Day 262 To Harlow to do bus that only runs Monday to Friday school or shopping hours the No 392.

I caught the 1115 Peterborough train at 1123 at East Croydon and alighted at Finsbury Park. From here I took the Victoria line two stops to Tottenham Hale and as I bought my ticket a Stansted Express train arrived which was next stop Harlow. This meant I arrived at Harlow Town station at 1223, only an hour after leaving East Croydon. The walk from Harlow Town station to the bus station in town was quite a difficult one though owing to all the roadworks but it still only took 22 minutes.

Nearly new double-decker from Central Connect

The No 392 laying over in the bus station

The No 392 is highlighted in orange-7 a day.

The bus station was not located where it said it was on the map but that area seemed to be off limits and on the gloriously sunny day it was a pleasure to wait under the trees for my No 392 bus at 1300.

The new bus station with 392 arriving

The bus is operated by Epping Forest Community Transport and arrived bang on time. Three of us boarded but only I paid and there seemed to be no mechanism for issuing a ticket. The bus turned left out of the bus station and then went left again passing the Harlow playhouse before then turning right heading SSW past Paycock Road  and into Water Lane.

Harlow Payhouse

Central Connect and Arriva buses at
 Ambercrombie Way

Passing SSW'ly at Abercrombie Way

This after passing an area called Sumners eventually took us to a roundabout with the B181 signposted Epping and the bus turned left in that direction. We turned right along Common Road and this brought us to a settlement called Bumbles Green. We next turned right at a roundabout in the direction of Broxbourne and this then took us through Nazeing. 

Passing a country pile near Broadley common  

Lots of black and white buildings
with some thatched roofs

Nazeing town centre

Beyond Nazeing we crossed over the River Lea and the Lea Navigation and then the railway line by Broxbourne station. Beyond this we crossed the New River and then at the T junction at the end turned right up Broxbourne High Street. Here one of the other two passengers left. The bus then followed the route I had taken many months ago on the No 310 to Hoddesdon and terminated at the clock Tower at 1327.

Driving along Broxbourne High Street

Arrival at Hoddesdon with original
London Country Bus Company coloured Arriva
bus

Hoddesdon Clock Tower

The bus No 392 on its way back from Hoddesdon to Harlow, with UNO bus coming the other way

I then walked back in the direction of Broxbourne railway station from Hoddesdon town centre. I then walked down Upper Marsh to reach the New River footpath and then I followed that to the railway station.

Walking along the New River footpath near Broxbourne

I then walked to the station and caught the 1423 train to Tottenham Hale station and returned the way I had come via Finsbury Park and the Thameslink Horsham service back to East Croydon.

Returns from boundary of zone 6 to Harlow, no 
ticket was provided for the bus journey