On Wed, 20 Feb 2008, John B wrote:

On 20 Feb, 11:51, Tom Anderson wrote:

I used to go out with a girl who lived near Clapham South tube; she
went to work (by car!) pretty early by my standards, and so turfed me
out in the mornings in the height of rush hour to catch a Northern
line
train to work. Thus, i've experienced this quite a bit, and it's
exactly as you say - quite unbelievable. Splitting up with her was
quite a relief!

Could she not give you a lift to somewhere more sensible? ;-)

She worked near Fulham (hence the car - there's no good public transport
route between south Clapham and Fulham, although if the station at
Imperial Wharf ever happens, there will be), i work near Euston, so she
didn't go anywhere near any stations that would have been more useful.

[seriously though, "is an interchange station" is actually a criterion
on my "choosing a place to live in London"-meter. Getting on the first
train at Finsbury Park or Whitechapel or Mile End or Stratford or
Hammersmith is seldom a problem - Arsenal and Stepney/Bethnal Greens are
a lot more challenging. And I think Angel's the only place I've ever had
to let a train go past...]

Good point. Being an interchange station also implies having more than one
line, which gives you flexibility when things go tits-up. I live near
Finsbury Park, and have two tube lines and two railway lines heading
south. If only they'd reroute all the buses that go up Holloway Road via
Finsbury Park as well ...

tom

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