On 18 Dec, 15:58, Paul Weaver wrote:
On 18 Dec, 14:19, Mizter T wrote:

So, I dispute your notion that there is no public transport on boxing
day!

Apart from coaches there isn't, from Cambridge anyway. If he has to
drive to London then why not spend the extra time going round the
m25.

Coaches are a form of public transport - the first like of the OP's
post said there was "no public transport". There are however no trains
between Cambridge and London (and presumably no trains from Cambridge
at all). There are a few other National Rail services operating on
Boxing Day.

Re spending the extra time round the M25 - perhaps the OP would prefer
to spend that time back at home playing with his Christmas presents
instead of enjoying the delights of the London Orbital motorway ;-)


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.

Epping is about 5 minutes from junction (7?), and allows you to get
off before you hit the m25

Debden is right next to the M11, but sadly you can only get on/off
going south.


V good point about Epping.

Looking on the TfL JourneyPlanner for journeys around lunchtime on
Boxing Day, it states that Epping has departures every 15 minutes
whilst Leytonestone has double that frequency (i.e. every 7 1/2
minutes). Going from Epping instead of Leytonstone only adds 20
minutes to the journey.

So if one was coming down the M11 to drop someone off at a Central
line station, Epping looks like the one to go for.