underground question

sandraroffey

lonon underground question here. have been looking at the undetgroundmaps and cant see how i do this, the dots dont go where i want them to; can someone please tell where i have to change on teh underground from st pancras to paddington. indeed, do i have to change at all?? looks like i do but nor sure where. thanks guys.

dzug1

If you get a train that is headed for Hammersmith you don't need to change at all - but it does land you up in the far corner of Paddington station. That can be a good thing or a bad one depending on what you want to do when you get to Paddington.

Change at Edgware Road off a Hammersmith train to get to the 'normal' Paddington underground station

Or get the 205 bus - no changes

sandraroffey

thanks for the reply. i need to get to westbury in wilts. doesnt matter about what corner of the station i end up in - i will be AT the station and thats all that matters. thanks again.xxx

martindow

If you are travelling at the weekend, check the tfl site for engineering work as there are going to be a lot of closures on the line to Hammersmith. In fact I understand it will be closed completely for three weeks in the summer.

sandraroffey

oh no!!!!!!!!!! just when it was seeming so straight forward. i will check. thanks. and will do it now.xxxx

sandraroffey

holy moley. and theres me trying to book an advanced tkt to westbury which means i am on specific trains!!!!!

no service from st pancras on the hammrsmith line and line completely closed on the circle line.

ok. so if i get an advance ticket from A to B, leaving A at the time specified on the ticket, does the train i get from London on, matter???

wealdroam

sandraroffey wrote: »

ok. so if i get an advance ticket from A to B, leaving A at the time specified on the ticket, does the train i get from London on, matter???

With Advance Single tickets, you must travel on the booked train.

sandraroffey

oh dear!!! just phoned national rail and they said that the times are specified on every leg. bummer.

quick taxi trip between stations i think. epecially as my time of arrival at westbury is quite paramount. will cost about ten pounds but hey ho. its only money!!!!! if it keeps my timing on track, then its worth it. thanks for all your help, especially to martindow who alerted me to the fact that lines were going to be closed. would ever have known otherwise.xxxxxxxx

DVardysShadow

sandraroffey wrote: »

oh dear!!! just phoned national rail and they said that the times are specified on every leg. bummer.

quick taxi trip between stations i think. epecially as my time of arrival at westbury is quite paramount. will cost about ten pounds but hey ho. its only money!!!!! if it keeps my timing on track, then its worth it. thanks for all your help, especially to martindow who alerted me to the fact that lines were going to be closed. would ever have known otherwise.xxxxxxxx

loads of way of doing this by tube from Kings Cross StPancras [all one tube station]

• Northern line to Elepahnt and Castle, Bakerloo to Paddington [long way round]
• Piccadilly to Piccadilly Circus , Bakerloo to Paddington
• Victoria to Oxford Circus, Bakerloo to Paddington

And possibly others depending on how you get to StPancras

martindow

sandraroffey wrote: »

ok. so if i get an advance ticket from A to B, leaving A at the time specified on the ticket, does the train i get from London on, matter???

If you have bought the ticket all in one (not split the journey and bought separate tickets for parts of the journey) I think if you are delayed by a late train they are obliged to let you travel on the next available train. It is wise to get your ticket endorsed by staff at the station and you will lose reserved seats. Staff at Paddington will know all about tube disruption!

Have a look at some of the posts here

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100416143224AATrS87

10JH

Use the journey planner to help, it shows if there are any delays also -

http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/