adamS2RST

I need to do this for a week next week as I am on a training course. I'm not a city boy, but go to London every once in a while. I'll be commuting from Buckinghamshire by train to Marylebone which is on the Bakerloo line and I need to get to EC2 (nearest tube appears to be Old Street) which is on the Northern Line. Just though't i'd ask any city go'ers what's the best way to get to / from here each day.

Jim Galbally

ignore the tube map and get a proper street map. you may find it easier to gt off at a station a few streets away and walk thru the city. a lot of stops LOOK like theyre far apart on the map, but theyre actually just the other side of the road! (Bank's a great example)

also remember the city is only a square mile, so walking from one end to the other doesn't take long. its often faster to walk places plus it's good exercise

adamS2RST

Cheers Jim

I think the main thing that I wondered was whether I can change lines easily enough from Marylebone, looks like it'll be Metropolitan and then get off around Euston Or so it 'seems' on paper

Just wondered if anyone did the route and also how much time I should leave myself, I need to be there at around 9am, I'd planned to be at Marylebone around 8ish or something, but i'd guess it'll be proper manic at that time in the morning.

EssexBoyRacer

Have you tired looking this up online?

There is an online journey planner which is really handy, tells you everything you need to know including the train times etc..

Thrush

iTrader: (1)

Thats so true Check this one;



I used to go see a mate when I was at school who lived in Wanstead. No buses ran from my way to his, so I got a bud to Loughton, tube to Leytonstone, then had to cross the platform and wait for a train that went round the loop bit to get to Wanstead.

I did this for about 6 months, till one day my mate told me it was only 1 street length (less than 5 mins walk) to walk from the Wanstead station to the Snaresbrook one Bearing in mind that it was often 20mins or so to get from the Snaresbrook station to Leytonstone, cross platforms, wait for other train

bigwelshlad

the tfl helpline or website is an excellent source of info www.tfl.gov.uk and when i come up to the big city. those bleeding tube barriers are not bleeding wide enough tho

adamS2RST

Thanks for the information guy's the underground route planner worked well

Thrush

iTrader: (1)

What, in your tiny mind, possesed you to add that bit of crap on the end? Jesus H Fucking Christ man - ENOUGH ALREADY

dangerous - reyland

I work in EC2V & commute from Birmingham daily arriving at the office at 7:15

having done ths for 18 months i am possibly the expert in commuting to the city now

from Buckingham you can choose whether to drive to Milton Keynes & use Virgin / Sliverlink into Euston or
Jump on the Chiltern line into Marylebone.

My suggestions for each are this
If Euston :- walk to Euston Square (4mins) take a choice of Met, Circle or Hemmersmith & City line tubes to Barbican 3rd stop Takes abt 7 mins.
Pretty good point to arrive in EC2 - quite central

If Marylebone :- walk down the rd to Baker St (2 mins follow the crowd)
this brings you to the same lines 2 stations before Euston Sq

which i s your nearest station on the chiltern line?

adamS2RST

Thanks for this mate. - I'll be using the Chiltern line as I'm further down the line and MK is about 45 mins away so not worth doing that. I'll be going to Marylebone.

Rolls

iTrader: (2)

Sod that for a laugh - i have to commute from Bromley way, and thinks thats far enough out

Jim Galbally

ditto what rolls said

Markb_s1

doesn't always work like that though... i used to be able to get to work in broadgate from chelmsford in 45 minutes door to door... now it takes me an hour to get in from croydon due to having to get the crazy stop everywhere train from south croydon and then walk from london bridge.

dangerous - reyland

I recon on 2 hours door to door

I need to be in London now as nearly all regional stockbrokers are finished.

Like London salary though

Markb_s1

2 hours

you can definitely keep that! especially driving as well!

Rolls

iTrader: (2)

2 hours
If i time the trains right, its 35 mins for me - not too bad really!

Thrush

iTrader: (1)

When I used to work in South London, I used to commute into London Bridge everyday (my work was 5 min walk from London Bridge station)

I had to leave mine in Waltham Abbey, Essex at 7am by bus to Loughton > Central Line to Bank, switch to Northern Line to London Bridge and then walk the five mins to work.

That was an hour and a half everyday - plus the same on the way back, but due to bus times, that was nearer 2hr return journey!

And I only live about 25miles from Central London aswell

When I got a car I was able to shave off 10 or 15mins from that as I could drive to Loughton to get the tube rather than bus to and from.....

But fuck Birmingham to London daily commute

Markb_s1

i repeat what was said earlier... probably better of walking from bank to london bridge!

Rolls

iTrader: (2)

yeah- its only down the road -
in fact, monument is joined to bank station, so to london bridge is then about a 3 min walk....

Jim Galbally

ditto them two, tube from bank to london bridge?

LAZY COOONT

bigwelshlad

sorry mate but they are not and its a fact !

Jim Galbally

we don't care how fat you are stop fooking telling us all the fooking time

and yes they are big enough for people who aren't PIE EATING FAT COONTS

bigwelshlad

right i'll ook off !

Rolls

iTrader: (2)

WE don't want you to fook off, just to stop going on about your weight -
Also, i'm quite impressed, as your sig said 31 stone a min ago, now it says 32.....

Just how much did you have to eat to gain a stone in a couple of hours???
i'll bet your back to 31 once you have a king sized shit!

bigwelshlad

it is quite possible for me to gain a stone in a day if i am drinking and eating like mad but it is lost then in a day or so time