Transport sights for a London day trip
 

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On 2014\11\01 22:24, wrote:
I'm planning a day trip around London for some Cambridge students who
may not know it well. I'm trying to work out an itinerary for early
December, either Friday 5th or Saturday 6th. I've got an initial list
of
places or feature to visit or pass through:

DLR
Overground, inc East London, Crystal Palace
Tramlink
Woolwich ferry
New Routemaster
Old Routemaster, H15 or H9

There's a specific reason for including Crystal Palace. Anyone see
anything or anywhere worthwhile I'm overlooking?

Are they transport enthusiasts?

I think it would be fair to say that!

And yet they are not able to work out an itinerary for themselves :-)

tim



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Transport sights for a London day trip
 

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I'm planning a day trip around London for some Cambridge students who may
not know it well. I'm trying to work out an itinerary for early December,
either Friday 5th or Saturday 6th. I've got an initial list of places or
feature to visit or pass through:

DLR
Overground, inc East London, Crystal Palace
Tramlink
Woolwich ferry
New Routemaster
Old Routemaster, H15 or H9

There's a specific reason for including Crystal Palace. Anyone see
anything
or anywhere worthwhile I'm overlooking?

you could add in a walk through one of the Thames "foot" tunnels

tim

Transport sights for a London day trip
 

In article , (Robin) wrote:

Are they transport enthusiasts?

I think it would be fair to say that!

If heritage counts does "Overground, inc East London" admit Brunel's
tunnel if only en route to Crystal Palace (assuming there's no time
for the Brunel Museum)?

Yes, the East London line was in my mind. There could be issues with the
number of river crossings needed and timing constraints.

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Colin Rosenstiel

Transport sights for a London day trip
 

In article , (Roland Perry)
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In message , at
17:24:57 on Sat, 1 Nov 2014, remarked:
I'm planning a day trip around London for some Cambridge students who may
not know it well. I'm trying to work out an itinerary for early December,
either Friday 5th or Saturday 6th. I've got an initial list of places or
feature to visit or pass through:

DLR
Overground, inc East London, Crystal Palace
Tramlink
Woolwich ferry
New Routemaster
Old Routemaster, H15 or H9

There's a specific reason for including Crystal Palace. Anyone see
anything or anywhere worthwhile I'm overlooking?

As you seem to be in that neck of the woods already, how about trip
on the dangleway?

A good idea but I think that would bring the number of East London crossings
of the river to 4!

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Colin Rosenstiel

Transport sights for a London day trip
 

In article ,
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On Sat, 01 Nov 2014 17:24:57 -0500,
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I'm planning a day trip around London for some Cambridge students who may
not know it well. I'm trying to work out an itinerary for early December,
either Friday 5th or Saturday 6th. I've got an initial list of places or
feature to visit or pass through:

DLR
Overground, inc East London, Crystal Palace
Tramlink
Woolwich ferry
New Routemaster
Old Routemaster, H15 or H9

There's a specific reason for including Crystal Palace. Anyone see
anything or anywhere worthwhile I'm overlooking?

The cable car branded as the Emirates air line?
If they are true transport Geeks then using the Millenium incline lift
on the approach to St Paul's may appeal as Londons shortest bit of
Railway if you happen to be close to it.

Oh? That's a new one to me and I've been around St Paul's more than once in
recent months.

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Colin Rosenstiel

Transport sights for a London day trip
 

My favourite piece of London's transport is the hand-operated pedestrian
chain ferry to Trowlock Island in Trowlock Way, Teddington. It's about
the size of a single bed. It rocks like a double bed ;-)

Various Charles Holden stations, particularly Southgate at night.

The old passimeter in Arnos Grove.

The "See How They Run" dials in the foyer of 55 Broadway for the six
historic lines.

The silver tubes which stop big trains going into small tunnels at
Barons Court, Finchley Road.

Did they put humps for wheelchair access on certain platforms?

Those lovely escalators at Southwark station.

The Eurostar station at St Pancras and the former one at Waterloo.

The pantograph changeovers at Drayton Park and Mitre Bridge.

The views over the Thames on the District /NLL near Kew Gardens (IIRC
the Thames view is obscured on the Putney Bridge line)

The Bakerloo passes through a shed in both directions between Queens
Park and Kensal Green.

Behind the Marks and Spencers in Southgate you can see the Picc tunnel
entrances, and see how the entrance tunnel is much larger than the exit
one (the entrance is tapered to lessen the sonic boom from trains
entering the tunnel at speed.

The fake houses in Leinster Gardens.

The abandoned open-air platforms at Highgate Station.

