in question and TFL - standard replies of "monitoring bus routes, demand, yadda yadda". I know many of the passengers I spoke to did the same so I wouldn't expect to see a change soon. The 42 which shares some of that route occassionally goes mad and has a double deckerIn the end I think it's better walking to the 40 route and going to Aldgate that way Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/9152-save-me-from-the-78-bus/#findComment-276484 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDOldie Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 I might have this wrong but didn't the 78 route originally run from Dulwich Plough (Barry Road) to Aldgate and was downsized (in every sense) when the 40 was introduced?They were the majestic Routemaster back then, oh, and people queued in those days too. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/9152-save-me-from-the-78-bus/#findComment-276488 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeckhamRose Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 The address to write to them is on the bus itself, and also I think on TFL website. (Puts her biking gear on.) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/9152-save-me-from-the-78-bus/#findComment-276501 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyTaTa Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Richfish, I totally agree - even if they used double-deckers for rush hours and then used smaller buses in the day it would make sense. It's absolutely packed on Sundays too. I frequently use buses, but can say that the 78 in rush hour is easily the most panic-inducing route. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/9152-save-me-from-the-78-bus/#findComment-276535 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandperson Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Jump on a bike. you'd be there in 45 mins. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/9152-save-me-from-the-78-bus/#findComment-276541 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladymuck Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Sandperson Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Jump on a bike. you'd be there in 45 mins.Or less!! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/9152-save-me-from-the-78-bus/#findComment-276614 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keef Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Yeah, and you can ride alongside buses whilst angrily bashing the window! (Old one for SP there ;-)) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/9152-save-me-from-the-78-bus/#findComment-276615 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandperson Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 I banged on a bus driver's window just this morning Keef! Are you following me? He cut myself and another cyclist off into the kerb. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/9152-save-me-from-the-78-bus/#findComment-276621 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keef Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Did you have a fist fight in the street once he'd stopped? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/9152-save-me-from-the-78-bus/#findComment-276624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladymuck Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Sandperson Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------He cut myself> and another cyclist off into the kerb.It happens a lot of the time...gives me a good excuse to stick two fat fingers up and have a good swear though...aaahhh, feel much better now! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/9152-save-me-from-the-78-bus/#findComment-276631 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah Lush Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 EDOldie Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> I might have this wrong but didn't the 78 route> originally run from Dulwich Plough (Barry Road) to> Aldgate and was downsized (in every sense) when> the 40 was introduced?> > They were the majestic Routemaster back then, oh,> and people queued in those days too.Almost right old bean. The 78 used start from the top of Lordship Lane (Hornimans). Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/9152-save-me-from-the-78-bus/#findComment-276635 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDOldie Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 You sure? I thought they terminated and started at the Plough. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/9152-save-me-from-the-78-bus/#findComment-276640 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah Lush Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Absoutely. I used to catch the 78 from stop at the Grove Tavern. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/9152-save-me-from-the-78-bus/#findComment-276648 Share on other sites More sharing options...
boosboss Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 I don't use the 78 very often, but it seems that when I do there's always people arguing on it. Last week a row broke out between two passengers over the push and shove to get on. The man called the woman a cow and she retorted with what finished the argument "Better a cow than a c**t"! Made me smile anyway! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/9152-save-me-from-the-78-bus/#findComment-276749 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KalamityKel Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 they also, like the 176s, used 2 b green Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/9152-save-me-from-the-78-bus/#findComment-276754 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peckwich Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 KalamityKel Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> they also, like the 176s, used 2 b greenI was about to say the same thing. Same for the 343 which used to be called P3. I'm sure the 78s were also double decker when they were green. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/9152-save-me-from-the-78-bus/#findComment-276759 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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