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, at
05:09:28 on Wed, 28 May 2008, Traveller
remarked:
Hi... I'm arriving at Paddington about 0800/0830 this Friday, heading
for St. Pancras to catch the Eurostar. I know I can take the tube,
but that's not the most appealing option with 2 of us humping
luggage.

It's not that bad in that direction, actually.

Go into the "lawn" area at Paddington and there's a (glass) lift on the
mid-righthand side, down to the Circle/District booking office level.
From there it's on the level to the clockwise platform. At KxStP there
are lifts about 2/3 of the way to the rear of the train up to that
booking office level, then another lift in the far left corner up to the
E* departure concourse level.

The bigger problem is that Circle Line trains (changing at Edgware Rd
can involve stairs) aren't very frequent.

So, could anyone give me an idea of the likely time and cost
(I know it's only 2.5 miles but am also aware what traffic might be
like!) to get from Paddington to St. Pancras that morning?

At a guess: £12 and 20 minutes.
--
Roland Perry