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Colin Rosenstiel · September 14th 06, 10:07 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 09:58 +0100 (BST), (Colin
Rosenstiel) wrote:

In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

The Piccadilly Line has flat, cross platform interchange to the
Victoria Line at Finsbury Park and both lines are much more
frequent than the First Capital Connect overground via Hornsey.

Actually, the FCC service to Hornsey runs every 10 minutes from
Highbury and Islington (cross-platform with the Victoria Line) or
Finsbury Park. Not as frequent as the tube but better than most
overground service frequencies.

Accepted Colin but the tube is typically three times more frequent
than that and buses from Turnpike Lane or Finsbury Park are very
frequent all the time. The FCC service also does not serve Highbury
late evenings or at weekends which is simply an added complication for
visitors to deal with.

I don't know the OP's destination in Hornsey but I find the GN station
much more convenient for me than Turnpike Land the buses.

With Oyster pre-pay the tube is also considerably cheaper than FCC
from Hornsey as well.

Not a problem on a day travelcard from Cambridge! I don't know how I
would manage otherwise though. It's technically doubling back for me so
there are no other sensible tickets between Cambridge and Hornsey.

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Colin Rosenstiel