h-l's fantastic public transport poll thingy!

[baratron]

I had an extremely fun journey today - so fun, that I've decided to share its wonders with you by means of a poll.

I travel every day from Kingston to London Bridge, a journey which should take 50 minutes door-to-door:

• 5 minutes to walk from home to the station
  
• 25 minutes from Kingston to Waterloo
  
• 5 minutes to walk from Waterloo to Waterloo East
  
• 7 minutes to get from Waterloo East to London Bridge
  
• 8 minutes to walk from London Bridge to work.

Today, it took far longer. Can you guess how long?

[Poll #11303]
I look forward to seeing your answers :)

Comments

[kshandra]

Sounds like Connex and MUNI have a lot in common. MUNI appears to specialize in what are known as "banana buses," as they all show up in bunches.... They actually changed several years back from posting timetables at each stop to posting a list of all the routes with their alleged frequency. It still doesn't work.

I must admit that as long as you're not trying to rely on MUNI during peak commute hours, it works really well. And I've yet to have problems with the Metro lines (the in-city answer to the Underground, though it's not nearly as spread out). But with all of the local transit systems (and we've got a bunch), the rule seems to be "If it breaks, it breaks HARD." Keep that in mind, and you'll do okay.

I've a train story of my own to tell - as soon as I'm in the proper mood to finish my New York travelogue....

[londonstatto.livejournal.com]

Connex is far worse than MUNI. Unless, of course MUNI has had very good weeks any time I've been out in that part of the world.

Perhaps I'm just sensible enough to avoid it entirely in commute hours, knowing how much tourists on the Tube irritate me, especially when they have huge suitcases...

MUNI also understands "special buses/trains for sports events"...