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« Reply #165 on: Monday, February 20, 2012, 18:48:57 » |
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I'm planning to drive the family as far as Kensington and use the free all day parking by the museums, then hop on the underground to Wembley. Can anyone point me in the right direction which station is best to get off and the best route from Kensington Station? Also does anyone know if we have been allocated pubs again? Quite enjoyed The Green Man last time.
There's a number of ways you could go, depending where you start. From South Kensington station I'd probably go for Picadilly Line to Green Park, Jubilee Line to Baker Street, then Metropolitan Line to Wembley Park. From High Street Kensington it's a bit more complicated, especially if you want to avoid Paddington with all those 'orrible football fans! Maybe change to Central at Notting Hill Gate, then to Jubilee at Bond Street, and get on the Metropolitan Line at Baker Street. Alternatively, you could just park somewhere further north in central for free and make the journey easier. Single yellow lines in Westminster are free all day on a Sunday, you just have to find somewhere to park. |
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« Reply #166 on: Thursday, February 23, 2012, 20:23:52 » |
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Heard on Wilts radio earlier that the club has arranged with FGW to put on five extra trains from Swindon to Paddington. Would of thought the advertiser would of had something on their site about it by now though, anyone else hear this ?
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« Reply #168 on: Thursday, February 23, 2012, 20:29:53 » |
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There's a number of ways you could go, depending where you start. From South Kensington station I'd probably go for Picadilly Line to Green Park, Jubilee Line to Baker Street, then Metropolitan Line to Wembley Park.
From High Street Kensington it's a bit more complicated, especially if you want to avoid Paddington with all those 'orrible football fans! Maybe change to Central at Notting Hill Gate, then to Jubilee at Bond Street, and get on the Metropolitan Line at Baker Street. Unless I'm very much mistaken, you mean the Jubilee and not the Met. |
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« Reply #169 on: Thursday, February 23, 2012, 20:33:52 » |
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Cheers for that, I thought I heard them mention it on the radio but wasn't sure. |
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« Reply #170 on: Thursday, February 23, 2012, 21:26:01 » |
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Three trains up to Paddington but only two back!! And no special deals on the fares either - crap way to run a railway!! |
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« Reply #171 on: Thursday, February 23, 2012, 21:27:53 » |
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Supply and demand. If it was too expensive use alternative transport and they would soon have to lower their prices.
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« Reply #172 on: Thursday, February 23, 2012, 21:30:40 » |
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so what's the best deal people have got for trains, looking to book 4 train tickets tomorrow...any ideas? (the normal saver route I use has been taken off!)
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« Reply #173 on: Thursday, February 23, 2012, 22:26:58 » |
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Unless I'm very much mistaken, you mean the Jubilee and not the Met.
You can take the Jubilee line, but it goes the same way and stops 300 times more. |
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« Reply #174 on: Thursday, February 23, 2012, 23:20:27 » |
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Battersea - Queenstown road to Wembley? QTR overground to Waterloo and then Jubilee to Wembley Park? Any London people care to tell me how long that would take?
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« Reply #175 on: Friday, February 24, 2012, 08:33:03 » |
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Battersea - Queenstown road to Wembley? QTR overground to Waterloo and then Jubilee to Wembley Park? Any London people care to tell me how long that would take?
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« Reply #176 on: Saturday, February 25, 2012, 11:05:49 » |
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Apparently our Club are meeting today with FGW to discuss having a special put on for the 25th.
Can anybody remember the special trains from the 70's and 80's? Those carriages with compartments for 8 people with sliding doors out of a Noel Coward film, 28mph maximum speed, pissing out the windows, bunking off work for the day, old bill at every station (Wrexham), losing your entrance money playing cards with some fuckin card sharks, proper smoking carriages (when hash was from Lebanon or Morroco not some brain curdling skunk), Heysel style herding when arriving at destination (Swansea, Reading,Aldershot), bricks through the windows on the way back (Portsmouth), train not even good enough for FGW after the wrecking spree had ensued on the return.....aaaah those were the days!!!!! |
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« Reply #177 on: Saturday, February 25, 2012, 11:18:53 » |
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Battersea - Queenstown road to Wembley? QTR overground to Waterloo and then Jubilee to Wembley Park? Any London people care to tell me how long that would take?
45mins to an hour |
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« Reply #178 on: Saturday, February 25, 2012, 11:29:38 » |
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Battersea - Queenstown road to Wembley? QTR overground to Waterloo and then Jubilee to Wembley Park? Any London people care to tell me how long that would take?
The TfL Journey Planner is what you need. Suggests a few alternative routes as well, but your route via Waterloo sounds the simplest. |
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« Reply #179 on: Monday, March 12, 2012, 11:48:19 » |
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I have been trying to get a cheaper deal on the train (3 of us going from Chip'nam station to Padders - 2 adults 1 concession) and the cheapest I can get is £116 return. When I went to the Wall game in 2010 I got four adult tickets for about £88.  Am I using the Trainline website incorrectly?  |
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