On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 21:46:24 +0000 (UTC), David Jackman
wrote:

"Zac" wrote in message
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I am flying with easyjet (0945) on Sunday 17 October and need to be
at airport by 0830 ish.

My closest stations are Totteridge & Whetstone (Northern Line) and
Oakleigh Park (Wagn NR).

Any advice on routes, timings etc would be appreciated.

Beware engineering work: The National Rail journey planner is still
offerring trains from Kings Cross Thameslink to Gatwick but the National
Rail "Planned Engineering Works" page and the Thameslink leaflet both
promise engineering work between Blackfriars and London Bridge with Gatwick
trains starting from there.

So, Northern Line Totteridge to London Bridge, then Thameslink,
provided their trains run early enough (timetable seems not to be
avilable yet).

--
Peter Lawrence

"Peter Lawrence" wrote in message
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So, Northern Line Totteridge to London Bridge, then Thameslink,
provided their trains run early enough (timetable seems not to be
avilable yet).

They are available on their website, see
http://www.thameslink.co.uk/plan_you...metables.shtml for
downloadable PDF files. I also have a paper one, picked up at Blackfriars.
--
Terry Harper, Web Co-ordinator, The Omnibus Society
75th Anniversary 2004, see http://www.omnibussoc.org/75th.htm
E-mail:
URL: http://www.terry.harper.btinternet.co.uk/

On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 17:36:17 +0000 (UTC), "Terry Harper"
wrote:

"Peter Lawrence" wrote in message
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So, Northern Line Totteridge to London Bridge, then Thameslink,
provided their trains run early enough (timetable seems not to be
avilable yet).

They are available on their website, see
http://www.thameslink.co.uk/plan_you...metables.shtml for
downloadable PDF files. I also have a paper one, picked up at Blackfriars.

With respect, that only gets the standard timetable. One needs to
start at
http://www.thameslink.co.uk/train_ru...erations.shtml
for engineering work ones and they are not yet there for 17 Oct (or
indeed for the previous weekend)..
--
Peter Lawrence

"Peter Lawrence" wrote in message
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MAJOR SNIPPAGE

One needs to start at

http://www.thameslink.co.uk/train_ru...erations.shtml
for engineering work ones and they are not yet there for 17 Oct (or
indeed for the previous weekend)..
--
Peter Lawrence

I think you'll have to do what my wife and I plus 2 teenage daughters had to
do in similar circumstances and go as late as possible the previous night
and try to sleep on the benches. Its no fun but what's the alternative ?
Cheerz,
Baz

On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 20:01:33 +0100, "Marratxi"
wrote:

I think you'll have to do what my wife and I plus 2 teenage daughters had to
do in similar circumstances and go as late as possible the previous night
and try to sleep on the benches. Its no fun but what's the alternative ?

Um, a hotel?

Neil

--
Neil Williams in Milton Keynes, UK
To e-mail use neil at the above domain

"Neil Williams" wrote in message
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On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 20:01:33 +0100, "Marratxi"
wrote:

I think you'll have to do what my wife and I plus 2 teenage daughters had
to
do in similar circumstances and go as late as possible the previous night
and try to sleep on the benches. Its no fun but what's the alternative ?

Um, a hotel?

Neil

UM, not of you're on a shop assistant's wage and have twin teenage
daughters. It was bad enough having to go during the school holiday/high
season !!
Baz

"Marratxi" type d



"Peter Lawrence" wrote in message
...

MAJOR SNIPPAGE

One needs to start at

http://www.thameslink.co.uk/train_ru...erations.shtml
for engineering work ones and they are not yet there for 17 Oct (or
indeed for the previous weekend)..
--
Peter Lawrence

I think you'll have to do what my wife and I plus 2 teenage daughters had to
do in similar circumstances and go as late as possible the previous night
and try to sleep on the benches. Its no fun but what's the alternative ?
Cheerz,
Baz


Night Buses (N20 from Whetstone to Tottenham Ct Rd, then N24 to
Victoria) and trains to Gatwick?

Might be a little late for night buses.

--
Helen D. Vecht:
Edgware.

"Peter Lawrence" wrote in message
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On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 17:36:17 +0000 (UTC), "Terry Harper"
wrote:

They are available on their website, see
http://www.thameslink.co.uk/plan_you...metables.shtml for
downloadable PDF files. I also have a paper one, picked up at
Blackfriars.

With respect, that only gets the standard timetable. One needs to
start at

http://www.thameslink.co.uk/train_ru...erations.shtml
for engineering work ones and they are not yet there for 17 Oct (or
indeed for the previous weekend)..

Try http://www.thameslink.co.uk/train_ru...e_notice.shtml
instead. It's all there.
--
Terry Harper, Web Co-ordinator, The Omnibus Society
75th Anniversary 2004, see http://www.omnibussoc.org/75th.htm
E-mail:
URL: http://www.terry.harper.btinternet.co.uk/

"Peter Lawrence" wrote in
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On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 21:46:24 +0000 (UTC), David Jackman
wrote:

"Zac" wrote in message
...
I am flying with easyjet (0945) on Sunday 17 October and need to
be at airport by 0830 ish.

My closest stations are Totteridge & Whetstone (Northern Line) and
Oakleigh Park (Wagn NR).

Any advice on routes, timings etc would be appreciated.

Beware engineering work: The National Rail journey planner is still
offerring trains from Kings Cross Thameslink to Gatwick but the
National Rail "Planned Engineering Works" page and the Thameslink
leaflet both promise engineering work between Blackfriars and London
Bridge with Gatwick trains starting from there.

So, Northern Line Totteridge to London Bridge, then Thameslink,
provided their trains run early enough (timetable seems not to be
avilable yet).


Problem is not Thameslink but the Northern line. First train is 06.55 from
Totteridge, a Charing Cross service eta Camden Town 07.19. Second is 07.10
arr 07.32. Trains leave Camden Town at 07.19, 07.26 and 07.32 arrive
London Bridge 07.35, 07.42 and 07.48. The first is a Hampstead service
(there is bus replacement on the Edgware branch, doubtless intended to be a
connection with the first High Barnet but which may or may not be in
practice), the second starts at Mill Hill East. the third High Barnet. The
train you need to catch to get to Gatwick would normally leave London
Bridge at 07.41, arrive Gatwick 08.20, but www.nationalrail.co.uk has this
retimed to 07.40 (and every half hour). Even if Thameslink were running
through from Kings Cross it wouldn't help as it leaves Kings Cross at
07.24, taking 17 minutes to London Bridge (the northern line takes just
11).

I'm afraid there is also engineering work on the Southern which is why the
journey planners are not listing the 07.45 from Victoria (the Gatwick
Express is reduced to a half-hourly service at xx.00 and xx.30) and has
been retimed to take 39 minutes instead of 35.

You really wanted to know that, didn't you!