Richard J. wrote:
Mrs Redboots wrote:

Richard J. wrote to uk.transport.london on Mon, 14 Feb 2005:


I think that's a bit harsh. According to the TfL Journey Planner,
tube via Green Park will take 9 to 12 minutes whereas walking
"fast" takes 16 minutes. Depends what your priorities are. If
the commuter preferred not to walk a mile in all weathers and got
his exercise in other ways, then why not go by Tube?


What's wrong with a 52 bus, which is how we always went from
Victoria to Knightsbridge when I was a child. We would get off at
what was then called The Scotch House, but is now Burberry, and
walk down the Brompton Arcade on to Knightsbridge, and thus to my
grandmother's flat near Harrods. The bus still runs on the same
route, as far as I know....


Yes, but it takes 12-16 minutes (including waiting) compared to 9-12
minutes on the Tube, according to the TfL JP.

I'm extremely sceptical about that 9-12 minute estimate. Is that
platform-to-platform? Being highly optimistic, I'd give 3 minutes to
descend to the Victoria line at Victoria, 1.5 minutes' wait/boarding
time, 2 minutes' journey, at least 3 minutes' interchange at Green Park,
1.5 minutes' wait/boarding time, 5 minutes to Knightsbridge and then a
minute to ascend to the surface, making my most optimistic guess 17 minutes.

My experience of the 52 is generally very pleasant; it's right outside
the terminal at Victoria, with probably a 5 minute wait and a 10 minute
journey.

I would walk from Imperial to Victoria Coach station at a fast pace in a
bit under 20 minutes. Knightsbridge a bit over half that distance, so a
fast pace would be 12 minutes, a more moderate one perhaps 18 minutes.

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Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London