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Best route Cambridge to West Dulwich
Some dodgy route planning from the Greater Anglia (sorry, Abellio Greater
Anglia, the old URL gives a blank page now) web site. I think the best cheap route is the 08:48 to Tottenham Hale, then Victoria Line. It doesn't seem to think of this, despite it being about £4 cheaper (GA-only off-peak day travelcard instead of any permitted) and as quick if not quicker. The TfL journey planner seems to think via Brixton is quicker than via Victoria. In both cases then via SET to West Dulwich. Is that because the Brixton interchange time would be more than a minute quicker than at Victoria? -- Colin Rosenstiel |
Best route Cambridge to West Dulwich
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Best route Cambridge to West Dulwich
"Michael R N Dolbear" wrote in message ... wrote ome dodgy route planning from the Greater Anglia (sorry, Abellio Greater Anglia, the old URL gives a blank page now) web site. I think the best cheap route is the 08:48 to Tottenham Hale, then Victoria Line. It doesn't seem to think of this, despite it being about £4 cheaper (GA-only off-peak day travelcard instead of any permitted) and as quick if not quicker. Restriction C4 VALID BY TRAINS DUE IN LDN AT/AFTER 1000 M-F ? The 0848 from Cambridge is all stations tom Cheshunt, an doesn't get to Liverpool Street until 1014. I would use Victoria. Although you can't avoid the flight of steps from the LUL ticket hall to the NR concourse at Victoria, Brixton NR is on a viaduct with 30 - 40 steps up to the platforms. Peter |
Best route Cambridge to West Dulwich
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on Fri, 4 Apr 2014, remarked: I've never been to Brixton station, LU or SET. If you do go there, take the time to admire the Roundel, which I think is the largest in London. -- Roland Perry |
Best route Cambridge to West Dulwich
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Best route Cambridge to West Dulwich
On 05/04/2014 01:41, wrote: In article , (Paul Corfield) wrote: On Fri, 04 Apr 2014 18:22:31 -0500, wrote: Some dodgy route planning from the Greater Anglia (sorry, Abellio Greater Anglia, the old URL gives a blank page now) web site. I think the best cheap route is the 08:48 to Tottenham Hale, then Victoria Line. It doesn't seem to think of this, despite it being about £4 cheaper (GA-only off-peak day travelcard instead of any permitted) and as quick if not quicker. The TfL journey planner seems to think via Brixton is quicker than via Victoria. In both cases then via SET to West Dulwich. Is that because the Brixton interchange time would be more than a minute quicker than at Victoria? I suspect times at Victoria will be padded out to reflect the works being done in the station plus the fact it is very busy on LU and NR sides. The interchange at Brixton isn't marvellous - I assume you know the way? On any day Brixton itself will be busy in the tube station and on Brixton Road outside. To be honest I'd probably take bus 3 from Brixton to West Dulwich but that's just me! I'm talking of about 10:30 on Tuesday, so not that busy, surely? I've never been to Brixton station, LU or SET. So I don't know the way between the two and the journey planner map doesn't make it look very short. The most straightforward way is via Victoria - like Paul says, the interchange time in the journey planner has likely been padded. But I reckon you should go via Brixton, given that you've never been to the stations before. As Roland says, Brixton tube station has the biggest roundel, and if you've a moment then you could wander through the Brixton arcade markets, which have gone a bit trendy with eateries and cafes and so on. Brixton NR station is perhaps a tenth of a mile from Brixton LU, it's just around the corner - turn right out of the tube station (onto Brixton Rd, the main road), then turn first right onto Atlantic Road and walk up a bit - the way to the southeast-bound (down) platform is under the arches. |
Best route Cambridge to West Dulwich
In article , (Mizter T) wrote:
On 05/04/2014 01:41, wrote: In article , (Paul Corfield) wrote: On Fri, 04 Apr 2014 18:22:31 -0500, wrote: Some dodgy route planning from the Greater Anglia (sorry, Abellio Greater Anglia, the old URL gives a blank page now) web site. I think the best cheap route is the 08:48 to Tottenham Hale, then Victoria Line. It doesn't seem to think of this, despite it being about £4 cheaper (GA-only off-peak day travelcard instead of any permitted) and as quick if not quicker. They seem to have fixed their web site now. Both URLs work again. The TfL journey planner seems to think via Brixton is quicker than via Victoria. In both cases then via SET to West Dulwich. Is that because the Brixton interchange time would be more than a minute quicker than at Victoria? I suspect times at Victoria will be padded out to reflect the works being done in the station plus the fact it is very busy on LU and NR sides. The interchange at Brixton isn't marvellous - I assume you know the way? On any day Brixton itself will be busy in the tube station and on Brixton Road outside. To be honest I'd probably take bus 3 from Brixton to West Dulwich but that's just me! I'm talking of about 10:30 on Tuesday, so not that busy, surely? I've never been to Brixton station, LU or SET. So I don't know the way between the two and the journey planner map doesn't make it look very short. The most straightforward way is via Victoria - like Paul says, the interchange time in the journey planner has likely been padded. But I reckon you should go via Brixton, given that you've never been to the stations before. As Roland says, Brixton tube station has the biggest roundel, and if you've a moment then you could wander through the Brixton arcade markets, which have gone a bit trendy with eateries and cafes and so on. The TfL Journey planner is pretty insistent that Tottenham Hale to West Dulwich should be by changing at Brixton and not Victoria. I've got to go back to Victoria anyway, to get to Westminster. Brixton NR station is perhaps a tenth of a mile from Brixton LU, it's just around the corner - turn right out of the tube station (onto Brixton Rd, the main road), then turn first right onto Atlantic Road and walk up a bit - the way to the southeast-bound (down) platform is under the arches. As it's an interchange station I rather assumed it would be clearly signed. Was I wrong? -- Colin Rosenstiel |
Best route Cambridge to West Dulwich
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(Paul Corfield) wrote: On Mon, 07 Apr 2014 18:26:47 -0500, wrote: In article , (Mizter T) wrote: Brixton NR station is perhaps a tenth of a mile from Brixton LU, it's just around the corner - turn right out of the tube station (onto Brixton Rd, the main road), then turn first right onto Atlantic Road and walk up a bit - the way to the southeast-bound (down) platform is under the arches. As it's an interchange station I rather assumed it would be clearly signed. Was I wrong? I think it is signposted but not with massive signs. Mizter T's directions are clear though. I'd only add that the station entrance is on the left hand side of Atlantic Road. Not the clearest but hard to go wrong, I found. The TfL Journey Planner estimate of the time between Tottenham Hale and Brixton was a bit pessimistic but 90 seconds wasn't sufficient for the interchange so I had a slight wait. Arrived on time at my destination though, so no problem. -- Colin Rosenstiel |
Best route Cambridge to West Dulwich
On Fri, Apr 04, 2014 at 07:41:08PM -0500, wrote:
In article , (Paul Corfield) wrote: On any day Brixton itself will be busy in the tube station and on Brixton Road outside. To be honest I'd probably take bus 3 from Brixton to West Dulwich but that's just me! I'm talking of about 10:30 on Tuesday, so not that busy, surely? Not crowded like Victoria, but still busy. It's a significant shopping area and transport hub with a squillion bus routes: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/maps/bus?Input...4531,51.462961 -- David Cantrell | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david THIS IS THE LANGUAGE POLICE PUT DOWN YOUR THESAURUS STEP AWAY FROM THE CLICHE |
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