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Topic ID 1500
24/04/2006 by Blakey
National Rail Enquiries
I'm heading into town tonight so checked out the times of trains on the National Rail Enquiries web site from Hertford East into Liverpool Street.
Apparently if I miss the last train back home from Liverpool Street, at 23:42 that is far too early in my opinion, I have the option of catching the tube to Kings Cross, getting the train to HN and a walk across town to HE.
According to the timetable the walk across town will take me 35 minutes. How does the web site know I'm having a beer tonight???!!!
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Reply ID 18529
24/04/2006 by SMH
And it looks like there are none of the special bus services running this evening - special because there is no toilet on them?
Reply ID 18530
24/04/2006 by JohnSmith
I'm off to Sandown races on Saturday and wanted to know the best route and how long it would take. The First Capital Connect site is great except for one minor detail. Apparently the tube journey from Finsbury Park to Waterloo is somewhere between 1 hour 5 mins and 1 hour 11 mins!
Reply ID 18541
24/04/2006 by SMH
Engineering works on the weekend I think. I saw something scrolling on the info board at Cuffley when I woke up.
Reply ID 18544
25/04/2006 by 2929paul
quote:
Originally posted by JohnSmith
I'm off to Sandown races on Saturday and wanted to know the best route and how long it would take. The First Capital Connect site is great except for one minor detail. Apparently the tube journey from Finsbury Park to Waterloo is somewhere between 1 hour 5 mins and 1 hour 11 mins!
Try the Transport for London website.
It throws up an interesting route. I think it got a little confused.[:)]
http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/user/XSLT_TRIP_REQUEST2 Reply ID 18549
25/04/2006 by skanky
If crossing London, if you need to arrive by a certain time, you're often better off doing a search from the London departure station with nat rail, then a tfl search from the arrival to departure station, then Hertford to the arrival station on nat rail. Obviously if departure time is more important you do the journey differently.
National rail often overdoes tube and walking time - partly because it has to allow for elderly, disabled, heavily luggaged, etc.
Reply ID 18557
25/04/2006 by Twinkle
I've started using this website for journeys through london
http://www.transportdirect.co.uk/
It's similar to the TFL site but include trains, planes & automobiles (and buses) and it hasn't sent me via the Isle of Man once!
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