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Old February 13th 10, 09:22 PM posted to uk.transport.london
David E Newton[_2_] David E Newton[_2_] is offline
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Default Advice needed on getting last train

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.