On Sun, 27 Apr 2008, Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at 16:39:23
on Sun, 27 Apr 2008, Tom Anderson remarked:
How about District and Circle via Liverpool St to Kings Cross, then across
the island platform to return to Liverpool St the same side as the
mainline trains?

Or change to Wimbleware at Earl's Court, and then to Circle or H&C at
Edgware Road? That avoids the doubling-back, which is inelegant, and
involves the same number of changes.

Sometimes you end up having to cross a bridge to get between a
terminating Wimbleware train and the Met/Circle at Edgware Rd. Best to
change onto a Circle Line, somewhere like Paddington.

That does avoid the risk of steps, but means a potentially longer wait for
a train, because it has to be a Circle. Decisions, decisions!

Richard's Gloucester Road route is very clever - it does District to
Liverpool Street with just one change, whereas our routes both involve
two. It is a change onto the Circle, though, and kind of involves some
doubling-back.

But yes, that sounds more elegant. Is it any quicker?

Pass! The key difference is probably in the changes, with changes that
require a Circle train having the potential to introduce a very long wait,
and those that can use any subsurface train being quicker. So, District to
Circle at Tower Hill is slow, Wimbleware to Circle or Hammersmith at
Edgware Road is a bit quicker, Wimbleware to Circle at Paddington slow,
Circle to Circle/Hammersmith/Met at King's Cross fast, District to Circle
at Gloucester Road slow. I have no idea how fast the change onto the
Wimbleware at Earl's Court is.

tom

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