John Williamson wrote:
On 29/03/2019 00:48, Richard J. wrote:
In reply to this post from Theo to
onÂ* 28 Mar 2019 at 16:52 ...

Travelling on a Sunday in the winter, try Bourg St Maurice to Stratford
International. I make 5 changes:

Bourg St Maurice - Moutiers-Salins-Bride-les-Bains - Paris Gare de Lyon -
Chatelet les Halles - Paris Gare du Nord - Ashford/Ebbsfleet
International -
Stratford International

(on weekdays the ski train stops at Ashford.Â* I don't know if there are
direct trains from Moutiers to Lille in the winter which would cut the
changes to 3)

Theo

A "sensible & perfectly informed passenger" would know that you can get
from Gare de Lyon to Gare du Nord by RER D without the need to change at
Châtelet-Les-Halles.

I read the original post as applying to journeys on a single line, not
one where you change lines on the way.

So if the only train you can catch at your local station doesn't stop
where you want to get to, but there is a station where both trains stop,
you have to change trains.

As such, you should never need to change trains on the Underground short
of a service problem on the District, Circle and Hammersmith and City
lines, where they occasional change a Circle line train to H&S, stopping
short. (Probably not the only place it can happen, but it caught me out
recently, and ignoring the length where the Picadilly and District
lines run on parallel tracks, but share some stations. I count those as
different lines.)


What about the Metropolitan line, that has Fast, Semi-fast and All-stops
services? So, for example, if you board a fast train from Chalfont,
wanting to travel to Nothwick Park, you'd need to change to a stopper ar
Harrow-on-the-Hill.