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, at 09:03:30 on Fri, 17 Jan 2014, Recliner
remarked:

[Highbury to Winchmore Hill]

I'm a bit late,

Not for a trip on Saturday

but here's another idea: take the Victoria line south from
H&I to KX, then catch the NR train from there.

Weekends only.

More walking, but fewer stairs.

Can be done step-free, but as you say quite a long walk.

--
Roland Perry

On 17/01/2014 10:07, Robin wrote:
Anyone know please just what's involved in changing from tube to NR at
Finsbiury Park during the works there?

TfL site has "the ONLY way to interchange between National Rail and Tube
platforms will be to exit via Station Place and re-enter the station."
An able-bodied but somewhat unfit friend is travelling to tomorrow and
asked me if this involves *lots* of steps or just a tedious plod. She
fails to recognise that my ignorance of station interchanges is nigh-on
immaculate - as with most everything else

Is an Oyster Card-trip from KX to Finsbury Park, with a transfer to the
Victoria Line for Tottenham Hale one or two trips, BTW?

I haven't been to Finsbury Park for a while, so I can't remember if you
need to tap in or out when transferring between NR and LUL.

As an aside Greater Anglia now have a gateline in operation at
Tottenham Hale which means everyone has to schlep out of the LU ticket
hall into the cold and rain and then through the new GA gateline. The
former covered connection has been closed off.

Ahem, it's not always cold and raining at Tottenham Hale; it just feels
like it is

--
Robin
reply to address is (meant to be) valid

" wrote:
On 17/01/2014 10:07, Robin wrote:
Anyone know please just what's involved in changing from tube to NR at
Finsbiury Park during the works there?

TfL site has "the ONLY way to interchange between National Rail and Tube
platforms will be to exit via Station Place and re-enter the station."
An able-bodied but somewhat unfit friend is travelling to tomorrow and
asked me if this involves *lots* of steps or just a tedious plod. She
fails to recognise that my ignorance of station interchanges is nigh-on
immaculate - as with most everything else

Is an Oyster Card-trip from KX to Finsbury Park, with a transfer to the
Victoria Line for Tottenham Hale one or two trips, BTW?

I haven't been to Finsbury Park for a while, so I can't remember if you
need to tap in or out when transferring between NR and LUL.

Of course, for that particular journey, it would be better to join the
Victoria Line at KX.

On 17/01/2014 22:06, Recliner wrote:
" wrote:
On 17/01/2014 10:07, Robin wrote:
Anyone know please just what's involved in changing from tube to NR at
Finsbiury Park during the works there?

TfL site has "the ONLY way to interchange between National Rail and Tube
platforms will be to exit via Station Place and re-enter the station."
An able-bodied but somewhat unfit friend is travelling to tomorrow and
asked me if this involves *lots* of steps or just a tedious plod. She
fails to recognise that my ignorance of station interchanges is nigh-on
immaculate - as with most everything else

Is an Oyster Card-trip from KX to Finsbury Park, with a transfer to the
Victoria Line for Tottenham Hale one or two trips, BTW?

I haven't been to Finsbury Park for a while, so I can't remember if you
need to tap in or out when transferring between NR and LUL.

Of course, for that particular journey, it would be better to join the
Victoria Line at KX.

As an example.

In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

As an aside Greater Anglia now have a gateline in operation at
Tottenham Hale which means everyone has to schlep out of the LU ticket
hall into the cold and rain and then through the new GA gateline. The
former covered connection has been closed off.

Oh, FFS! Why can't they put barriers on the interchange link too?

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Oh, FFS! Why can't they put barriers on the interchange link too?

Possibly just an interim step to mitigate the congestion in the ticket
hall pending the major works planned to make the ticket hall bigger etc
etc [1]? I only use the station occasionally, and outside rush hours,
but have been hit (sic) even then by the awful crossflow caused by the 2
sets of gates.


[1] There was summat in the free London papers and Google finds for me
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/medi...tro/29279.aspx
--
Robin
reply to address is (meant to be) valid

On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 21:43:25 +0000, Paul Corfield wrote:
FCC put ticket gates on their platforms

Some of them. The new platform 1 and 2 (used by most local stopping
services heading towards Moorgate and King's Cross don't have barriers
for some reason. 5 and 6 also don't have barriers but very few trains
use them.

In article , (Robin) wrote:

Oh, FFS! Why can't they put barriers on the interchange link too?

Possibly just an interim step to mitigate the congestion in the
ticket hall pending the major works planned to make the ticket hall
bigger etc etc [1]? I only use the station occasionally, and outside
rush hours, but have been hit (sic) even then by the awful crossflow
caused by the 2 sets of gates.


[1] There was summat in the free London papers and Google finds for
me http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/medi...tro/29279.aspx

Oh yes! I suppose a fairly major rebuild will also be needed if the Lea
Valley lines widening comes off. Wouldn't that make Tottenham Hale a four
platform station?

--
Colin Rosenstiel

In article ,
(David Walters) wrote:

On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 21:43:25 +0000, Paul Corfield
wrote:
FCC put ticket gates on their platforms

Some of them. The new platform 1 and 2 (used by most local stopping
services heading towards Moorgate and King's Cross don't have barriers
for some reason. 5 and 6 also don't have barriers but very few trains
use them.

I presume this is because the FCC barriers were put in before 1 & 2 were
completed and that therefore they will be coming along soon.

--
Colin Rosenstiel