I'm planning a day trip around London for some Cambridge students who may
not know it well. I'm trying to work out an itinerary for early December,
either Friday 5th or Saturday 6th. I've got an initial list of places or
feature to visit or pass through:

DLR
Overground, inc East London, Crystal Palace
Tramlink
Woolwich ferry
New Routemaster
Old Routemaster, H15 or H9

There's a specific reason for including Crystal Palace. Anyone see anything
or anywhere worthwhile I'm overlooking?

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Colin Rosenstiel

On 2014\11\01 22:24, wrote:
I'm planning a day trip around London for some Cambridge students who may
not know it well. I'm trying to work out an itinerary for early December,
either Friday 5th or Saturday 6th. I've got an initial list of places or
feature to visit or pass through:

DLR
Overground, inc East London, Crystal Palace
Tramlink
Woolwich ferry
New Routemaster
Old Routemaster, H15 or H9

There's a specific reason for including Crystal Palace. Anyone see anything
or anywhere worthwhile I'm overlooking?


Are they transport enthusiasts?

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wrote:

On 2014\11\01 22:24, wrote:
I'm planning a day trip around London for some Cambridge students who
may not know it well. I'm trying to work out an itinerary for early
December, either Friday 5th or Saturday 6th. I've got an initial list of
places or feature to visit or pass through:

DLR
Overground, inc East London, Crystal Palace
Tramlink
Woolwich ferry
New Routemaster
Old Routemaster, H15 or H9

There's a specific reason for including Crystal Palace. Anyone see
anything or anywhere worthwhile I'm overlooking?

Are they transport enthusiasts?

I think it would be fair to say that!

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Are they transport enthusiasts?

I think it would be fair to say that!

If heritage counts does "Overground, inc East London" admit Brunel's
tunnel if only en route to Crystal Palace (assuming there's no time for
the Brunel Museum)?
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Robin
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In article , (Robin) wrote:

Are they transport enthusiasts?

I think it would be fair to say that!

If heritage counts does "Overground, inc East London" admit Brunel's
tunnel if only en route to Crystal Palace (assuming there's no time
for the Brunel Museum)?

Yes, the East London line was in my mind. There could be issues with the
number of river crossings needed and timing constraints.

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Colin Rosenstiel

Yes, the East London line was in my mind.

Sorry, I should have acknowledged I was no doubt stating the bleeding
obvious.


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Robin
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Jet)
wrote:

On 2014\11\01 22:24, wrote:
I'm planning a day trip around London for some Cambridge students who
may not know it well. I'm trying to work out an itinerary for early
December, either Friday 5th or Saturday 6th. I've got an initial list
of
places or feature to visit or pass through:

DLR
Overground, inc East London, Crystal Palace
Tramlink
Woolwich ferry
New Routemaster
Old Routemaster, H15 or H9

There's a specific reason for including Crystal Palace. Anyone see
anything or anywhere worthwhile I'm overlooking?

Are they transport enthusiasts?

I think it would be fair to say that!

And yet they are not able to work out an itinerary for themselves :-)

tim



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Colin Rosenstiel

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In article , (Basil
Jet) wrote:

On 2014\11\01 22:24, wrote:
I'm planning a day trip around London for some Cambridge students who
may not know it well. I'm trying to work out an itinerary for early
December, either Friday 5th or Saturday 6th. I've got an initial list
of places or feature to visit or pass through:

DLR
Overground, inc East London, Crystal Palace
Tramlink
Woolwich ferry
New Routemaster
Old Routemaster, H15 or H9

There's a specific reason for including Crystal Palace. Anyone see
anything or anywhere worthwhile I'm overlooking?

Are they transport enthusiasts?

I think it would be fair to say that!

And yet they are not able to work out an itinerary for themselves :-)

The itinerary is the easier bit. It's ideas of what to include that we are
still trying to complete.

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Colin Rosenstiel

On 01/11/2014 22:24, wrote:
I'm planning a day trip around London for some Cambridge students who may
not know it well. I'm trying to work out an itinerary for early December,
either Friday 5th or Saturday 6th. I've got an initial list of places or
feature to visit or pass through:

DLR
Overground, inc East London, Crystal Palace
Tramlink
Woolwich ferry
New Routemaster
Old Routemaster, H15 or H9

There's a specific reason for including Crystal Palace. Anyone see anything
or anywhere worthwhile I'm overlooking?

The Underground seems the glaring omission, unless that is deliberate or
taken as read.

Is this intended to be technical highlights, heritage, spotterish,
one-of-each-system or something else?

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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

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lid (Arthur Figgis) wrote:

On 01/11/2014 22:24, wrote:
I'm planning a day trip around London for some Cambridge students who
may not know it well. I'm trying to work out an itinerary for early
December, either Friday 5th or Saturday 6th. I've got an initial list of
places or feature to visit or pass through:

DLR
Overground, inc East London, Crystal Palace
Tramlink
Woolwich ferry
New Routemaster
Old Routemaster, H15 or H9

There's a specific reason for including Crystal Palace. Anyone see
anything
or anywhere worthwhile I'm overlooking?

The Underground seems the glaring omission, unless that is deliberate
or taken as read.

There are clear features to see, especially S Stock which is new (though
pretty similar to the Overground 378s in a number of respects). My problem
is working out places to go to take in some highlights. The JLE after dark
would be good for platform edge doors I suppose. There is The Drain but it's
not the working museum it once was these days. As we're arriving at King's
Cross we'll almost certainly use the Victoria Line on our way somewhere.

Is this intended to be technical highlights, heritage, spotterish,
one-of-each-system or something else?

A bit of everything more of interest to enthusiasts with a bit of
sightseeing thrown in as a fringe benefit I suppose. That said, we might
just have a free evening on the town after dark.

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Colin Rosenstiel