My travel

[ciphergoth]

Updated: I now have a passport, woo-har!

Updated with babysimon's suggestions.

2002-07-26 EDI 1715 BA1455 1835 LHR-1 then Piccadilly Line and walk to Kings Cross Thameslink 2005 Thameslink 2034 Streatham (possible LL, indo_icegirl and/or TG diversion here - will contact ergotia and lilithmagna and work it out)

2002-07-29 Streatham 0547 Thameslink 0559 Elephant and Castle then Bakerloo line to Paddington 0640 Heathrow Express 0655 LHR-2 0735 LX359 1005 GVA

2002-07-29 GVA 1825 LX356 1915 LHR-2 1947 Heathrow Express 2003 Paddington then Bakerloo line to Elephant and Castle 2049 Thameslink 2104 Streatham

2002-07-30 Streatham 1219 Thameslink 1249 Kings Cross Thameslink then walk and Piccadilly line to LHR-1 1500 BA1448 1615 EDI

Comments

[sbisson.livejournal.com]

Ah, the 7.35 to Geneva. I remember it well...

[purplerabbits.livejournal.com]

Does that mean you now have a passport?

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

Yes indeed! I've updated to that effect.

I don't look very good in my passport photo though; no time to get a good one!

[adjectivemarcus.livejournal.com]

Hmm, this Friday we're off to see indo_icegirl and her band, Sunday Driver, at the Spice Of Life in Soho at 9ish. So I'm not sure who'll be in the LL...

Every Londoner's favourite game

[babysimon]

2002-07-29 GVA 1825 LX356 1915 LHR-1 1947 Heathrow Express 2003 Paddington then Hammersmith and City line and walk to Kings Cross Thameslink 2035 Thameslink 2104 Streatham

You sure you don't mean HEX to Paddington, then Bakerloo to Elephant, then Thameslink? Slightly more direct, and the H&C is notoriously slow.

2002-07-29 Streatham 0547 Thameslink 0606 Farringdon then Bakerloo/Circle/District line to Paddington 0640 Heathrow Express 0655 LHR-1 0735 LX359 1005 GVA

Similar comment applies. And how were you planning on getting the Bakerloo from Farringdon?

Re: Every Londoner's favourite game

[ajva.livejournal.com]

All hail the King of London Transport. May he live for ever.

Re: Every Londoner's favourite game

[babysimon]

Further alternative: Sit at Heathrow for fifteen years, watching them build Terminal 5. Get CrossRail to Farringdon/Barbican (or HEX to Paddington then CrossRail if CrossRail doesn't serve Heathrow by then), and pick up Thameslink there.

Yes, I'm sad.

Re: Every Londoner's favourite game

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

Those were Railtrack's recommendations, except I probably got it wrong in transcription. Hurmm... From Paddington, it's 6 stops to KX, 7 to Farringdon, 11 to E&C. It's 14 minutes between KX and E&C on Thameslink, so that suggests your route will be faster even leaving aside the speed difference between the two lines. OK, I'll do it your way. Update to come. Thanks!

Re: Every Londoner's favourite game

[lovingboth]

Faster still, if Streatham Common or Streatham Hill are ok:

Railbus to Feltham, then train to Clapham Junction, change there for Streatham Common/Hill. This also avoids zone one.

[marysiak.livejournal.com]

I'm in Tooting now which is right next to Streatham...