London Banter - View Single Post - Tip for anyone going from Cambridge to London tonight or tomorrow

[email protected] · December 23rd 10, 08:53 PM posted to cam.transport,uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Jon Connell) wrote:

On 23/12/2010 16:48, wrote:
FCC have thrown in the towel and are running a two trains an hour
nearly all stations slow service only. So, for once, journey times are
faster to and from Liverpool Street.

So I say, stuff FCC for their meanness (even with stock shortages they
could surely have found enough for an hourly fast service) and use
NXEA's cheaper fares, especially the Off Peak Travelcard.

Just before heading for the station this morning, they had four
trains in a row cancelled, so we ended up driving into London and
getting a Tube from East Finchley. Rubbish (FCC, not the Tube,
which was perfect today for us).

Everything in the timetable was cancelled, replaced by trains at 08 and 38
minutes past each hour, timetabled to take 96 minutes to get to King's
Cross. As the schedule allows 20 minutes from Finsbury Park to King's
Cross, we were 15 minutes early this morning.

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Colin Rosenstiel