In article , Roland Perry
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Then there's the other way of changing platforms without stairs -
escalators up and down. Like at City Thameslink. Are there any Circle
Line stations that allow a twin-escalator [or lift] change of direction?

Westminster springs to mind.

Westminster. Sloane Square.

Oh, cheating slightly, but Paddington (H&C) has a centre platform, so
you can do a west-to-east reversal there.

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Clive D. W. Feather wrote:
In article , Roland Perry
writes
Then there's the other way of changing platforms without stairs -
escalators up and down. Like at City Thameslink. Are there any
Circle Line stations that allow a twin-escalator [or lift] change
of direction?

Westminster springs to mind.

Westminster. Sloane Square.

You can't change direction at Sloane Square without using stairs. There
is only one escalator on each platform, normally going up. Actually at
present, the eastbound platform's escalator is not working, and is in
use as fixed stairs (down).

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In message , Clive D. W. Feather
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And if you were lucky you could get an eastbound District that was
reversing at Tower Hill or Mansion House.

Of course, if you are getting a train that is reversing (at Aldgate,
Tower Hill, Mansion House, High St Ken, Edgware Rd; as well as the more
obvious termini further out) that is another and rather direct means to
change direction...

The main sticking point for a Gatwick/Stansted transfer seems to be
getting onto/off the Circle from the Gatwick direction. Perhaps Waterloo
is the salvation here. Thameslink London Bridge, then Waterloo East,
Jubilee, Westminster, Circle. Does anyone know if the direct link from
Waterloo East to Southwark is stair-less, or will it require going via
the main station concourse?

[You can do Thameslink to Jubilee at London Bridge without stairs, but
it's a very long trek].
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In article , Richard J.
writes
You can't change direction at Sloane Square without using stairs. There
is only one escalator on each platform, normally going up.

Duh, I knew that.

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In article , Roland Perry
writes
And if you were lucky you could get an eastbound District that was
reversing at Tower Hill or Mansion House.
Of course, if you are getting a train that is reversing (at Aldgate,
Tower Hill, Mansion House, High St Ken, Edgware Rd; as well as the more
obvious termini further out)

I've restricted this present sub-thread to the Circle, ignoring stations
like Royal Oak and Gunnersbury.

that is another and rather direct means to change direction...

Oh, indeed.

Unless the train is going out of service at that point.

The main sticking point for a Gatwick/Stansted transfer seems to be
getting onto/off the Circle from the Gatwick direction. Perhaps
Waterloo is the salvation here. Thameslink London Bridge, then Waterloo
East, Jubilee, Westminster, Circle. Does anyone know if the direct link
from Waterloo East to Southwark is stair-less, or will it require going
via the main station concourse?

The latter - there are stairs down from the platforms to the barrier
line.

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"Clive D. W. Feather" wrote the
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In article ,
Richard J. writes
You can't change direction at Sloane Square without using stairs.
There is only one escalator on each platform, normally going up.

Duh, I knew that.

Then why did you suggest it as a place where you can change direction
using lifts or escalators?

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In article , Robin May
writes
You can't change direction at Sloane Square without using stairs.
There is only one escalator on each platform, normally going up.
Duh, I knew that.
Then why did you suggest it as a place where you can change direction
using lifts or escalators?

Um, the "Duh" was aimed at *me*.

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"Clive D. W. Feather" wrote the
following in:

In article ,
Robin May writes
You can't change direction at Sloane Square without using
stairs. There is only one escalator on each platform, normally
going up.
Duh, I knew that.
Then why did you suggest it as a place where you can change
direction using lifts or escalators?

Um, the "Duh" was aimed at *me*.

Ah, I geddit now.

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In article ,
(Dave Arquati) wrote:

Clive D. W. Feather wrote:
In article , Roland Perry
writes

They were advised to take a train to KX and do a cross-platform
change and come back to LS on the other side. I've never heard that
variant before!

I thought I'd suggested it at one point.

KXSP, Gloucester Road, and South Kensington are the three stations
where you can do this.

Isn't is also possible at Edgware Road to get off any eastbound train
and take the next westbound Wimbleware from across the platform? Or
does this only apply at some times of day?

Only if you're lucky. I was a bit dischuffed to arrive there on a District
train on the way from East Putney to King's Cross with a bike and the
train terminated on the Westbound platform. We had to hump the bike over
the bridge and missed the waiting H&C train.

The inner Eastbound platform has been used for outer rail Circle trains
the last two times I've been there.

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