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Journey from Watford Junction to West Brompton
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I'm planing a return trip to Earls Court on the 18th July. Is it possible to catch a Southern train from Watford Junction direct to West Brompton (without changing!) Thanks. |
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"Paul Maskell" wrote in message
o.uk... Is it possible to catch a Southern train from Watford Junction direct to West Brompton (without changing!) According to www.nationalrail.co.uk it involves two changes (at Harrow and Wealdstone and Willesden Junction) and takes just over an hour. Ian |
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... What's wrong with the xx.51 from Watford Junction direct, reaching West Brompton at 27 minutes past the next hour? See table 176 of the GBTT. The National Rail Journey Planner seems to know about it too. That's only on weekdays. The OP wants to travel on 18th July, which is a Saturday. Ian |
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... OK, WFJ dep. xx.52 and arrive at 25 past the next hour then? I can't find that train on the National Rail website. Ian |
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"Ian F." wrote in message ... wrote in message ... OK, WFJ dep. xx.52 and arrive at 25 past the next hour then? I can't find that train on the National Rail website. I think there may be engineering work that weekend as none of the Southern services are shown. Peter Smyth |
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On Jul 9, 4:27*pm, Paul Maskell wrote: Hello, I'm planing a return trip to Earls Court on the 18th July. Is it possible to catch a Southern train from Watford Junction direct to West Brompton (without changing!) Normally there is a direct Southern train service which operates seven days a week basically at an hourly frequency. However there's engineering works on the West London Line (between Willesden Jn and Clapham Jn) that weekend, which means the trains are not running - though annoyingly, Southern fail to mention this on their planned engineering works page for that weekend: http://www.southernrailway.com/engin...orks.php?e=253 However of you look at the results of the National Rail journey planner, you'll see that the last of the three legs of the journey is on a replacement bus service. Just so as to double-check that the WLL is indeed closed on the weekend in question, I've just had a look at the advance engineering work info for London Overground (LO) on the TfL website, as LO also operate a service on the WLL - and this page confirms the line will indeed be closed: http://tinyurl.com/m5txx9 For the record, I'll copy the text of this page below: ---quote--- LONDON OVERGROUND, WILLESDEN JUNCTION TO CLAPHAM JUNCTION LINE: On Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 July, suspended between Willesden Junction and Clapham Junction. Southern services are also affected. Replacement buses operate. Replacement buses operate Willesden Junction - Shepherds Bush - Kensington Olympia - West Brompton - Clapham Junction. ---/quote--- So, Southern's website isn't up to speed on these engineering works, which is shabby. FWIW, if you are going to do this journey this way and want to keep it simple then I'd probably recommend simply catching the London Overground stopping service all the way from Watford Jn to Willesden Jn, instead of catching a fast London Midland train from Watford Jn to H&W, then changing there onto the LO service. (That said, the Bakerloo line service also starts at H&W, so if on arrival at Watford Jn you find a fast train that's (a) leaving imminently and (b) stops at H&W you might want to take that instead - then at H&W you can catch either an LO or Bakerloo line train to Willesden Jn, i.e. whichever one turns up first, as they use the same platform.) Alternatively it's a Londin Midland train all the way to Euston, then the Underground to Earl's Court - and it's worth noting that the Victoria line is out of action on Sat 18 July too. |
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On Jul 9, 7:05*pm, "Peter Smyth" wrote: "Ian F." wrote: wrote: OK, WFJ dep. xx.52 and arrive at 25 past the next hour then? I can't find that train on the National Rail website. I think there may be engineering work that weekend as none of the Southern services are shown. There is indeed, though most unhelpfully Southern doesn't flag this up on the planned engineering works pages on their website (which I also mentioned in my separate reply to the OP). |
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So, Southern's website isn't up to speed on these engineering works, which is shabby. ------------------- Ahhh...... but it's not "really" part of the Southern empire, just somewhere they happen to occasionally run trains so why should they acknowledge the works?! |
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