wrote in message
...
My daughter is due to arrive at Gatwick at 21:15 on 16th January and has
to
get back to Cambridge. Looking at NRE and expecting a tube strike she
couldn't see how she can get home, even with a choice of buses from
Hitchin
or Bishop's Stortford.

Normally she could get Thameslink to SPILL and walk across to King's Cross
but not at that time of night. She can probably get to London Bridge and
then get a 35 or 47 bus to Liverpool Street (or even walk) in plenty of
time
to get the 23:58 to Bishop's Stortford.

But will her through rail ticket be accepted on the bus if the tube isn't
running?

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Colin Rosenstiel


Suspension of the ASLEF strike seems to have answered your question. However
an alternative would have been to use National Express coach service 797,
leaving Gatwick at 2145. I appreciate that a near four hour journey may not
be attractive (travelling via Heathrow and Stansted) but it would at least
offer a through service, which could be helpful if your daughter has much
luggage with her.

JL

In message , at
13:58:19 on Mon, 2 Jan 2012, J Lynch
remarked:
My daughter is due to arrive at Gatwick at 21:15 on 16th January

....

an alternative would have been to use National Express coach service 797,
leaving Gatwick at 2145.

30 minutes from gate to coach seems a trifle optimistic. If she's got
any checked bags, completely impossible.
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Roland Perry

In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote:

In message , at
13:58:19 on Mon, 2 Jan 2012, J Lynch
remarked:
My daughter is due to arrive at Gatwick at 21:15 on 16th January

...

an alternative would have been to use National Express coach service 797,
leaving Gatwick at 2145.

30 minutes from gate to coach seems a trifle optimistic. If she's got
any checked bags, completely impossible.

Exactly. She's not entirely confident of getting even the 22:47 train, based
on past experience (she's a far more experienced intercontinental traveller
than I am).

And pay on the spot coach tickets are expensive, especially if she already
has a return train ticket that costs her less than coach single.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On Mon, 02 Jan 2012 08:41:41 -0600,
wrote:
And pay on the spot coach tickets are expensive

Not massively. IMX they tend to be in a similar magnitude to, or a
bit less than, walk up off peak train tickets. The risk is of not
getting a seat.

Neil

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Neil Williams, Milton Keynes, UK

In article ,
(Neil Williams) wrote:

On Mon, 02 Jan 2012 08:41:41 -0600, wrote:
And pay on the spot coach tickets are expensive

Not massively. IMX they tend to be in a similar magnitude to, or a
bit less than, walk up off peak train tickets. The risk is of not
getting a seat.

She told me it was £30 or thereabouts. Her return train ticket is £28.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:58:05 -0600,
wrote:
She told me it was £30 or thereabouts. Her return train ticket is
£28.

With YP?

Neil

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Neil Williams, Milton Keynes, UK

In article ,
(Neil Williams) wrote:

On Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:58:05 -0600, wrote:
She told me it was £30 or thereabouts. Her return train ticket is £28.

With YP?

Yes.

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Colin Rosenstiel