In message , at
20:56:20 on Mon, 10 Dec 2007, Tom Anderson
remarked:

In other words, bustitution all the way from Colchester to Liverpool
Street, taking 1:40 (if you believe that) for what would usually be
just under an hour.

It's a very fast railway line, and rather gruesome road. I wouldn't want
to guarantee 1:40 myself.

trains will be running as far as the charming town of Ingatestone,

Pronounced inger-test-tony, by the way.

No, just kidding.

with a bus from there to Newbury Park (!), from where you can get the
tube. So no bus ride from Colchester to London.

Ingatestone is pretty much at one end of the Brentwood Bypass, so not
far from there to Newbury Park via Gallows Corner and Eastern Avenue.

I should point out that the NR planner gives the same route if i leave
at lunchtime, so this is not some late-on-christmas-eve thing.

Apparently Liverpool St has an extended closure over the Xmas period.

Bonus question: to get from Newbury Park to Swindon, should i do:

- Central Line to Liverpool Street, H&C/Circle to Paddington, train to Swindon
- Central Line to Oxford Circus, Bakerloo to Paddington, train to Swindon

That would be my best guess.

- Central Line to Lancaster Gate, walk to Paddington, train to Swindon
- Central Line to Ealing Broadway, train(s) to Swindon

--
Roland Perry

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at
20:56:20 on Mon, 10 Dec 2007, Tom Anderson
remarked:

Bonus question: to get from Newbury Park to Swindon, should i do:

- Central Line to Liverpool Street, H&C/Circle to Paddington, train to
Swindon
- Central Line to Oxford Circus, Bakerloo to Paddington, train to Swindon

That would be my best guess.

- Central Line to Lancaster Gate, walk to Paddington, train to Swindon
- Central Line to Ealing Broadway, train(s) to Swindon

Another possibility is Central Line to Mile End then H&C to Paddington. Mile
End is a cross-platform interchange.

Peter

On Mon, 10 Dec 2007, Peter Masson wrote:

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
...
In message , at
20:56:20 on Mon, 10 Dec 2007, Tom Anderson
remarked:

Bonus question: to get from Newbury Park to Swindon, should i do:

- Central Line to Liverpool Street, H&C/Circle to Paddington, train to Swindon
- Central Line to Oxford Circus, Bakerloo to Paddington, train to Swindon

That would be my best guess.

- Central Line to Lancaster Gate, walk to Paddington, train to Swindon
- Central Line to Ealing Broadway, train(s) to Swindon

Another possibility is Central Line to Mile End then H&C to Paddington.
Mile End is a cross-platform interchange.

True. Better than changing at Liverpool Street, perhaps, although it means
i'd have to wait for an H&C instead of being able to catch a Circle, and
one of Beck's Laws (see utl passim) says that this guarantees an endless
procession of District trains!

tom

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In message , at 21:31:01 on Mon, 10 Dec
2007, Peter Masson remarked:
Bonus question: to get from Newbury Park to Swindon, should i do:

- Central Line to Liverpool Street, H&C/Circle to Paddington, train to
Swindon
- Central Line to Oxford Circus, Bakerloo to Paddington, train to Swindon

That would be my best guess.

- Central Line to Lancaster Gate, walk to Paddington, train to Swindon
- Central Line to Ealing Broadway, train(s) to Swindon

Another possibility is Central Line to Mile End then H&C to Paddington. Mile
End is a cross-platform interchange.

I was picking the one that gives the fastest journey time (approx 45
mins - see tfl planner) and doesn't use sub-surface lines which always
seem to be the first ones to get reduced/disrupted service outside of
the weekday peaks.
--
Roland Perry

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 21:31:01 on Mon, 10 Dec
2007, Peter Masson remarked:
Bonus question: to get from Newbury Park to Swindon, should i do:

- Central Line to Liverpool Street, H&C/Circle to Paddington, train to
Swindon
- Central Line to Oxford Circus, Bakerloo to Paddington, train to
Swindon

That would be my best guess.

- Central Line to Lancaster Gate, walk to Paddington, train to Swindon
- Central Line to Ealing Broadway, train(s) to Swindon

Another possibility is Central Line to Mile End then H&C to
Paddington. Mile
End is a cross-platform interchange.

I was picking the one that gives the fastest journey time (approx 45
mins - see tfl planner) and doesn't use sub-surface lines which always
seem to be the first ones to get reduced/disrupted service outside of
the weekday peaks.

I'd go for Lancaster Gate plus walk if you don't have loads of luggage.
Journey Planner standard walk times are pretty slow.

Dave