On 18 Dec, 01:43, (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:
With no public transport and because I'm a kind father I'm going to have
to drive my daughter from Cambridge to Heathrow on Boxing Day. Are they
still going to try and rip me off rotten for stopping there that day as
usual?

--
Colin Rosenstiel


As Paul Terry has already pointed out there are plenty of National
Express coaches from Cambridge to Heathrow on Boxing Day, the journey
time being between 2hr25 and 2hr40 - the 'standard single' fare is
£32.

Of course there are also NatEx coaches from Victoria Coach station -
they go direct and are scheduled to take between 40 and 45 minutes -
the 'standard single' fare is £5.

Heathrow Express and Heathrow Connect won't operate because of
engineering works. HEx will be replaced by a direct coach service to/
from Heathrow, taking 40-60 minutes. An unspecified reduced rate fare
will be payable. More infor he
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2fxepl

London Underground and London Buses will be operating, LU with reduced
frequencies, the bus network with a sunday service. There will not be
any Victoria line service on boxing day due to upgrade works, nor any
Metropolitan line service due to signalling works. Other details of
closed stations are in the TfL Festive travel guide (PDF):
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/Festive_leaflet_2007.pdf


So, I dispute your notion that there is no public transport on boxing
day! Apart from the direct coach, you could drive her down into London
and drop her off at a Tube station for onward travel via the
Piccadilly line to Heathrow (max fare £4 with a paper ticket, less
with Oyster PAYG). The easiest Tube station to get to from the M11 is
Redbridge (Central line), just off the North Circular. However I think
there'd be a more frequent service from Leytonstone - get off the
North Circular at Redbridge roundabout then take the A12 west, exit at
the Green Man roundabout then a very short distance to Leytonstone
Tube station (change at Holborn for the Piccadilly line, journey time
to Heathrow 1hr20-ish).