I'm flying into Heathrow on Sunday and staying at a hotel near
Paddington. Heathrow Express is a bit rich for my tastes, and Connect
only runs once an hour, so I might as well take the tube.

The obvious route is to change at Hammersmith from the Piccadilly to
the Circle or H&C line. My recollection is that the two stations are
across the street from each other, so you have to tap out and tap back
in. Is that considered part of the same trip, or a separate trip?




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"John Levine" wrote in message
...
I'm flying into Heathrow on Sunday and staying at a hotel near
Paddington. Heathrow Express is a bit rich for my tastes, and Connect
only runs once an hour, so I might as well take the tube.

The obvious route is to change at Hammersmith from the Piccadilly to
the Circle or H&C line. My recollection is that the two stations are
across the street from each other, so you have to tap out and tap back
in. Is that considered part of the same trip, or a separate trip?

Provided you touch in again within a reasonable time it will be a single
trip.

Check the TfL website for weekend engineering works to make sure the tube
will be running.

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On Thu, 27 Feb 2014 03:16:25 +0000 (UTC), John Levine
wrote:

I'm flying into Heathrow on Sunday and staying at a hotel near
Paddington. Heathrow Express is a bit rich for my tastes, and Connect
only runs once an hour, so I might as well take the tube.

The obvious route is to change at Hammersmith from the Piccadilly to
the Circle or H&C line. My recollection is that the two stations are
across the street from each other, so you have to tap out and tap back
in. Is that considered part of the same trip, or a separate trip?


You could change from the Piccadilly at Earls Court then get the
District line to the other station at Paddington.

Dave

In message ,
at 07:51:57 on Thu, 27 Feb 2014, David remarked:

You could change from the Piccadilly at Earls Court then get the
District line to the other station at Paddington.

That's an awkward change (tube to subsurface), especially with luggage,
but in the current weather it might be better to change to the District
at Hammersmith (cross platform as both are above ground still) then
change again at Earls Court for an Edgware Rd (not High Street Ken)
train.
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Roland Perry

In article , (D A Stocks)
wrote:

"John Levine" wrote in message
...
I'm flying into Heathrow on Sunday and staying at a hotel near
Paddington. Heathrow Express is a bit rich for my tastes, and Connect
only runs once an hour, so I might as well take the tube.

The obvious route is to change at Hammersmith from the Piccadilly to
the Circle or H&C line. My recollection is that the two stations are
across the street from each other, so you have to tap out and tap back
in. Is that considered part of the same trip, or a separate trip?

Provided you touch in again within a reasonable time it will be a
single trip.

Check the TfL website for weekend engineering works to make sure the
tube will be running.

There don't appear to be any engineering works issue this Sunday. However,
the TfL journey planner suggests changing from Piccadilly to District
(Wimbledon-Edgware Road) at Earls Court will be 2 minutes quicker than the
route via Hammersmith. That is because it allows 7 minutes to walk across
Hammersmith Broadway. If you are a fast walker it may well be as quick or
quicker for you.

It may well turn on where you actually want to go from Paddington Station.
The H&C and District platforms are some way apart, with separate street
entrances.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote:

In message ,
at 07:51:57 on Thu, 27 Feb 2014, David
remarked:

You could change from the Piccadilly at Earls Court then get the
District line to the other station at Paddington.

That's an awkward change (tube to subsurface), especially with
luggage, but in the current weather it might be better to change to
the District at Hammersmith (cross platform as both are above ground
still) then change again at Earls Court for an Edgware Rd (not High
Street Ken) train.

The OP didn't mention luggage but if that was a factor changing there or,
easier still, at Baron's Court rather than Hammersmith, would be easiest.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

The OP didn't mention luggage but if that was a factor changing there
or, easier still, at Baron's Court rather than Hammersmith, would be
easiest.

+1 We have used Baron's Court for 20-odd years for District/Picadilly
changes since station staff told us it was the shortest/quietest.
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Robin
reply to address is (meant to be) valid

In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

On Thu, 27 Feb 2014 03:16:25 +0000 (UTC), John Levine
wrote:

I'm flying into Heathrow on Sunday and staying at a hotel near
Paddington. Heathrow Express is a bit rich for my tastes, and Connect
only runs once an hour, so I might as well take the tube.

The obvious route is to change at Hammersmith from the Piccadilly to
the Circle or H&C line. My recollection is that the two stations are
across the street from each other, so you have to tap out and tap back
in. Is that considered part of the same trip, or a separate trip?

It counts as one trip provided you change between gatelines within 20
minutes. That should not be a problem.

http://www.oyster-rail.org.uk/out-of...terchange-osi/

There are lifts from platform to street at the Picc / District line
station. Exit towards the rear of your Picc Line train at Hammersmith
as there are two ticket halls at Hammersmith and the one to the rear
of eastbound trains is closer to the exit which takes you across the
H&C / Circle Line station.

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/...s/1000096.aspx

As I said, it seems that via Earls Court may be as good or better, depending
on where exactly he wants to go next after Paddington.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On 27/02/2014 08:03, Roland Perry wrote:
In message ,
at 07:51:57 on Thu, 27 Feb 2014, David remarked:

You could change from the Piccadilly at Earls Court then get the
District line to the other station at Paddington.

That's an awkward change (tube to subsurface), especially with luggage,
but in the current weather it might be better to change to the District
at Hammersmith (cross platform as both are above ground still) then
change again at Earls Court for an Edgware Rd (not High Street Ken) train.

Is there a cross-platform change at High Street Kensington for Edgware Road?

On 27/02/2014 12:23, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Thu, 27 Feb 2014 03:16:25 +0000 (UTC), John Levine
wrote:

I'm flying into Heathrow on Sunday and staying at a hotel near
Paddington. Heathrow Express is a bit rich for my tastes, and Connect
only runs once an hour, so I might as well take the tube.

The obvious route is to change at Hammersmith from the Piccadilly to
the Circle or H&C line. My recollection is that the two stations are
across the street from each other, so you have to tap out and tap back
in. Is that considered part of the same trip, or a separate trip?

It counts as one trip provided you change between gatelines within 20
minutes. That should not be a problem.

http://www.oyster-rail.org.uk/out-of...terchange-osi/

There are lifts from platform to street at the Picc / District line
station. Exit towards the rear of your Picc Line train at Hammersmith
as there are two ticket halls at Hammersmith and the one to the rear
of eastbound trains is closer to the exit which takes you across the
H&C / Circle Line station.

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/...s/1000096.aspx

Same thing at KXSP between Thameslink and LU, yes?