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Stansted to Barking
"Peter Smyth" a écrit dans le message de ... "Alan (in Brussels)" wrote in message ... "Jiminy" a écrit dans le message de ... Arriving at Stansted Airport, suppose I'll take the Stansted Express/Skytrain to Liverpool Street Station. To go to Barking, may I be dropped along the route or I must go first at Liverpool Str Station, then from there take the tube? For instance, dropping at Tottenham Hale allow me to reach Barking easily? Or exists a better alternative? Tnx for your feedback As nobody here has so far pointed out, there's an on-line journey planner which is smart enough to look at the various routes; the URL is: http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/planmyjourney/ You don't say exactly when you want to travel, so I can't give you more specific advice, but just looking at the next few journeys indicates that changing at Tottenham Hale & Blackhorse Rd. is the fastest (1h 29 min), while walking from Liverpool St to Fenchurch St would give 1h 35min. It even considers changing at Hackney (Downs/Central) & W. Ham but that's even slower... I wouldn't pay much attention to those times. For example it allows about 40 minutes to get one stop on the Victoria line from Tottenham Hale to Blackhorse Road and a similar time to walk 1/2 mile from Liv St to Fen St. It doesn't even mention the most obvious route of Hammersmith and City line. The TfL Journey Planner http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk gives times of about 1h15 for both the GOBLin from Blackhorse Rd and the H&C from Liverpool Street. I would suggest going via Liverpool Street as the frequency is much better. I agree with your conclusion, but not your analysis of the data from the NR journey planner. The apparently long time allowances for the connections are due mainly to the infrequent train services concerned - if the trains are running every half hour, it's obviously better to build in a safety margin, and so maybe 25 of the 40 minutes for the Victoria Line connection would be spent just waiting... IOW, you may well prefer what seems like a longer overall journey if you can be sure that typical train lateness has little impact on its overall duration. And maybe one day we'll have terminals on platforms that allow us to check real-time running en-route ;-) Regards, - Alan (in Brussels) |
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