It has happened to me that I've know the time of the last train but, when I get to the station in good time, the station seems closed (grids pulled across entrances). Last week I went to Leicester Square station at about 12:15 and both the entrances facing each other on Charing Cross Road were closed. I walked to Piccadilly Circus and the station entrance near to Eros had its grid pulled to leaving a gap about one foot wide. I went down to the Piccadilly line Westbound and there were trains due in 2 and 9 minutes. So my question is: how does one get the last train? Does one need to know which station entrance has been left open? Where does one get this information?

I assume it takes a certain amount of time to clear the station of passengers after the last train, and the station must be left open until the last passenger has left. Surely this means that the station is open until after the last train.

If anyone has any comments, knowledge or advice I would be really grateful.

DennyL wrote:
It has happened to me that I've know the time of the last train but,
when I get to the station in good time, the station seems closed (grids
pulled across entrances). Last week I went to Leicester Square station
at about 12:15 and both the entrances facing each other on Charing
Cross Road were closed. I walked to Piccadilly Circus and the station
entrance near to Eros had its grid pulled to leaving a gap about one
foot wide. I went down to the Piccadilly line Westbound and there were
trains due in 2 and 9 minutes. So my question is: how does one get the
last train? Does one need to know which station entrance has been left
open? Where does one get this information?

If I remember rightly, Cranbourn Street (the one that you're least
likely to remember exists!) is the one that closes last and also if I
remember rightly there are signs somewhere telling you this.

Whether or not the signs are prominently outside all the *other* exits
(as you might hope they would be) I can't remember.

Last week I put the question at a ticket office at Leicester Square. The woman said that the system is to go around all the station entrances to find whichever one has not been closed.

DennyL wrote:
'David E Newton[_2_ Wrote:
;103705']DennyL wrote:-
It has happened to me that I've know the time of the last train but,
when I get to the station in good time, the station seems closed
(grids
pulled across entrances). Last week I went to Leicester Square
station
at about 12:15 and both the entrances facing each other on Charing
Cross Road were closed. I walked to Piccadilly Circus and the station
entrance near to Eros had its grid pulled to leaving a gap about one
foot wide. I went down to the Piccadilly line Westbound and there
were
trains due in 2 and 9 minutes. So my question is: how does one get
the
last train? Does one need to know which station entrance has been
left
open? Where does one get this information?-

If I remember rightly, Cranbourn Street (the one that you're least
likely to remember exists!) is the one that closes last and also if I
remember rightly there are signs somewhere telling you this.

Whether or not the signs are prominently outside all the *other* exits

(as you might hope they would be) I can't remember.

Last week I put the question at a ticket office at Leicester Square.
The woman said that the system is to go around all the station
entrances to find whichever one has not been closed.

As I said above, it's probably the most likely exit for the casual West
End goer never to have used, so that's not awfully helpful.