Largest places without direct London service
 

On Apr 12, 6:40*pm, "James Heaton"
wrote:
[snip]
Wow, thanks everyone, delighted to see one of my threads get so much
response - usually they're damp squibs (on the rare occasions I post -
more of a lurker really.)

So to sum up, England seems to be Middlesborough, Huddersfield,
Salford (never thought of that one) or Birkenhead
Wales is probably Barry (I never realised it was so big in spite of
living nearby for many years and many happy Sunday afternoons at the
Knap)
Scotland seems to be Paisley, Cumbernauld or East Kilbride.

Any ideas on what the definitive answers are?

And yes I agree 'place' is tricky to define - but for me it's probably
'one' place rather than 'a collection' of places making up an urban
area. *Although where that leaves London....

No station (or tram stop) in Greater London is more than one change
away from central London, where central London means either a London
termini or zone 1 on the Tube/DLR.

Largest places without direct London service
 

On Apr 12, 8:11*pm, Mizter T wrote:
On Apr 12, 6:40*pm, "James Heaton"
wrote:



[snip]
Wow, thanks everyone, delighted to see one of my threads get so much
response - usually they're damp squibs (on the rare occasions I post -
more of a lurker really.)

So to sum up, England seems to be Middlesborough, Huddersfield,
Salford (never thought of that one) or Birkenhead
Wales is probably Barry (I never realised it was so big in spite of
living nearby for many years and many happy Sunday afternoons at the
Knap)
Scotland seems to be Paisley, Cumbernauld or East Kilbride.

Any ideas on what the definitive answers are?

And yes I agree 'place' is tricky to define - but for me it's probably
'one' place rather than 'a collection' of places making up an urban
area. *Although where that leaves London....

No station (or tram stop) in Greater London is more than one change
away from central London, where central London means either a London
termini or zone 1 on the Tube/DLR.

Argh, I was thinking of crossposting this thread to
uk.transport.london and asking whether there was anywhere within
Greater London that was more than one change away from central London
by rail ***and*** bus (e.g. village of Downe is connected to central
London via 146 bus and thence rail from Bromley South) - but I thought
that might end up hi-jacking your uk.railway thread with out
Metrocentric jabberings. However I then forgot to remove the crosspost
to utl before hitting send!

Largest places without direct London service
 

"Mizter T" wrote in message
...

Argh, I was thinking of crossposting this thread to
uk.transport.london and asking whether there was anywhere within
Greater London that was more than one change away from central London
by rail ***and*** bus (e.g. village of Downe is connected to central
London via 146 bus and thence rail from Bromley South) - but I thought
that might end up hi-jacking your uk.railway thread with out
Metrocentric jabberings. However I then forgot to remove the crosspost
to utl before hitting send!

There are some roads in the New Addington area that are only served by
the T31/32/33 to the tram, however they seem to be mostly within walking
distance of an alternative route.

Peter Smyth