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I was on a train at Earl's Court earlier and the announcer was
advising anyone who wanted Olympia to walk as it would be quicker than
waiting for the next train.

Does this happen a lot? Why has the branch survived?

It has not just survived, but services are much increased since the days of
the 'exhibition only' green/white striped line marking on the underground
map.

Can anyone remember when the Olympia service last became 'full time'?

Paul S

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I was on a train at Earl's Court earlier and the announcer was
advising anyone who wanted Olympia to walk as it would be quicker than
waiting for the next train.

Does this happen a lot? Why has the branch survived?


It was not impression that KenOly was so very close to Earls Court.

Is it quicker to walk from Earl's Court to Kensington Olympia or get
the District Line to West Brompton and London Overground to Olympia?
Or even walk from Olympia to West Brompton and overground from there?
I'm not sure how often overground trains go but I think West Brompton
is a lot closer to Earl's Court than Olympia

On 14 Mar, 00:10, Sophie wrote:
Is it quicker to walk from Earl's Court to Kensington Olympia or get
the District Line to West Brompton and London Overground to Olympia?
Or even walk from Olympia to West Brompton and overground from there?
I'm not sure how often overground trains go but I think West Brompton
is a lot closer to Earl's Court than Olympia



West Brompton and Earls Court are practically two ends of the same
building. Olympia is a fair walk, the closest stations being Shepherds
Bush (C), West Kensington, High Street Kensington. Earls Court I
reckon is a little further than those.

On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:17:37 -0700 (PDT), Paul Weaver
wrote:

On 14 Mar, 00:10, Sophie wrote:
Is it quicker to walk from Earl's Court to Kensington Olympia or get
the District Line to West Brompton and London Overground to Olympia?
Or even walk from Olympia to West Brompton and overground from there?
I'm not sure how often overground trains go but I think West Brompton
is a lot closer to Earl's Court than Olympia



West Brompton and Earls Court are practically two ends of the same
building.

Indeed. Many moons ago I lived just to the west of West Brompton; I
had a Z1 Travelcard and walked to Earl's Court...

In article
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(Paul Weaver) wrote:

On 14 Mar, 00:10, Sophie wrote:
Is it quicker to walk from Earl's Court to Kensington Olympia or get
the District Line to West Brompton and London Overground to Olympia?
Or even walk from Olympia to West Brompton and overground from there?
I'm not sure how often overground trains go but I think West Brompton
is a lot closer to Earl's Court than Olympia

West Brompton and Earls Court are practically two ends of the same
building. Olympia is a fair walk, the closest stations being Shepherds
Bush (C), West Kensington, High Street Kensington. Earls Court I
reckon is a little further than those.

I can't remember why now but I have walked from Olympia to Baron's Court
in the past. It's not very far.

I guess I chose it in preference to West Kensington mainly because I
wanted the Piccadilly and also perhaps because I know the way to Baron's
Court, having been to school round there many years ago.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On 14 Mar, 00:10, Sophie wrote:
Is it quicker to walk from Earl's Court to Kensington Olympia or get
the District Line to West Brompton and London Overground to Olympia?
Or even walk from Olympia to West Brompton and overground from there?
I'm not sure how often overground trains go but I think West Brompton
is a lot closer to Earl's Court than Olympia


Woah, this is all sounding very complicated - any able bodied person
can (and dare I suggest should!) walk it no problem at all!

This street map shows just how close everything is:
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.sr...&y=178696&ar=N

In the bottom right hand corner of the map you can just see West
Brompton station - click on the 'Large Map' link to show a wider area.
Anyone arriving at West Brompton on a mainline train and heading for
Earls Court merely has to exit the station and the Earls Court
exhibition hall is immediately visible opposite - one definitely does
not need to take the District Line from West Brompton to Earls Court
station!

A small pocket A-Z map is an incredibly useful accessory for both
visitor and Londoner alike.

On 14 Mar, 09:00, Mizter T wrote:
On 14 Mar, 00:10, Sophie wrote:

Is it quicker to walk from Earl's Court to Kensington Olympia or get
the District Line to West Brompton and London Overground to Olympia?
Or even walk from Olympia to West Brompton and overground from there?
I'm not sure how often overground trains go but I think West Brompton
is a lot closer to Earl's Court than Olympia

Woah, this is all sounding very complicated - any able bodied person
can (and dare I suggest should!) walk it no problem at all!

This street map shows just how close everything is:http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.sr...&y=178696&ar=N

In the bottom right hand corner of the map you can just see West
Brompton station - click on the 'Large Map' link to show a wider area.
Anyone arriving at West Brompton on a mainline train and heading for
Earls Court merely has to exit the station and the Earls Court
exhibition hall is immediately visible opposite - one definitely does
not need to take the District Line from West Brompton to Earls Court
station!

A small pocket A-Z map is an incredibly useful accessory for both
visitor and Londoner alike.

No need to be sarcastic, I do have an A-Z. I was just wondering if the
Kensington Olypmia announcer was giving the best advice, sometimes
rail staff don't. Or maybe they can't because everyone's going
somewhere different and the best way won't always be the same for
everyone. I just wanted to check I was right about the distances
because I'm not very intelligent