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LHR to Tilbury Pier
On Jun 30, 10:06*pm, " wrote: On Jun 30, 5:00*pm, Mizter T wrote: On Jun 30, 9:35*pm, " wrote: *i priced it at 2.40 for the tube 3.00 for the train well under the 10 usd i budgeted Now I understand what you're planning on doing - i.e. heading to Tilbury for a boat, rather than staying there - I can see where you're coming from here (metaphorically speaking, of course - I know you're actually coming from NYC!). Yes, an off-peak Tube journey (that's after 09:30 but before 16:00 weekdays) from Heathrow to either Tower Hill (for Fenchurch St) or Upminster would indeed currently cost GBP2.40 (that's a zones 1-6 journey). As you say, a single from Upminster to Tilbury is GBP3.00 - from Fenchurch Street it would cost more than double, at GBP6.20. So by staying on the Underground all the way to Upminster, you would indeed save money (you'd pay for zones 6 to 1 regardless, so going out the other side of z1 back to z6 - i.e. Upminster - is already paid for, as it were). The quid-pro-quo is that the journey on the District line takes a bit longer. But you also get a bit of local east London flavour this way! Must admit I simply hadn't considered staying on the District out to Upminster - but actually it works out quite well. time is no object as i have 6 hours from 930 am to board the ship OK, well that's no problem then. The time penalty isn't that great - Fenchurch Street to Upminster by c2c train takes 24 mins, whilst on the District the journey from Tower Hill to Upminster takes between 45 and 50 mins (so says the TfL journey planner). I suppose if you've got 6 hours you could go via a zone 1 avoiding route if you wanted some adventure - essentially it'd have to be via the North London Line. There'd be quite a bit of changing - a minimum of 5 changes, I reckon - so it ain't straightforward. (One could walk between Earl's Court and West Brompton - not far - or even from Acton Town to South Acton - the latter being a bit more involved.) So it's not really a route I'd recommend! One quick last point - fares will go up in January 2011, so don't be surprised if it costs a little bit more by summer next year! |
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