Hello,

My sister and her 16-year-old daughter, both from Newcastle, are stopping over briefly at mine in Croydon before departing for Heathrow - their plane leaves at 12:30pm on Tuesday 16th June 2015 from Terminal 5, and they need to arrive 2 hours beforehand. Not being Londoners, they don't have any relevant travel passes.

Which route would you recommend for speed and/or cheapest tickets?

1] Tube: Piccadilly Circus to Heathrow. Also, why does everything on the internet say depart from Piccadilly Circus for Heathrow? They'd be arriving at Victoria Station from East Croydon, so getting the Tube from there to South Kensington would get them on the route, surely?

2] The X26 express bus from Whitgift Centre. How reliable is this? Does it get packed? Does anybody know the typical prices for one way: Croydon to Heathrow?

3] Tube from Victoria then train from Paddington. This sounds to me the most circuitous route, but I could be wrong. Possibly the most expensive too?

Thank you very much for all your replies. There is plenty to ponder there. I will let my sister choose, as she is travelling, not me.

To Colin Rosenstiel, who wrote:

"Croydon's a big place. Whereabouts there?"

Not that it matters, but I live more or less opposite South Croydon railway station, so it's a relatively short journey to Victoria, and the Whitgift Centre is a mere bus ride away.

In article ,
LID (phil88) wrote:

there. I will let my sister choose, as she is travelling, not me.

To Colin Rosenstiel, who wrote:

"Croydon's a big place. Whereabouts there?"

As you can see there is an occasional problem with my newsfeed which
truncates posts by a few people, including apparently you.

I only saw part of your original post when I replied and of your latest
comment (see above which is all that reached me).

I later saw your original post whole when quoted by someone whose feed is
not truncated.

I am at a loss why this truncation happens. Was your post in HTML not plain
text?

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Colin Rosenstiel

In article ,
LID (phil88) wrote:

Hello,

don't have any relevant travel passes.

Which route would you recommend for speed and/or cheapest tickets?

there to South Kensington would get them on the route, surely?

to Heathrow?

Croydon's a big place. Whereabouts there?

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Colin Rosenstiel

In message , at 21:03:23 on Sat, 13
Jun 2015, phil88 remarked:

Which route would you recommend for speed and/or cheapest tickets?

The TFL journey planner is very reliable for this sort of query, if what
you want is fastest/easiest, rather than cheapest.
--
Roland Perry

"Roland Perry" wrote

Which route would you recommend for speed and/or cheapest tickets?

The TFL journey planner is very reliable for this sort of query, if what
you want is fastest/easiest, rather than cheapest.


The SE Travel Planner is less inclined to order you to cross a dual
carriageway with no light controlled crossing.

http://www.travelinesoutheast.org.uk..._TRIP_REQUEST2

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Mike D

On 13/06/2015 23:49, Michael R N Dolbear wrote:

"Roland Perry" wrote

Which route would you recommend for speed and/or cheapest tickets?

The TFL journey planner is very reliable for this sort of query, if
what you want is fastest/easiest, rather than cheapest.

The SE Travel Planner is less inclined to order you to cross a dual
carriageway with no light controlled crossing.

http://www.travelinesoutheast.org.uk..._TRIP_REQUEST2


Where does that happen?

"Mizter T" wrote

On 13/06/2015 23:49, Michael R N Dolbear wrote:

The TFL journey planner is very reliable for this sort of query, if
what you want is fastest/easiest, rather than cheapest.

The SE Travel Planner is less inclined to order you to cross a dual
carriageway with no light controlled crossing.

http://www.travelinesoutheast.org.uk..._TRIP_REQUEST2


Where does that happen?

The examples I have seen have a dual carriageway with bus stops, and the TFL
journey planner chooses the nearest.

When the destination is on the other side, oops !

Try Kingston-upon-Thames to KT19 0EB [Ewell Court, Lakehurst Road, Ewell]

I also got it on a trip from Ashford Hospital to TW18 4HW where crossing the
A30 is possible but not where suggested (SE Travel Planner has a problem too
because Open Street Map hasn't got the crossing).



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Mike D

"phil88" wrote


My sister and her 16-year-old daughter, both from Newcastle, are
stopping over briefly at mine in Croydon before departing for Heathrow -
their plane leaves at 12:30pm on Tuesday 16th June 2015 from Terminal 5,
and they need to arrive 2 hours beforehand. Not being Londoners, they
don't have any relevant travel passes.

Which route would you recommend for speed and/or cheapest tickets?

2] The X26 express bus from Whitgift Centre. How reliable is this? Does
it get packed? Does anybody know the typical prices for one way: Croydon
to Heathrow?

Undoubtedly the cheapest £1.50 per head flat fare paid by Oyster or
Contactless (need card per head).
But it doesn't go to T5 so you will have to change, eg to the 490, at Hatton
Cross.
This is within the Heathrow Freeflow zone so free.


Reasonably reliable and not packed from Croydon but every 30 minutes so take
care not to cut it fine.

--
Mike D

phil88 wrote:
Hello,

My sister and her 16-year-old daughter, both from Newcastle, are
stopping over briefly at mine in Croydon before departing for Heathrow -
their plane leaves at 12:30pm on Tuesday 16th June 2015 from Terminal 5,
and they need to arrive 2 hours beforehand. Not being Londoners, they
don't have any relevant travel passes.

Which route would you recommend for speed and/or cheapest tickets?

1] Tube: Piccadilly Circus to Heathrow. Also, why does everything on the
internet say depart from Piccadilly Circus for Heathrow? They'd be
arriving at Victoria Station from East Croydon, so getting the Tube from
there to South Kensington would get them on the route, surely?

2] The X26 express bus from Whitgift Centre. How reliable is this? Does
it get packed? Does anybody know the typical prices for one way: Croydon
to Heathrow?

3] Tube from Victoria then train from Paddington. This sounds to me the
most circuitous route, but I could be wrong. Possibly the most expensive
too?

The bus is fine for getting from eafrow to Croydon, but it's a brave man
who relies on a bus to get them TO the flight on time...

East Croydon/Victoria/Oxford Circus/Paddington is actually pretty easy
because of the cross-platform interchange between Vic and Bakerloo at OC,
and avoids the horror of the Picc.

Alternatively, East Croydon/Victoria/Hammersmith/Piccadilly Line. Much
easier (cross platform) interchange at Hammersmith than South Ken.