On Sun, 21 Aug 2005, Helen Deborah Vecht wrote:

I live on the 302 bus route, south-west of Burnt Oak. I had Prom tickets
for the 9th Symphony last night.

Thought I'd take 302 to somewhere beyond Willesden and 52 to RAH;
simple, about an hour, minimal expense for my partner (I have a Freedom
Pass), next-to no walking, etc.

Then I checked with Journey Planner; this put me on the Tube via
Leicester Square and South Ken, which would have entailed a long walk,
more expense and more changes;

To be fair, you didn't tell it to minimise cost or walking, and i think
minimising total travel time is the most sensible default.

it would also have taken longer.

Are you absolutely sure about that? If there's one thing i've learned
about public transport in London, it's to avoid buses like the plague -
IME, they're reliably slower and less frequent than advertised, especially
during peak times like the evening rush. Although it seems ...

Ignored JP and took buses as I'd planned. One hour door-to-door, even
less on the return.

.... that this isn't true where you live!

I'm interested by the routes that have been mentioned, though; it looks to
me like your best bet would be to walk or get the bus to Queensbury, take
the Jubilee to Green Park, then take the Picc to South Ken for the RAH.

tom

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