The Anonymous Widower

Struggling To Get Home From Moorgate Station

In most cases to get back to my house, I take a convenient 141 bus from Moorgate station.

• The bus stop at Moorgate is the same side of the road as the exit from Moorgate station.
• At the stop at my home, I just cross the not very busy road and there is a zebra crossing, if the road is busy.
• The walks at both ends are not more than fifty metres.
• The 141 bus, used to share the route with the 21 bus, which meant there was a bus every five minutes.
• The 21 buses are more comfortable New Routemasters.

Now, that the 21 bus no longer shares the route, timings of the 141 are much extended, with sometimes a wait of as long as 15 minutes.

This is because.

1. The traffic has got a lot heavier.
2. One fleet of buses, is taking both groups of passengers.
3. Islington has laid out numerous Low Traffic Neighbourhoods.

Consequently, the remaining 141 buses have a much higher passenger density and I don’t always get a seat.

This Saturday and Sunday, the Elizabeth Line wasn’t running, so the buses were overcrowded.

On both days, I had to get a 76 bus from Moorgate to De Beauvoir Town, as I had waited for a long time and one had not been shown on the app.

Yesterday, I would have had to wait 26 minutes for the 141 bus to do the last mile to get home.

So I walked and took these pictures of Islington’s not so pretty pavements.

Compared to Hackney, they are not a pretty sight. And the pavements did make walking difficult.

As I did the last leg to my house, five 141 buses passed me, as Transport for London don’t believe in spreading them out, where there are punters.

Luckily, I wasn’t carrying anything heavy!

Today, I was even luckier in that a 141 bus stopped, soon after I got off the 76.

November 17, 2024 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | De Beauvoir Town, Elizabeth Line, Hackney, Islington, London Bus 141, London Bus 21, London Bus 76, Low Traffic Neighbourhood, Moorgate Station, Transport for London