EllaBlair Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 The amount of closures this year is getting ridiculous. I'm glad we're travelling on the Friday and Monday and will be getting a taxi to and from the airport. Our hotel is a 15 minute walk from the venue according to google maps which should be ok for me to do hopefully, not ideal but if worse comes to worse we'll grab a taxi and ask them to get us as close as possible to the venue. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timlux Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 May I suggest you should better call an UBER than an Taxi to get to your hotel, I dont know at which airport you will land but a taxi from any of the London airports to the convention area will cost you over 50 £ . And even an UBER could be around that, sometime a cab in London costs more than some people pay with Ryanair to get by plane to London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris1970 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Ryan Air strike, hits people to and from Spain Portugal and Belgium 25/7-26/7. If you plan to travel with Ryan Air..please check it. Strike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timlux Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 3 minutes ago, Chris1970 said: Ryan Air strike, hits people to and from Spain Portugal and Belgium 25/7-26/7. If you plan to travel with Ryan Air..please check it. Strike Luckily Im flying with British Airways to get to London this year, was even cheaper than Ryanair :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris1970 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 1 hour ago, timlux said: Luckily Im flying with British Airways to get to London this year, was even cheaper than Ryanair :) Same with me, also cheaper than RA, had SAS as secondary but their departure times was not good for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitewillow Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 2 hours ago, Chris1970 said: Ryan Air strike, hits people to and from Spain Portugal and Belgium 25/7-26/7. If you plan to travel with Ryan Air..please check it. Strike I got scared to death for a minute, then realised I'm OK as I am travelling from Greece. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristian Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Is the Stratford to Shepards Bush via Central underground line still ok please? (Saturday around midday and return Sunday afternoon?) then will walk from Shepards bush, as the overground to Olympia is not running no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natedammit Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Just now, Kristian said: Is the Stratford to Shepards Bush via Central underground line still ok please? (Saturday around midday and return Sunday afternoon?) then will walk from Shepards bush, as the overground to Olympia is not running no? Last I saw that was fine, yes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raylenth Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Remember for underground info the TFL website is your friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjbleming Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 46 minutes ago, Raylenth said: Remember for underground info the TFL website is your friend The tfl site has blocked me. Apparently I ask too many questions. I was just being curious!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris1970 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 2 minutes ago, wjbleming said: The tfl site has blocked me. Apparently I ask too many questions. I was just being curious!!! So, basically you are then banned from all trains and buses then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristian Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 On 7/18/2018 at 9:18 AM, timlux said: Just use the underground to Hammersmith station these days, yes its like a mile to walk, you can get there with District and Piccadilly lines and the the Hammersmith & City and Circle lines , and if you need drinks for that walk, there is a big super market inside the station and if you need more drinks during walk , then you will also pass by a Tesco Could I use the Central line then onthe Piccadiliy line from Stratford to Hammersmith under ground, they have no disruptions at the moment on these lines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicAvatar Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 What with Kensington Olympia not being open on Friday and Sunday's part of Prudential Ride closing routes I'm getting rather stressed about travelling there every day. Saturday appears to be OK, thank goodness, but Sunday I'm going to have to go around the houses a bit to get to Olympia from Shepherd's Bush. Ugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raylenth Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 (edited) 44 minutes ago, CosmicAvatar said: What with Kensington Olympia not being open on Friday and Sunday's part of Prudential Ride closing routes I'm getting rather stressed about travelling there every day. Saturday appears to be OK, thank goodness, but Sunday I'm going to have to go around the houses a bit to get to Olympia from Shepherd's Bush. Ugh. Kensington Olympia is open on Friday, it's closed Saturday + Sunday Cosmic Edited July 23, 2018 by Raylenth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenaciouspirit Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 (edited) Hi all, Not sure if it's been mentioned (I may even have mentioned it) but there are ALSO planned strikes affecting south western trains on Thursday/ Saturday and Monday. I don't think there's been any confirmed routes affected as of yet, but it's worth keeping an eye on, for anyone going into/ out of London on these days Edited July 23, 2018 by tenaciouspirit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris1970 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 1 hour ago, CosmicAvatar said: What with Kensington Olympia not being open on Friday and Sunday's part of Prudential Ride closing routes I'm getting rather stressed about travelling there every day. Saturday appears to be OK, thank goodness, but Sunday I'm going to have to go around the houses a bit to get to Olympia from Shepherd's Bush. Ugh. I went by Shepherds Bush last year and it was ok, a nice stroll if you into that stuff. I will do that this year too as there are bike problems south of Olympia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicAvatar Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 (edited) 37 minutes ago, Raylenth said: Kensington Olympia is open on Friday, it's closed Saturday + Sunday Cosmic Oh, bother, really? TfL won't let me to go to Kensington Olympia on Friday (the Underground Map says that part of the District Line is closed except for weekends) or Sunday, but it will let me go on Saturday. I am so confused. Had better aim for Shepherd's Bush all three days then... Edited July 23, 2018 by CosmicAvatar Ooops, naughty word. *cough* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris1970 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 5 minutes ago, CosmicAvatar said: Oh, bother, really? TfL won't let me to go to Kensington Olympia on Friday (the Underground Map says that part of the District Line is closed except for weekends) or Sunday, but it will let me go on Saturday. I am so confused. Had better aim for Shepherd's Bush all three days then... Some rail work over the weekend I think I read somewhere all the way up to Willesden Junction passed K.O. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raylenth Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 7 minutes ago, CosmicAvatar said: Oh, bother, really? TfL won't let me to go to Kensington Olympia on Friday (the Underground Map says that part of the District Line is closed except for weekends) or Sunday, but it will let me go on Saturday. I am so confused. Had better aim for Shepherd's Bush all three days then... Unfortunately the branch line doesn't operate during the week, so you can get to Earls C OK, but the train to KO is Sat/Sun only. Except this weekend when it's not working on Sunday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicAvatar Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 OK, thanks, both, that ties in with what I've got. The Southern line appears to be going to Milton Keynes from Clapham Junction as usual on Sat, and KO is one of the stops, so in theory it should be OK for that day. If not, the next stop is Shepherd's Bush anyway so I can (I hope) jump off there. Sunday I'm going to be all over the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VikingGrrrl Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 18 minutes ago, Raylenth said: Unfortunately the branch line doesn't operate during the week, so you can get to Earls C OK, but the train to KO is Sat/Sun only. Except this weekend when it's not working on Sunday! Wait.. the district line from KO is not going on Sunday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raylenth Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 3 minutes ago, VikingGrrrl said: Wait.. the district line from KO is not going on Sunday? No. Discovered that on Friday when I was double checking the route, it's not showing as closed on the advanced works tab but putting EC to KO on the journey planner gives you bus routes and the tube/walking via surrounding stations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raylenth Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 I can't add it from the screen cap without uploading it and I can't be bothered but check the TFL route planner from EC for Sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicAvatar Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 8 minutes ago, VikingGrrrl said: Wait.. the district line from KO is not going on Sunday? It's not going TO KO on Sunday in the morning. But in theory it should be OK to go FROM KO in the afternoon once the bike ride is over (roads are estimated to reopen at 14:45). I've done a test for 3pm and the line is running then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VikingGrrrl Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 I just put it into the planner on https://tfl.gov.uk/plan-a-journey/ and it shows that it's running. I put in KO to Victoria, because that's what I'll be taking to get to the airport. It says KO to Earls to Victoria.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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