In message , at 19:50:57 on
Wed, 25 Mar 2009, Paul Corfield remarked:
Rather than taking the tube from Heathrow, what about using Heathrow
Connect? It's a relatively new service that's cheaper than Heathrow
Express (but runs the same route, more slowly), £6.90.

Jolly nice but remember he wishes to use a PAYG Oyster.

I doubt his airline takes Oyster, so why the problem paying for the
first part of his land trip using non-Oyster?

Yes, getting an Oyster for use later on the trip is a good idea, but he
can do that at Paddington.

If you're going to send our friend to Paddington then why bother dumping
him onto the subsurface network? You might as well direct him up the
former taxi exit road into Praed Street, turn left and along to the Post
Office and then on to the pretty frequent 205 bus which starts at
Paddington so nice and empty and which will drop him at the front door
of Euston Station. Only £1 using PAYG for the bus.

Sounds plausible. But I don't normally recommend buses for the
unfamiliar (in any big city), as it's often difficult for them to know
exactly where to get off.

My own "extreme stepless" route would be Bakerloo Line from Paddington
to Piccadilly Circus, cross platform to northbound (I hope...), then
cross platform to Victoria Line at Oxford Circus, Victoria Line exit at
Euston.

Err no - there are steps at Picc Circus down from the Bakerloo and then
down again to the Picc from the intermediate level subway.

Yes, I was only "hoping" that it was an island platform.

You could send the poor soul to Charing Cross to head north again but
what a waste of time and effort.

It's the fun of doing the route with no steps at all. Hence my "extreme
stepless" expression.
--
Roland Perry