In message , at 21:19:49 on Thu, 26 Jun
2014, MikeS remarked:
"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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This Sunday, for the C-stock railtour:

Train 07:32 Cambridge [CBG] London Liverpool St [LST] 08:43
Walk 08:58 London L'pool St [LST] London Fenchurch St [FST] 09:02
Train 09:10 London Fenchurch St [FST] Limehouse [LHS] 09:14
Tube&DLR 09:19 Limehouse [LHS] Moorgate [MOG] 09:35

Alternatively:

Train 07:28 Cambridge [CBG] * Finsbury Park [FPK] 08:22
Tube 08:27 Finsbury Park [FPK] Highbury & Islington [HHY] 08:45
Train 08:51 Highbury & Islington [HHY] Shadwell [SDE] 09:06
Tube&DLR 09:11 Shadwell [SDE] Moorgate [MOG] 09:25

Does this indicate that the normal service on the Circle/H&C is suspended,
otherwise why wouldn't they just show connecting trains from LST/KGX to
MOG?

* Train to Kings Cross.

Yet another pointless attempt

It's not pointless at all. I have a very specific journey to make at a
rather inconvenient (for the timetabling) time of day.

to break the system.

There's absolutely no reason why such a simply journey should break it.

Any normal traveller uses the journey planner to find train times from
Cambridge to London,

Two searches, because NRES doesn't do "London Terminals".

sees the best option is to Kings Cross,

It's using services very early on a Sunday when not only are there no
trains yet out of bed at my home station (Ely), but it's not at all
obvious which route will be the best to London from Cambridge [partly
due to ongoing engineering works just outside Kings Cross].

and checks a tube map to see that from there it is 3 stops to Moorgate
(Northern or Met/Circle as you prefer).

Except it might be better (if the train times lined up) to change at
Tottenham Hale. This isn't the middle of a weekday with a choice of
trains every fifteen minutes[1] and in effect a turn-up-and-go service;
it's a collection of stoppers about an hour apart and one missed
connection could throw the whole day's outing into chaos.

If you want more info TfL's planner tells you its 6 minutes either
route and fine on Sunday.

What's wrong with expecting the official one-stop-shop journey planner
to give me the right answer?

[1] From Cambridge. But there are from Stansted Airport, even that hour
on a Sunday; so it's quite possible the best route into London will
involve one of those.
--
Roland Perry