Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article .com,
(Paul Oter) wrote:

On 20 Aug, 10:08, "J. Chisholm" wrote:
When I travel occasionally from Liverpool St to Waterloo I always
walk to Bank and use the Drain, but with other trips I've found that
Bank is a maze especially at W/Es when some bits are closed.
Getting to/from DLR seems a particular problem, is there a 'plan'
available, or would I just be better off using Central Line to
Bank for any interchange?
If you're coming from the West Anglia line (and I think you are) you
could also change at Tottenham Hale and Oxford Circus. (Two escalators
at the former, cross-platform interchange at the latter). Less
interesting and healthy than a stroll through the City but probably
easier with luggage.

I nearly always use Tottenham Hale rather than Liverpool St when using
the West Anglia route from Cambridge.

Even if you wanted DLR?

Jim

On 23 Aug, 13:21, "J. Chisholm" wrote:
Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article .com,
(Paul Oter) wrote:

On 20 Aug, 10:08, "J. Chisholm" wrote:
When I travel occasionally from Liverpool St to Waterloo I always
walk to Bank and use the Drain, but with other trips I've found that
Bank is a maze especially at W/Es when some bits are closed.
Getting to/from DLR seems a particular problem, is there a 'plan'
available, or would I just be better off using Central Line to
Bank for any interchange?
If you're coming from the West Anglia line (and I think you are) you
could also change at Tottenham Hale and Oxford Circus. (Two escalators
at the former, cross-platform interchange at the latter). Less
interesting and healthy than a stroll through the City but probably
easier with luggage.

I nearly always use Tottenham Hale rather than Liverpool St when using
the West Anglia route from Cambridge.

Even if you wanted DLR?

In which case Tottenham Hale still makes sense. The "One" service from
there to Stratford takes 14 mins - which is about the same time as it
takes to get to Liverpool Street. Though it's not particularly
frequent (twice-hourly at best).

From Stratford the journey time to, say, Canary Wharf is 11 mins.

On Sundays (which is when you said you were travelling) the West
Anglia stopping trains from Cambridge to Liverpool Street currently go
via Stratford anyway.

PaulO

Paul Oter wrote:
On 23 Aug, 13:21, "J. Chisholm" wrote:
Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article .com,
(Paul Oter) wrote:
On 20 Aug, 10:08, "J. Chisholm" wrote:
When I travel occasionally from Liverpool St to Waterloo I always
walk to Bank and use the Drain, but with other trips I've found that
Bank is a maze especially at W/Es when some bits are closed.
Getting to/from DLR seems a particular problem, is there a 'plan'
available, or would I just be better off using Central Line to
Bank for any interchange?
If you're coming from the West Anglia line (and I think you are) you
could also change at Tottenham Hale and Oxford Circus. (Two escalators
at the former, cross-platform interchange at the latter). Less
interesting and healthy than a stroll through the City but probably
easier with luggage.
I nearly always use Tottenham Hale rather than Liverpool St when using
the West Anglia route from Cambridge.
Even if you wanted DLR?

In which case Tottenham Hale still makes sense. The "One" service from
there to Stratford takes 14 mins - which is about the same time as it
takes to get to Liverpool Street. Though it's not particularly
frequent (twice-hourly at best).

From Stratford the journey time to, say, Canary Wharf is 11 mins.

On Sundays (which is when you said you were travelling) the West
Anglia stopping trains from Cambridge to Liverpool Street currently go
via Stratford anyway.

PaulO

That's the route I'm proposing to get to start of a walk up Lee Valley
on Sunday. On other days I'd thought the interchange time from West
Anglia 'slows' (I start from Shelford) is too great.

I've walked Broxbourne to Bishop' Stortford

I suspect Stratford to Broxbourne is further.

Added constraint last W/E was meeting daughter at L/S

Jim

In article , (J.
Chisholm) wrote:

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article
.com,
(Paul Oter) wrote:

On 20 Aug, 10:08, "J. Chisholm" wrote:
When I travel occasionally from Liverpool St to Waterloo I
always walk to Bank and use the Drain, but with other trips
I've found that Bank is a maze especially at W/Es when some
bits are closed. Getting to/from DLR seems a particular problem,
is there a 'plan' available, or would I just be better off using
Central Line to Bank for any interchange?
If you're coming from the West Anglia line (and I think you are) you
could also change at Tottenham Hale and Oxford Circus. (Two
escalators at the former, cross-platform interchange at the
latter). Less interesting and healthy than a stroll through the
City but probably easier with luggage.

I nearly always use Tottenham Hale rather than Liverpool St when
using the West Anglia route from Cambridge.

Even if you wanted DLR?

Obviously not, but then I'd have to think hard to remember when I last
wanted that. I'm almost always headed for central or West London.

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Colin Rosenstiel