Hi,

Can someone explain what I am doing wrong with the above site?
I wanted trains to Gatwick from Streatham Hill via Clapham Junction and no
matter what time of day I enter it says no trains are available.
I does however offer trains via West Norwood and changing again at East
Croydon if I don't enter via Clapham Junction.
If you know these routes you will know that changing at Clapham Junction is
preferable as there is minimal lugging of cases.
Two separate enquiries of Streatham Hill to Clapham Junction and then again
Clapham Junction to Gatwick come up OK?
Does not compute in my book.
Thanks for any help,
Martin J.

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:31:31 +0100, "Martin J"
wrote:
Hi,

Can someone explain what I am doing wrong with the above site?
I wanted trains to Gatwick from Streatham Hill via Clapham Junction and no
matter what time of day I enter it says no trains are available.
I does however offer trains via West Norwood and changing again at East
Croydon if I don't enter via Clapham Junction.
If you know these routes you will know that changing at Clapham Junction is
preferable as there is minimal lugging of cases.
Two separate enquiries of Streatham Hill to Clapham Junction and then again
Clapham Junction to Gatwick come up OK?
Does not compute in my book.
Thanks for any help,
Martin J.

I had the same a couple of years ago. Wanted to go from Kingston to
Selhurst and got sent on some weird circuit via Wimbedon & Streatham
taking about an hour. I queried this with the website and was told
that via Clapham wasn't a 'permitted route'. I think they assume you
don't have a travelcard and want the fewest zone transitions or
something. Anyway I did/do have a zone 1-6 and went via Clapham and it
took just over 1/2 hour. Sorted.

Cheers, John

John wrote:
On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:31:31 +0100, "Martin J"
wrote:
Hi,

Can someone explain what I am doing wrong with the above site?
I wanted trains to Gatwick from Streatham Hill via Clapham
Junction and no matter what time of day I enter it says no trains
are available.
I does however offer trains via West Norwood and changing again at
East Croydon if I don't enter via Clapham Junction.
If you know these routes you will know that changing at Clapham
Junction is preferable as there is minimal lugging of cases.
Two separate enquiries of Streatham Hill to Clapham Junction and
then again Clapham Junction to Gatwick come up OK?
Does not compute in my book.
Thanks for any help,
Martin J.

I had the same a couple of years ago. Wanted to go from Kingston to
Selhurst and got sent on some weird circuit via Wimbedon & Streatham
taking about an hour. I queried this with the website and was told
that via Clapham wasn't a 'permitted route'. I think they assume you
don't have a travelcard and want the fewest zone transitions or
something. Anyway I did/do have a zone 1-6 and went via Clapham and
it took just over 1/2 hour. Sorted.

The TfL Journey Planner is less fussy, and has no problem offering
journeys via Clapham Junction for either Streatham Hill to Gatwick
Airport or Kingston to Selhurst.
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

"Martin J" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Can someone explain what I am doing wrong with the above site?
I wanted trains to Gatwick from Streatham Hill via Clapham Junction and no
matter what time of day I enter it says no trains are available.
I does however offer trains via West Norwood and changing again at East
Croydon if I don't enter via Clapham Junction.
If you know these routes you will know that changing at Clapham Junction
is
preferable as there is minimal lugging of cases.
Two separate enquiries of Streatham Hill to Clapham Junction and then
again
Clapham Junction to Gatwick come up OK?
Does not compute in my book.
Thanks for any help,

Try www.travelinescotland.com.

Enter Gatwick Airport as 'From Town/Village', Streatham Hill as 'To
Town/Village' and Clapham Junction as 'Optional Via', with (trains) in 'Stop
or Street' and 'Location' boxes and uncheck all options except 'Train' in
the lower boxes.

From extensive experience I have found this to be the most effective and
accurate site online. It isn't perfect, I have found faults, especially in
its qualification of input data, but once you get used to its few
peculiarities it is my journey planner of choice.

"Jack Taylor" wrote in
:


Try www.travelinescotland.com.

But try going from Charing Cross to Victoria :-)


Seriously I have noticed of a number of routing sites (this one, national
rail, Deutche Bahn) can send you on routes that are quicker but involve
changes that take you outside the validity of your ticket or zone.
For example
East Dulwich - Tulse Hill - Farringdon
East Dulwich - London Bridge - East Croydon



--
Andrew Black
London

"Martin J" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Can someone explain what I am doing wrong with the above site?
I wanted trains to Gatwick from Streatham Hill via Clapham Junction and no
matter what time of day I enter it says no trains are available.
I does however offer trains via West Norwood and changing again at East
Croydon if I don't enter via Clapham Junction.
If you know these routes you will know that changing at Clapham Junction
is
preferable as there is minimal lugging of cases.
Two separate enquiries of Streatham Hill to Clapham Junction and then
again
Clapham Junction to Gatwick come up OK?
Does not compute in my book.
Thanks for any help,
Martin J.


The www.thetrainline.com has pretty much the same difficulty. I agree with
Richard J. - use the TfL site whenever possible.
Ant W-M