On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 09:45:01 +0100, Paul Corfield
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On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 21:32:09 +0000 (UTC), "Dr Ivan D. Reid"
wrote:

Poking around various maps I wondered about Piccadilly from Ux to
Earl's Court, District to Wimbledon, and Tram to Croydon. No idea yet how
long that would take.

About 100 minutes including interchanges but excluding time to get to
Uxbridge from your place. If you have an Oyster card and decide to use
the Pre-Pay extension part of the card then be very careful to validate
properly at Wimbledon station!

I've not got Oyster yet, must consider it soon.

Anyone (Paul?) have a better idea?

[snip advice]

HTH

It does, thanks Paul.

--
Ivan Reid, Electronic & Computer Engineering, ___ CMS Collaboration,
Brunel University. Room 40-1-B12, CERN
KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

2. Picc to South Ken, District to Vic, Train to East Croydon

Baron's Court or Hammersmith are FAR easier interchanges than South Ken.

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2. Picc to South Ken, District to Vic, Train to East Croydon

Baron's Court or Hammersmith are FAR easier interchanges than South Ken.
But you get far more trains
ie circle line

HTH Phil

Phil wrote:
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2. Picc to South Ken, District to Vic, Train to East Croydon

Baron's Court or Hammersmith are FAR easier interchanges than
South Ken.
But you get far more trains
ie circle line

Yes, it depends whether the fastest journey is more important than ease
of interchange. By changing from Picc to District/Circle at South
Kensington, you get the ex-Wimbledon trains as well as the Circle, you
avoid a possible wait at Earl's Court for a change of driver, and
there's one station skipped (West Kensington).

However, on the District I've quite often overtaken a stationary
Piccadilly e/b train at Barons Court. Is that a timing/regulation point
in addition to Hyde Park Corner? (Cue Steve!)
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writes

However, on the District I've quite often overtaken a stationary
Piccadilly e/b train at Barons Court. Is that a timing/regulation
point in addition to Hyde Park Corner? (Cue Steve!)

And right on cue... ;-)

No it's not, although the 25 mph limit into the 'pipe' towards Earls
Court can cause things to be a bit slow sometimes.

I've been very rarely there more than a minute unless something is
seriously going wrong.
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Steve Fitzgerald has now left the building.
You will find him in London's Docklands, E16, UK
(please use the reply to address for email)

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2. Picc to South Ken, District to Vic, Train to East Croydon

Baron's Court or Hammersmith are FAR easier interchanges than South Ken.
But you get far more trains
ie circle line

HTH Phil

I wouldn't call the addition of the Circle line many trains at all.
;-) Certainly not the sort of number that would warrant changing
levels rather than walking across the platform.

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2. Picc to South Ken, District to Vic, Train to East Croydon

Baron's Court or Hammersmith are FAR easier interchanges than South
Ken.
But you get far more trains
ie circle line

HTH Phil

I wouldn't call the addition of the Circle line many trains at all.
;-) Certainly not the sort of number that would warrant changing
levels rather than walking across the platform.

You also get the addition of the Wimbledon trains as well. There are 25.5tph
at South Ken and only 12tph at Barons Court.

Peter Smyth

Dr Ivan D. Reid wrote:

I have to travel to Croydon next week. tfl's Journey Planner's
best suggestion has me bussing to Uxbridge, Tube to Hillingdon, then
some mysterious express bus to Victoria, thence rail to East Croydon.
A bit over two hours.

Poking around various maps I wondered about Piccadilly from Ux to
Earl's Court, District to Wimbledon, and Tram to Croydon. No idea yet how
long that would take.

Anyone (Paul?) have a better idea?

"CR9" isn't a physical location - it's the postcode for businesses in
Croydon with large volumes of mail. Many of them are within walking
distance of East Croydon station so, if your destination is in that
area, I would go Uxbridge (Metropolitan) to Baker Street, then Jubilee
to London Bridge, then South Central or Thameslink to East Croydon.
About 90 mins.

--
John Ray, London UK.

On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 00:21:33 +0100,
John Ray
wrote in :

"CR9" isn't a physical location - it's the postcode for businesses in
Croydon with large volumes of mail. Many of them are within walking
distance of East Croydon station so, if your destination is in that
area, I would go Uxbridge (Metropolitan) to Baker Street, then Jubilee
to London Bridge, then South Central or Thameslink to East Croydon.
About 90 mins.

Thanks for the info. It's Lunar House I need to visit.

--
Ivan Reid, Electronic & Computer Engineering, ___ CMS Collaboration,
Brunel University. Room 40-1-B12, CERN
KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

"Dr Ivan D. Reid" typed

Thanks for the info. It's Lunar House I need to visit.

I never gooved you were a furriner...

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Helen D. Vecht:
Edgware.