On Jun 10, 7:07*pm, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 01:36:21 -0700 (PDT), JohnLon

wrote:
Maybe OverGround train service from Blackhorse Road to Gospel Oak,
then Overground train Service Gospel Oak to Richmond.
Then train from Richmond to Feltham, from Feltham 285 bus for
terminals 1,2,3, or 490 bus for terminal 5.
If you want Terminal 4 get either bus and get of at Hatton Cross and
get any Terminal 4 bus from there. All these services run frequently.

While that is actually quite inventive it is not exactly quick. There
are two other significant issues - the first train on the GOBLIN is
not until about 0630 from Leyton / Walthamstow so probably too late.
The other factor is that the Overground is already busy and becomes
horrendously overcrowded and runs late during LU strikes. The GOBLIN
trains are only 2 car DMUs so there is not a lot of flex. *The NLL /
WLL has an enhanced timetable now but even so I would expect it to be
*very* busy if there is a LU strike.

If the traveller / OP wil have luggage then they will certainly not
enjoy the long and steep stairs down and then up at Gospel Oak nor is
Richmond particularly well set out for people encumbered with luggage.

--
Paul C

This is one of the problems with tube strikes.

You can use the journey planner to find a route that doesn't involve
the tube (along with thousands of other people) but the journey
planner does not take account of the fact that other modes of
transport will be very overcrowded.

For example, the OP could probably get away with getting a bus to
Walthamstow Central and getting on the 05:19 to Liverpool Street, but
what is he going to do then? With no tube at Liverpool Street there
will be a queue for any taxis and buses that are running.

During the tube strikes of autumn last year I had to get from
Walthamstow to Kings Cross. I ended up getting on the N73 at 04:25,
and that was considerably busier than normal at Blackhorse Road. By
the time it got to Seven Sisters there were no seats left, and when it
got to Kings Cross at 5am people wanting to get on to go to Victoria
were unable to board.

So my suggestion for the OP to get on the 55 from opposite his hotel
at about 4:00 or 4:30 still stands.