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Old March 3rd 16, 07:17 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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mber.org, at 23:31:34 on Wed, 2 Mar 2016, Recliner
remarked:
Basil Jet wrote:
On 2016\03\02 23:19, Basil Jet wrote:
On 2016\03\02 17:25, Robin9 wrote:

I drove down Woodgrange Road today past the two stations a few
hours before reading your post. Next time I'll re-set my clock and
measure the distance.

Forest Gate geo:51.5494,0.0242
Wanstead Park geo:51.5518,0.0264

The north-south distance is 267m, the actual distance is near enough to
that.


Incidentally, the 12-carriage platforms at St Pancras Thameslink etc are
something like 240m long I believe.


Pah, the Eurostar platforms are 400m long, and if you arrive in a high
numbered carriage you have to walk almost that full length just to leave
the platform. It's probably another 100m+ to get to a Tube platform.


In your dreams. Especially if you want the step-free access to the
Victoria Line it's getting on for a ten minute walk (via the Northern
ticket hall).

So you could easily walk 500m or more to get from your Eurostar seat to
a Tube train -- not much fun if you have luggage. But at least it's all
under cover, and it can be step-free if needed.


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Roland Perry