It seemed like a good way of doing this bus was to utilise it to get to Islington to see a play on a Saturday evening. Therefore we caught the 1750 train to West Croydon in order to catch a train to Honor Oak Park.
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| Aboard a London Overground class 378-Charmaine already deep in a book! |
This train arrived at the latter station at 1720 and then we walked to Brockley Rise where I had passed the turning point of the No 172 when aboard the No 171 earlier in the week.
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| The next No 172 laying over to run around the corner later. |
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| EH187 with another route that starts from Brockley Rise the P12 |
EH187 of London General departed from Brockley Rise at exactly 1730 and the route plan on the bus stop suggested the entire journey should take 38 minutes to the Aldwych. This would be ample time to get to the King's Head Theatre for 1900 and initially the bus progressed quite swiftly. We passed the Brockley Jack at 1732 and apart from a brief hold up again at Crofton Park railway station bridge were soon on to Brockley station where we arrived at 1739. Until we reached New Cross garage we were following exactly the same route as the No 171 and although an ambulance was blocking the bus lane just at the A2/A20 junction we still reached the garage 15 minutes after departure. So far so good! Especially as the bus drivers did not exchange this time.
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| Disembarkation at Elephant and Castle. |
From the garage the No 172 takes the A2 route rather than the way the No 171 travels through Peckham. This route becomes the Old Kent route and at 1758 I was back at the the Old Kent Road Tesco where I had disembarked the No 168. Beyond here the bus took the New Kent Road after the Bricklayers Arms junction. By the time we had reached the Elephant and Castle it was 1810 and given we needed to catch the Northern line to Angel Islington and then walk quite a way to reach the theatre, I decided we needed to alight and finish the journey another day.
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