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district line closing time
On 21 Dec, 21:14, wrote:
In article , (sweek) wrote: On 21 Dec, 11:46, wrote: That was why I advised taking the first train to Edgware Road and changing there if it is a Hammersmith and City. The Piccadilly is much slower and the time taken to get down to deep level and back can't be ignored either. If the Piccadilly is much slower, than why does TfL recommend this route? Because it doesn't. King's Cross St. Pancras to Fulham Broadway is 26 minutes via the Piccadilly and a change at Earl's Court vs. around 31 minutes for the District/Circle route. Plus the potentially much longer wait for the 6 tph between Edgware Road and Wimbledon vs. 24 trains per hour on the Piccadilly and at least 12 tph on the last bit of the District from Earl's Court. Hmm. Not what the TfL journey planner says here. I put in St Pancras International to Fulham Broadway which adds 7 or 8 minutes walking (the extra minute to get to the Piccadilly Line) to get to the tube from SPI. The times, including the walk, are 36 minutes via the Piccadilly and 35 minutes via the Circle and District or the Victoria and District. What you are overlooking is that the last place you want to get on a District train to Fulham Broadway when there is a match at Stamford Bridge is Earls Court. Trains get very crowded there so you don't get a seat for certain and quite likely don't even get onto the first Wimbledon train. Far better to get on one at Edgware Road/Paddington or at Victoria. But it's only two stops from Earl's Court to Fulham B'way!! A few minutes standing is I dare say unlikely to be a massive issue for the OP, not least because he didn't mention any issues of lack of mobility at all, and I suspect he's likely to spend at least some portion of the match on his feet as well! I certainly appreciate the argument about having secured a position for oneself on a Wimbledon-bound train before it reaches Earl's Court, and I freely admit that I don't have much experience of travelling from/to/via Earl's Court on a match day. However my suspicion is that it's simply more a case of just packing oneself in on a crowded train along with the rest of the crowd for a couple of stops, comfort not being a priority for such a short space of time - and no big deal if you need to wait for the second train. The other option of course would be to walk from Earl's Court to the ground - see my other reply on this. I can see advantages in both the Circle/District line and the Piccadilly line routes, with a different emphasis on things depending upon whom the traveller is - e.g. old hand or first time visitor. Perhaps in part the decision will be made according to whether the OP wishes to take a bus trip through central London or not - if he does, then going via Edgware Road/ Paddington is no longer on the cards. |
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