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[email protected] · June 3rd 14, 10:35 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote:

In message , at
14:55:07 on Mon, 2 Jun 2014, remarked:
The only problem now is that the trip starts at 09:55 and the first
train from the Cambridge area doesn't seem to get me there before
11:15, although that's with the following comedy route according to
NRES (is the Circle/Met closed to normal trains?)

08:58 Ely [ELY] /FCC train/ London Kings Cross [KGX] 10:09
10:24 London Kings Cross [KGX] /Walk/ London St Pancras 10:25
10:42 London St Pancras /train/ Stratford International 10:48
10:53 Stratford International /Walk & Tube & DLR/ Moorgate 11:15

Can't you get there via Liverpool St? TfL think there are services from
there to Moorgate at the time. The 08:32 from Cambridge to Liverpool St
looks like it should get there in time.

later Ah! No arrival from Ely before 09:15. That's a bit fatal. You'll
have to drive to Cambridge then and park in Rustat Road or somewhere like
that.

The first LST train from Cambridge seems to be the 0732-0843; I'm not
going to bet on the 0832 being on time and me getting to Moorgate in
12 minutes! Although maybe bailing out at Tottenham Hale would work,
if everything is running OK.

There's a connection off the 0751 to Stratford with connection arriving LST
at 0931, including the Tottenham option. Trouble with that is poor
connections to Moorgate from the Victoria Line. That gives an extra 12
minutes for the Liverpool St-Moorgate connection. TfL's journey planner says
it only takes 6 minutes walking and 1 minute by (frequent) train.

To KGX there's the 0728-0829, with the next useful train being the
0828-0928. I'll have to see how brave I'm feeling on the day, but a
combination of Sunday plus quite probably some engineering works (RTT
says most of the LGX trains that day are on a special timetable)
means I'll probably be on the 0732.

How long to get to Moorgate from KGX, though? You might as well get the 0751
and change at Tottenham Hale. If the connection Stansted Express is
cancelled you've still got the 0832 to fall back onto. I suppose the 0732 is
the safest option, though.

The initial rush for tickets seems to have died down with just over
50 left now (75% sold).

I've bought one.

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Colin Rosenstiel