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[email protected] · December 9th 09, 11:34 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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(MIG) wrote:

On 9 Dec, 22:48, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:22:23 -0600,
wrote:

Not between Putney and East Putney, I see.

An interesting point - are any existing NR tickets routed via that
interchange? * Richmond to Wimbledon?

I only mentioned it because it's been raised here and Putney is my home
town. I think I said at the time I couldn't see what plausible routes
would use it.

Waterloo East (NR) - Embankment (LU) (30)
Waterloo *(NR) - Embankment (LU) (25)

A reasonable OSI for NR to Embankment I suppose, but why is less time
allowed from the main station than the slightly closer Waterloo East?

I think I'd argue that Waterloo East is actually slightly further
away.

More importantly, the main, and sometimes only, route to Waterloo East
is to go through Waterloo first. It's the walking route that matters;
not the crowfly distance.

I thought there was a route via Waterloo Road (past the Wellington)?
That's the on I thought might be shorter. There's not much in it either
way, hence my surprise at there being a difference.

King's Cross (NR) - St Pancras International (NR) (20)

Chortle NR assume a _minimum_ connection time of 40 minutes for
this!

To walk across a road or to go down some steps, along a corridor
and up
an escalator? I guess if you'd never done it before then maybe 20
mins
is a bit tight.
--
Paul C

I thought I'd mentioned running into the connection allowance nonsense
some time back. I was having trouble booking from Cambridge to Ashford via
the South Eastern preview service.

--
Colin Rosenstiel