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Roland Perry January 15th 13 03:24 PM

London Stratford station
 
In message , at 16:05:29 on
Tue, 15 Jan 2013, Paul Corfield remarked:

collect it before the left luggage staff go home.


Which is 11pm at most London Termini, and midnight at Victoria.

I've used Paddington, Victoria and Kings Cross in the past; all when
doing trips where I didn't have a "home base" in the London area.

And while the London ones seem expensive, the rucksack-sized ones I've
used in Geneva aren't cheap, CHF7-10 which is about £5-7.
--
Roland Perry

Arthur Figgis January 15th 13 05:18 PM

London Stratford station
 
On 15/01/2013 16:05, Paul Corfield wrote:

It's a shame but there you go. Years back you couldn't (really) do an
Interrail in Europe without recourse to station luggage lockers to
dump your rucksack. Nowadays I assume you lug it round or fork out a
load of money and need to collect it before the left luggage staff go
home.


A fair number of tourist attractions on the Continent offer lockers for
visitors, or will let you dump a bag somewhere. These days
hostels also seem happier than in the past about storing their guests'
bags for the day before/after their stay.

--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

Neil Williams January 15th 13 10:41 PM

London Stratford station
 
" wrote:

I think that Kyle of Lochalsh station is a bit further from Stratford
than Liverpool Street, however.

I could be wrong, though.


:)

My point was that there is in the UK at least one (perhaps Wick and Thurso
have some, I can't remember) railway station with unmanned lockers. Roland
said otherwise.

Neil
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Neil Williams in Milton Keynes, UK. Put first name before the at to reply.

Jarle H Knudsen January 16th 13 09:14 AM

London Stratford station
 
On Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:24:27 +0000, Roland Perry wrote:

And while the London ones seem expensive, the rucksack-sized ones I've
used in Geneva aren't cheap, CHF7-10 which is about £5-7.


At Oslo Central (Oslo sentralstatsjon, Oslo S) they cost from NOK 60 and
upwards, about £6.5.

--
jhk

Offramp January 16th 13 09:31 AM

London Stratford station
 
I think we're wandering into the realms of fantasy now, Jones.

Roland Perry January 16th 13 05:31 PM

London Stratford station
 
In message
.
net, at 23:41:45 on Tue, 15 Jan 2013, Neil Williams
remarked:

My point was that there is in the UK at least one (perhaps Wick and Thurso
have some, I can't remember) railway station with unmanned lockers. Roland
said otherwise.


At that stage I was thinking of London, but will give you half a point.

Meanwhile, how secure are "Cycle lockers" - I now note some stations
(not necessarily London Termini, I haven't looked) have pay-per-use
Cycle Lockers, and I suppose you could stick baggage in them instead?

Or would that trigger a security alert.
--
Roland Perry

James Heaton[_3_] January 18th 13 05:16 PM

London Stratford station
 

"Neil Williams" wrote in message
...
Roland Perry wrote:

Not at railway stations, but bus stations sometimes have them.


Kyle of Lochalsh railway station has them.

Neil


As does Wick - although not sure the OP fancies a trip to the Highlands
(although a beautiful run if he does - did a trip report for a snowy Far
North Line over on uk.railway a couple of years ago)

James




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