The metal hooks for tying up boats set into the pavement of Surrey Canal
Road, revealing that the road is a former canal and the pavements are
unreconstructed tow-paths.

The bridge over Waterloo Road which used to carry the connection from
the South East Lines across the Waterloo concourse.

Deep level shelters.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_deep-level_shelters

Escalator cavern at Westminster Station

The Underground entrances set into the corner of the Bank Of England,
and the air grilles hidden in the Greathead Statue in Cornhill. The
Greathead shield which forms part of the passageway to the W&C.
http://www.greathead.org/greathead2-o/JHG3.htm

Thames Tunnel and the Brunel Museum

Old station tiling at Arsenal station saying "Gillespie Road"

Stations with lifts, e.g. Russell Square or Covent Garden.

The old train indicators at Earls Court District Line

The big platforms at Euston and Angel

The tiny platforms at Clapham tube stations

Transport sights for a London day trip
 

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(Paul Corfield) wrote:

On Sat, 01 Nov 2014 19:48:16 -0500,
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In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

Have fun.

That's the plan. I suppose ending up at a west end pub for a meal might
be part of it too.

On past experience I can recommend the Jugged Hare, a Fullers pub,
down Vauxhall Bridge Road from Victoria, by Rochester Row. Beer and
food both decent and they will reserve an area for you if you arrange
in advance.

Plenty of Boris Buses at Victoria plus you can show the students the
extent of the site works for the expansion of Victoria LU. You also
have a direct tube to KX to connect for Cambridge.

Thanks for those further suggestions. I'll try and report back on progress!


The Jugged Hare used to be my local, so glad to hear it still has a good
reputation!

I was going to suggest Greenwich as a place with several decent pubs to get
a bite to eat in - and it would allow you to take in the Thames Clipper
river services as well (if transport not involving steel wheels is on the
agenda!) And a convenient interchange with the DLR, of course.

Transport sights for a London day trip
 

Clank wrote:
wrote:
In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

On Sat, 01 Nov 2014 19:48:16 -0500,
wrote:

In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

Have fun.

That's the plan. I suppose ending up at a west end pub for a meal might
be part of it too.

On past experience I can recommend the Jugged Hare, a Fullers pub,
down Vauxhall Bridge Road from Victoria, by Rochester Row. Beer and
food both decent and they will reserve an area for you if you arrange
in advance.

Plenty of Boris Buses at Victoria plus you can show the students the
extent of the site works for the expansion of Victoria LU. You also
have a direct tube to KX to connect for Cambridge.

Thanks for those further suggestions. I'll try and report back on progress!


The Jugged Hare used to be my local, so glad to hear it still has a good
reputation!

I was going to suggest Greenwich as a place with several decent pubs to get
a bite to eat in - and it would allow you to take in the Thames Clipper
river services as well (if transport not involving steel wheels is on the
agenda!) And a convenient interchange with the DLR, of course.

(Of course, on re-reading I notice you have the Woolwich Ferry already on
your list, as well as buses, so ignore the steel wheels comment!)

Transport sights for a London day trip
 

In article ,
(tim.....) wrote:

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In article , (Basil
Jet) wrote:

On 2014\11\01 22:24, wrote:
I'm planning a day trip around London for some Cambridge students who
may not know it well. I'm trying to work out an itinerary for early
December, either Friday 5th or Saturday 6th. I've got an initial list
of places or feature to visit or pass through:

DLR
Overground, inc East London, Crystal Palace
Tramlink
Woolwich ferry
New Routemaster
Old Routemaster, H15 or H9

There's a specific reason for including Crystal Palace. Anyone see
anything or anywhere worthwhile I'm overlooking?

Are they transport enthusiasts?

I think it would be fair to say that!

And yet they are not able to work out an itinerary for themselves :-)

The itinerary is the easier bit. It's ideas of what to include that we are
still trying to complete.

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Colin Rosenstiel

Transport sights for a London day trip
 

In article ,
(tim.....) wrote:

wrote in message
...
I'm planning a day trip around London for some Cambridge students who
may not know it well. I'm trying to work out an itinerary for early
December, either Friday 5th or Saturday 6th. I've got an initial list of
places or feature to visit or pass through:

DLR
Overground, inc East London, Crystal Palace
Tramlink
Woolwich ferry
New Routemaster
Old Routemaster, H15 or H9

There's a specific reason for including Crystal Palace. Anyone see
anything
or anywhere worthwhile I'm overlooking?

you could add in a walk through one of the Thames "foot" tunnels

That was a possible alternative to the Woolwich Ferry although one could hop
off the DLR at Cutty Sark and re-embark at Island Gardens.

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Colin Rosenstiel