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Old June 2nd 07, 09:12 AM posted to uk.transport.london
Olof Lagerkvist Olof Lagerkvist is offline
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Default Getting from Heathrow airport to Bayswater inn hotel by tube.

vmnvmcxbv wrote:

Is this route doable with one large bag on wheels and small backpack? I've
never been to London and don't know how crowded London Tube is.



At that time of the day neither of these lines are very crowded in my
experience but there can be a lot of people with large bags filling up
Piccadilly Line trains anyway. The change at Earl's Court includes a
change from deep level up to the district platforms but there are both
lifts and escalators so you should be able to choose what is best for
you and your bags.

The change to the District Line at Earl's Court may be a little tricky
to an unexperienced tube user... The station has an eastbound platform
with tracks on both sides and any train to any eastbound destination can
depart from any of the sides so you have to watch destination blinds etc
to catch the right train (destination should be "Edgware Road"). It's
not a big problem if you take the wrong train and the next station you
see is Gloucester Road, you can do an easy cross-plaform change there in
that case and catch a westbound Circle Line train that will take you
directly to Bayswater too.

Am I correct
to understand that tube trains run on pre-determined schedule (seems like a
foreign concep to me )?



They do run on some kind of schedule but they are frequent enough so you
should not have to worry about that.

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