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[email protected] · July 3rd 14, 11:01 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote:

In message , at
05:16:25 on Thu, 3 Jul 2014, remarked:
The coach stops at the Hitchin train station, but you can't get there
from Ely without changing at Letchworth.

The xx.30 semi-fasts stop at Hitchin, but a change at Cambridge is
necessary because the Kings Cross trains from Kings Lynn are fast
Cambridge-KX.

Apart from the 10.11 and 16.06 from Ely which form the 10.30 and 16.25
from Cambridge and call at Hitchin (and the 17.07 and later trains from
Lynn which do the same), connection times at Cambridge from Ely into the
xx.30 and xx.55 are not good. That is why I suggested that taking the bus
from Cambridge railway station to Drummer Street and getting the airport
coach from Parkside would be as quick.

Looking at Transport Direct, starting *now* they recommend changing
at Cambridge for a Hitchin train then catching the 787 coach. 2hrs
6mins.

Next quickest is catching a train to Stevenage and getting the #100
bus from there. 2hrs 22mins.

Going via St Pancras is 2hrs 44mins.

Huh? Looking at Webtis, I get 2hrs 28mins at 11:52 from Ely, and that
includes the usual ludicrous connection allowance from the Cross to St
Pancras, in this case 42 minutes. You could do it in 23 and arrive over half
an hour earlier in under 2 hours at 13:48 via EMT. Off the 11:25 from Ely
you could get there at 13:21 if you can get to St Pancras in 10 minutes.

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Colin Rosenstiel