On Mon, 18 Dec 2006, Sam wrote:

Andy wrote:
Ralf Mayer wrote:
2) Paddington: Seems to be triple. On H & C as an isolated station, but with
the circle to allow transfers (to where). Then one circle on the Bakerloo,
and another one on the District/Circle section. How is the setup there, how
many different Paddingtons are there and how can one interchange from one to
the other? Do you leave the station / ticket gates to change?

The H & C platforms are basically the length of Paddington mainline
station away from the entrance to the Circle/District and Bakerloo
station.

A related question - say you want to go from Liverpool St to Paddington,
with the intention of catching the Heathrow Express. What's better for
the change at Paddington - to get a Circle train and arrive at the front
of the station, or to wait for an H&C and come along side?

Depends on how long it is from the next circle to the next H&C. Anything
over three minutes and it's definitely not worth it.

Worse yet is the dilemma you have if all three trains on the board at
Liverpool Street are Metropolitans - do you go to Baker Street and change
to the Bakerloo? In my experience, this happens far more often. Although
oddly enough, whenever i'm trying to get from King's Cross to Kilburn,
where a Met would be handy, it's never anything but circles!

tom

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