Solar Penguin wrote:
Here's what the TfL journey planner recommends for Gipsy Hill to
Blackheath. Wouldn't it be quicker just to take the train direct
from Gipsy Hill to London Bridge instead of all that mucking about
on different bus routes?

09:19 From Gipsy Hill (SE19)
Take Bus 3 towards Oxford Circus to Thurlow Park Road (SE21)
Buses every: 7-8 minutes
Max journey time:16 minutes.

rest of journey snipped

10:18 arrival at Blackheath

Actually it's 10:37 arrival at Blackheath. (10:18 is arrival at London
Bridge)


Your chosen starting point is evidently a bus stop on the No. 3 route,
and is 8 minutes' (default speed) walk from Gipsy Hill station. For
some reason the Journey Planner is reluctant to offer a walk+trains
solution. Even if you exclude buses, it doesn't manage to find such a
route.

Starting at 09:19 from your bus stop, a walk + 3 trains would give an
arrival at 10:07, or a walk + 2 trains at 10:18.

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Richard J.
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