London Banter - View Single Post - Marble Arch car park and the extended C charge zone free route

Dave Arquati · August 28th 06, 12:04 PM posted to uk.transport.london

wrote:
John Rowland wrote:

Surely Cromwell Road will go right through the zone.

Yes, you are right. I thought all the green roads were free, but this
one won't be. Confusing isn't it.

The *only* free routes through the expanded zone will be Westway and
inner ring road (Edgware Road / Park Lane / Grosvenor Place / Vauxhall
Bridge Road). Remember those two and forget about all other routes.

You will have to come
off at the Paddington Slip/Westbourne Terrace and then turn left (which I
think is legal) onto Bishops Bridge Road, then take Harrow Road and Edgware
Road. Ask Windows Live Local for the shortest route from Bentworth Road to
Old Marylebone Road and it will show it.

Failing that, carry on to Marylebone Road, go left into Lisson Grove, right
into Harewood Row, right into Harewood Avenue, right into Marylebone Road,
left into Old Marylebone Road.

Thanks. If I come down before Xmas I'll take a look before the charge
kicks in. As a last resort I can always carry on to the Euston flyover
and turn round there. Heaven help anyone who doesn't know where they
are going come Feb - at least the current zone is pretty
straightforward.

The route using the Paddington Slip is all legal (left over Bishop's
Bridge, along Harrow Road and then right down Edgware Road), and is
probably the best.

In addition to the turn-around route John suggested, there is also a
free turn-around route by turning right at Baker Street, right into York
Street, right into Gloucester Place and then left back into Marylebone Road.

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Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London