"Peter Smyth" wrote in message
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Mansion House does not close at weekends, only Cannon Street.

In which case I stand corrected - unlike TfL's website, which states that
the ticket office at Mansion House is closed on Saturdays and Sundays. Or
are they saying that the station is open but the ticket office is closed?

Regards

Jonathan

On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:36:36 -0000, "Jonathan Morton"
wrote:

In which case I stand corrected - unlike TfL's website, which states that
the ticket office at Mansion House is closed on Saturdays and Sundays. Or
are they saying that the station is open but the ticket office is closed?

I think so, yes.

I've never quite understood the point of having both Cannon St and
Monument - they're so close together.

Neil

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Neil Williams
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"Neil Williams" wrote

I've never quite understood the point of having both Cannon St and
Monument - they're so close together.

Cannon Street for interchange with Southeastern; Monument for interchange
with Bank when all the escalators are working it's quite a good interchange
with the Northern Line, and better than Tower Hill/Tower Gateway for
connecting to the DLR.

Peter

In article ,
(Peter Masson) wrote:

"Neil Williams" wrote

I've never quite understood the point of having both Cannon St and
Monument - they're so close together.

Cannon Street for interchange with Southeastern; Monument for
interchange with Bank when all the escalators are working it's quite
a good interchange with the Northern Line, and better than Tower
Hill/Tower Gateway for connecting to the DLR.

Even though, as the crow flies, Bank is nearer to Cannon Street than to
Monument.

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Colin Rosenstiel

On Mar 15, 3:02*pm, wrote:
In article ,

(Peter Masson) wrote:
"Neil Williams" wrote

I've never quite understood the point of having both Cannon St and
Monument - they're so close together.

Cannon Street for interchange with Southeastern; Monument for
interchange with Bank when all the escalators are working it's quite
a good interchange with the Northern Line, and better than Tower
Hill/Tower Gateway for connecting to the DLR.

Even though, as the crow flies, Bank is nearer to Cannon Street than to
Monument.

That depends on where you count Bank as being. It's a complex
probably covering as wide an area as Monument-Cannon Street-Mansion
House.

I think Cannon Street is nearer to the Central, Monument is nearer to
the Northern or DLR, Mansion House is nearer to the Waterloo and City.

But then all further complicated by the positioning of the exits and
whether they are open at particular times of day or week.

You are right that Cannon Street is nearest to the Bank entrance that
is guaranteed always to be open, but of course Cannon Street isn't ...

"Neil Williams" wrote in message
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On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:36:36 -0000, "Jonathan Morton"
wrote:

In which case I stand corrected - unlike TfL's website, which states that
the ticket office at Mansion House is closed on Saturdays and Sundays. Or
are they saying that the station is open but the ticket office is closed?

I think so, yes.

I've never quite understood the point of having both Cannon St and
Monument - they're so close together.

In fact Mansion House, Cannon Street, Monument and Bank are all very close.
Obviously we know that Monument and Bank are connected because the Northern
Line platforms are on King William Street - in effect between Monument and
the rest of Bank. I guess that's the reason for Monument continuing to
exist. Cannon Street at least has a link to a main line station.

To be fair, the proliferation of stations in the City doesn't really do any
harm, and it does allow one to use the correct Underground technique of
walking slightly further if it avoids a change. I remember my brother's
technique in the early 80s. His nearest station was Holland Park and he
worked at St Paul's. Normally, therefore, a Central Line journey. But during
the early 80s strikes he would walk to Notting Hill Gate, stand on the
bridge over the tracks, and take the first Circle Line train to appear in
either direction - getting off at Farringdon or Blackfriars as the case may
be.

Regards

Jonathan