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Roland Perry · April 23rd 15, 12:11 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In message , at
03:06:12 on Thu, 23 Apr 2015, remarked:
Next weekend I'll be travelling from Liverpool St to Cambridge. What
stock does that route use? What does first class get me? Anything? Or is
it like Southern where first class is exactly the same as second but
with an extra sticker on the window and a hankie velcroed to the seat?
If you want better 1st class, travel from Kings X perhaps?

Meh, the extra time spent getting to King's Cross would negate any
benefit I think, given that I'll be starting my journey at work, which
is spitting distance fro Liverpool St.

Unless something has changed recently, the fastest way to get from Liverpool
St to Cambridge is to get the Underground to King's Cross and take the next
non-stop train.

It depends what time-in-the-hour you are starting from Liverpool St. If
you've just missed a train from LST then head for Kings Cross, but there
comes a point when doing that means you'll miss the next fast from KGX
which will add half an hour to your journey time. In those circumstances
stay at LST and get the next train from there.

However, the tipping points are sensitive to how long you think the
transfer is going to take. The longer you have to wait for a tube
train, and the longer you allow to get from the St Pancras tube station
to the GN train, the less useful it is to attempt the transfer.

Trains times also differ somewhat in the peaks, so for example 17:25 is
probably the latest you could leave LST on the tube to catch the 17:44
train at Kings Cross. Both the 17:37 and 17:43 from LST will get you to
Cambridge before the 18:14 from KGX.

But from 17:43 to 17:55 (approx) it's better to head for KGX hoping to
catch the 18:14, rather than wait at LST for the 18:07 from there.

Weekends, when the OP is apparently travelling (or is it Friday
evening), I'll leave as an exercise for the reader

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Roland Perry