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Richard J.[_2_] · December 18th 07, 06:10 PM posted to uk.transport.london

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
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(Mizter T) wrote:

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?

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.

[snip]

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).

Ah! I hadn't realised that TfL had broken away from the national no
trains rule on Boxing Day.

I'm not sure that LU ever subscribed to that rule, certainly not for
several years.

What would be the nearest Piccadilly Line station to Heathrow at
which I might reasonably park?

Hounslow West has a large car park.
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Richard J.
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