"Paul Corfield" wrote in message
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On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:23:04 +0000, Mark Morton
wrote:

...with my elderly mother who is afraid of being under ground on the
Underground, and who can't walk far.

Is the easiest option just the 205 bus to Mile End, then round the
corner to the 323 bus to Canning Town?

Or the 205 to Aldgate and then the 115 direct to Canning Town. A more
frequent option but be careful to check where the stops are at Aldgate
as your mum can't walk far.

checks

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaro...treet-2005.pdf

Stop B on the outward trip is a common stop for the 115 and 205

Hard to be certain but stops J and R are probably common for the return
trip. Spider maps only show stop details for routes that depart from
the main area not which terminate there - stupid if you ask me but there
you go.

With my railhead on, I was going to do HS1 from St Pancras to Stratford,
but I believe there's quite a bit of walking at both Stratford stations
and platform 11 (where the buses to StfInt go from) at Stratford
Regional has no step-free access. Is that correct?

Don't even think about it. Shuttle buses, very long hikes along
platforms, stairs etc.

One other question: the discounted travelcards for people with National
Rail railcards [1]: are they available from TFL ticket machines, or only
at the windows?
[1]
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/faresa...ets/11696.aspx

At ticket offices. Not sure where you arriving at Kings Cross but don't
forget the new northern ticket hall has a big ticket office and may be a
bit less pressured than the other tube ticket offices at Kings Cross.
Alternatively as Mizter T has said there may be NR ticket offices that
are more convenient but beware the works going on at Kings Cross main
line have (I think) shifted the FCC GN ticket office.

Railcard-discounted One Day Travelcards are also available from the
FastTicket machines at and around King's Cross (Main Line) Travel Centre,
but finding the right buttons to press is not exactly intuitive. Use the A-Z
destinations button and type in the first few letters of London.