cactustwirly
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I've got an Advance ticket from Leeds to Twyford via London on Thursday. In the event of a tube strike will I be able to travel on the 205 bus from Kings X to Paddington?
I've got an Advanced ticket from Leeds to Twyford via London on Thursday. In the event of a tube strike will I be able to travel on the 205 bus from Kings X to Paddington?
Not a walk I'd like to do on a hot day. Must be about 3 miles and an hour's slog on foot. Bus or cab I'd say.
Google suggests 2.7 miles and 55mins. You mightn't even miss your suggested service if you're lucky as that's not a lot more than the minimum interchange time.Thanks for the advice, suppose I'll be walking then.
The 205 is one of those routes that typically sees extra buses on strike days, primarily because it shadows a large section of the Circle/H&C Line. The majority of these extras are scraped together from any firms able to supply buses and drivers, i.e. often well out of town, and their drivers aren't briefed to worry about fares. Although not officially so, they are in effect free to use as no Oyster technology is carried on them to validate cards.
The 205 was one of the two routes that evolved from the old Station Link routes, connecting mainline terminals in the northern half of central London (the other being the now withdrawn 705 for the southern half). Its importance when there are strikes on LU being self-evident for that reason.
Yes, TfL have confirmed this on their website:I've got an Advance ticket from Leeds to Twyford via London on Thursday. In the event of a tube strike will I be able to travel on the 205 bus from Kings X to Paddington?
TfL said:National Rail tickets valid for cross-London travel will be accepted on buses on reasonable alternative routes.
Have you any experience of getting a bus or a taxi on the day of a tube strike?
It'll be quicker to walk unless you're very, very lucky.
Just remember that pollution along the Marylebone Road is way above the EU limit and probably the highest in the UK.
Does the cycle hire scheme extend as far as Kings Cross?! I'm sure I've passed Paddington on a Boris bike before.
Getting one of those during a strike is about as easy as getting a bus or taxi
Compared to the levels of pollution that Londoners had to cope with until the 1950s, somehow I think modt people have nothing to worry about.Have you any experience of getting a bus or a taxi on the day of a tube strike?
It'll be quicker to walk unless you're very, very lucky.
Just remember that pollution along the Marylebone Road is way above the EU limit and probably the highest in the UK.