Colin wrote

I just tried using the new journey planner again for a journey to 1
Birdcage Walk one morning next week.

It insists I go via St James's Park, one stop further on the
District and Circle lines than Westminster but estimates the
walking distance (fast walking) as 7 minutes from St James's Park
and 5 minutes from Westminster!

WTF?

It thinks it's a nicer walk?

.. Not much in it. Neither are through the park!

.. I should have added that if you ask for Westminster station to 1 Birdcage
Walk it actually tells you to take the train to St James's Park (1 minute)
then walk (7 minutes) and also tells me I can "Walk this in 5mins"!


I called up the South East travel planner which offered (from Liverpool St
station) 20 options

the shortest (29 mins) ending in a walk from Westminster.

A walk from St. James's Park Underground Station was offered but started
with a walk to Cannon St Underground, 34 mins

Other suggestions included going via Aldgate East,the W&C, the 11, 23 or 76
buses and even National Express Shuttle Coach 011.


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Mike D

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I just tried using the new journey planner again for a journey to 1
Birdcage Walk one morning next week.

It insists I go via St James's Park, one stop further on the
District and Circle lines than Westminster but estimates the
walking distance (fast walking) as 7 minutes from St James's Park
and 5 minutes from Westminster!

WTF?

It thinks it's a nicer walk?

Not much in it. Neither are through the park!

I should have added that if you ask for Westminster station to 1
Birdcage Walk it actually tells you to take the train to St James's
Park (1 minute) then walk (7 minutes) and also tells me I can "Walk
this in 5mins"!

It's also step-free from Westminster, but not from St James's Park.
Perhaps the Tube thinks people prefer to travel via its HQ?

Ex-HQ, you mean? I did try forcing it to use Westminster by requiring
step-free but Liverpool St isn't so that didn't work.

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Colin Rosenstiel

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(Recliner) wrote:

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In article
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(Recliner) wrote:

wrote:
I just tried using the new journey planner again for a journey to 1
Birdcage Walk one morning next week.

It insists I go via St James's Park, one stop further on the
District and Circle lines than Westminster but estimates the
walking distance (fast walking) as 7 minutes from St James's Park
and 5 minutes from Westminster!

WTF?

It thinks it's a nicer walk?

Not much in it. Neither are through the park!

I should have added that if you ask for Westminster station to 1
Birdcage Walk it actually tells you to take the train to St James's
Park (1 minute) then walk (7 minutes) and also tells me I can "Walk
this in 5mins"!

It's also step-free from Westminster, but not from St James's Park.
Perhaps the Tube thinks people prefer to travel via its HQ?

Ex-HQ, you mean? I did try forcing it to use Westminster by requiring
step-free but Liverpool St isn't so that didn't work.

It still is, isn't it, for the moment? TfL will be moving, but I thought it
hadn't gone yet.

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Dolbear) wrote:

Colin wrote

I just tried using the new journey planner again for a journey to 1
Birdcage Walk one morning next week.

It insists I go via St James's Park, one stop further on the
District and Circle lines than Westminster but estimates the
walking distance (fast walking) as 7 minutes from St James's Park
and 5 minutes from Westminster!

WTF?

It thinks it's a nicer walk?

. Not much in it. Neither are through the park!

. I should have added that if you ask for Westminster station to 1
Birdcage Walk it actually tells you to take the train to St James's
Park (1 minute) then walk (7 minutes) and also tells me I can "Walk this
in 5mins"!

I called up the South East travel planner which offered (from
Liverpool St station) 20 options

the shortest (29 mins) ending in a walk from Westminster.

A walk from St. James's Park Underground Station was offered but
started with a walk to Cannon St Underground, 34 mins

Other suggestions included going via Aldgate East,the W&C, the 11, 23
or 76 buses and even National Express Shuttle Coach 011.

I managed to kill the Aldgate East options by upping my walking speed to
fast. That cut the Bank/Monument interchange time from 8 minutes to 6. I
think the Aldgate East assumed connection time may also be a bit generous. I
think I got some of the weirder options including a coach when I tried a
step-free option.

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Colin Rosenstiel

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(Recliner) wrote:

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In article
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(Recliner) wrote:

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In article
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(Recliner) wrote:

wrote:
I just tried using the new journey planner again for a journey to 1
Birdcage Walk one morning next week.

It insists I go via St James's Park, one stop further on the
District and Circle lines than Westminster but estimates the
walking distance (fast walking) as 7 minutes from St James's Park
and 5 minutes from Westminster!

WTF?

It thinks it's a nicer walk?

Not much in it. Neither are through the park!

I should have added that if you ask for Westminster station to 1
Birdcage Walk it actually tells you to take the train to St James's
Park (1 minute) then walk (7 minutes) and also tells me I can "Walk
this in 5mins"!

It's also step-free from Westminster, but not from St James's Park.
Perhaps the Tube thinks people prefer to travel via its HQ?

Ex-HQ, you mean? I did try forcing it to use Westminster by
requiring step-free but Liverpool St isn't so that didn't work.

It still is, isn't it, for the moment? TfL will be moving, but I thought
it hadn't gone yet.

You could be right. I thought a lot of functions had gone.

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Colin Rosenstiel