The Anonymous Widower

Chaos At Richmond

The reception was at Ham House and to get there the Transport for London journey planner, said go to Richmond Station and then get a 371 bus from stop E to Ham Street and walk.

Unfortunately, the finding of a 371 bus wasn’t easy, as south West Trains didn’t seem to have provided any of TfL’s useful bus spider maps at the station. So I couldn’t locate stop E. as I was early, I had a tea in the Carluccio’s by the station and the waitress told me that I got the bus to Ham House from outside the station.

So I got the 371 bus, when it turned up a few minutes later, at the temporary stop, which partly explained my problem.  But I didn’t find a bus route map anywhere.

It is an area I don’t know well and it didn’t help that the information system on the bus wasn’t working.  But I got there without delay.

Coming back, I was a bit worried about buses late at night, but the stop was covered by the SMS message system that tracks most of London’s buses and I got back home without further trouble.

Checking this morning, it would appear that the 371 actually starts now from stop D at Richmond, so TfL has got a touch of the misinformations.

May 31, 2013 - Posted by | Transport/Travel | ,

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