ianjm wrote:
A quick query: what's the best way to do this trip, or similar
trips, in the NW, which involve a combination of the Central line
and Pic line? Since there's no interchange station, walking from
Hanger Lane to Park Royal seems like an option. I'm prepared to
consider Tube, Busses, or NR.

Here are some possibilities I've discovered:

1. Ruislip Gardens - Hanger Lane (Central), Hanger Lane - Park
Royal (walk), Park Royal - Ealing Common (Pic), Ealing Common -
Chiswick Park (Dist).

2. Ruislip Gardens - North Acton (Central), North Action - Ealing
Broadway (Central), Ealing Broadway - Chiswick Park (Dist).

Not too sure about the following:

3. Ruislip Gardens - Greenford (Central), Greenford - Ealing Bdy
(NR, Thames Trains, the 08:25 seems to be the obvious choice!),
Ealing Bdy - Chiswick Park (Dist).

Any routes I'm missing? How about busses? I don't mind the form of
transport, just want to get from A to be as fast as possible. Also,
is a travelcard valid on this NR route?

I would vote for option 2, but you can get the actual timings from the
TfL Journey Planner at http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/. It knows
about NR trains too, but don't forget to change the walking speed to
Fast (= 3mph) if that's your speed.

Using the Greenford-Ealing NR train would be about 5 minutes faster than
the Central Line from Greenford, but only if you happen to arrive there
a couple of minutes before the train leaves. It's First GW Link now,
not Thames Trains. And, yes, Travelcards are valid on it.

The other option, depending on precisely where in Ruislip you are
starting from, is to go to Ruislip station and take the Piccadilly to
Acton Town and the district from there to Chiswick Park. You can feed a
postcode into the JP as your starting point.

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Richard J.
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