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Monday 14 March 2016 9:30 am

Rush hour nightmare? These are the London bus and train routes we complain about most

By: Lynsey Barber

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Ever feel like you have a nightmare commute?

Don't we all, but if you're travelling from Woking to Waterloo or on the number 29 bus, you're probably having a rough one – as is everyone else.

The two routes are the most complained about, according to data relating to more than 1.5m journeys across the UK from transport app Moovit.

It's no surprise that London's overcrowded commuter routes got us the most riled up, with routes from Caterham to Victoria, Reading to Paddington, Dartford to Victoria, and Stansted to Liverpool Street, rounding out the most complained about list.

Read more: Is this travel time Tube map the best one yet for your commute?

When it comes to buses, the capital's no better, with the number 18 (Euston to Sudbury via Paddington), 38 (Victoria to Clapton via Piccadilly), 149 (London Bridge to Edmonton via Shoreditch) and 73 from Victoria to Stoke Newington via Euston).

Delays are the problem which really get our goat, with every two in five problems reported on Moovit relating to hold-ups, while platform and route changes among the difficulties least likely to bother us.

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"We are consistently surprised with the level of detail and reporting that commuters provide their fellow passengers and it makes for interesting reading to see where the flash points are in the UK,” said Moovit marketing chief Amex Mackenzie Torres.

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