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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2014 13:43:31 GMT
You know how it is. You've got your head in a book and only realize when you suddenly see a heap of standees in front of you and the doors are already closing. Missed King's Cross St. Pancras this morning so decided to u-turn at the next stop, Russell Square. I was anticipating a quick walk over to the other platform for the train back to King's Cross. Couldn't find a way over without heading up the stairs to the lifts and going down onto the eastbound that way. Seems a very awkward station for getting from westbound to eastbound.
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Post by trt on Dec 8, 2014 14:18:49 GMT
Any station where the platforms are outside the track would necessitate a vertical displacement in order to reach the other direction. e.g. Euston if you overshoot Warren Street on the Victoria line, Holborn on the Central Line, Chancery Lane, St. Paul's, Aldgate etc.
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Post by gantshill on Dec 8, 2014 15:20:16 GMT
Would the worse be missing Imperial Wharf when travelling southbound on a Southern train service and having to walk from platform 17 to platform 1 at Clapham Junction to catch a London Overground train back?
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Post by theblackferret on Dec 8, 2014 16:13:36 GMT
You know how it is. You've got your head in a book and only realize when you suddenly see a heap of standees in front of you and the doors are already closing. Missed King's Cross St. Pancras this morning so decided to u-turn at the next stop, Russell Square. I was anticipating a quick walk over to the other platform for the train back to King's Cross. Couldn't find a way over without heading up the stairs to the lifts and going down onto the eastbound that way. Seems a very awkward station for getting from westbound to eastbound. Actually, I think it would also depend on the station you've overshot & the line on which you overshot. In your case, that was a really busy stop you missed, and only one line going back to it, so, even if the train back is just across the corridor/passageway, you could be waiting three or four trains to even get onto a return train. Bank, on Central or Northern Lines, is the prime example of that conundrum, and there are others, Earl's Court and Green Park amongst them.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2014 16:40:40 GMT
Whereas at Clapham North you'd scarcely have to move
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Post by Hassaan on Dec 8, 2014 17:17:22 GMT
Would the worse be missing Imperial Wharf when travelling southbound on a Southern train service and having to walk from platform 17 to platform 1 at Clapham Junction to catch a London Overground train back? Most hours the Southern service in the opposite direction is only a few minutes later, so you just have to go to P16. Even better if it is one of those that don't continue south from Clapham Junction, which means you wouldn't even have to change trains to go back!
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Post by bassmike on Dec 9, 2014 1:15:08 GMT
Oh dear oh dear.
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Post by v52gc on Dec 9, 2014 8:52:11 GMT
Slightly OT but on a similar note, try missing the Northbound M11 exit for Stansted! Bang, 25 miles - half an hour added to the trip!
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Post by whistlekiller2000 on Dec 9, 2014 9:10:36 GMT
I think the lesson learnt from this thread is to pay attention when travelling!
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Post by norbitonflyer on Dec 9, 2014 9:35:35 GMT
Slightly OT but on a similar note, try missing the Northbound M11 exit for Stansted! Bang, 25 miles - half an hour added to the trip! It's actually nearer thirty miles for the round trip to Junction 9a, but even longer is the penalty for missing Junction 2a on the M26, which is a 36 mile round trip to the next exit (by which time you have merged with the M25) and back
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Post by trt on Dec 9, 2014 13:03:44 GMT
Is there a deep level station where you'd have to return to the surface (or just below) to perform that manoeuvre?
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Post by gantshill on Dec 9, 2014 13:32:27 GMT
How about Embankment - Northern line as a station for having to come up some way before going back down?
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Post by Chris M on Dec 9, 2014 13:43:23 GMT
Is there a deep level station where you'd have to return to the surface (or just below) to perform that manoeuvre? Finsbury Park?
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Post by ducatisti on Dec 11, 2014 14:30:48 GMT
not an up and down, but the sinking feeling when you miss Bank going north on the northern and realise you are at the wrong end of the car that doesn't have all doors open when you get to Moorgate on a crowded train. *waits for Old Street*
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Post by gantshill on Dec 11, 2014 16:35:27 GMT
Not quite the same, but growing up in Gants Hill (hence the user name), you had to be sure to get a train going on the right branch. My Dad when he commuted would occasionally end up at Snaresbrook. (After all if you jumped on a 1962 stock train that was in the platform it wasn't always easy to find out where it was going.) Get out at Snaresbrook, back down to Leytonstone, under the subway and then get on a another train. There was one time when my Dad managed to go back for a second visit to Snaresbrook.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2014 16:57:53 GMT
Not quite the same, but growing up in Gants Hill (hence the user name), you had to be sure to get a train going on the right branch. My Dad when he commuted would occasionally end up at Snaresbrook. (After all if you jumped on a 1962 stock train that was in the platform it wasn't always easy to find out where it was going.) Get out at Snaresbrook, back down to Leytonstone, under the subway and then get on a another train. There was one time when my Dad managed to go back for a second visit to Snaresbrook. A very common problem. I think possibly just slightly beaten by the fun that can ensue at Woodford when the Hainault train from Roding Valley is reversed back to Roding Valley in platform 2 (normally the main westbound platform into central London). Partly this can be fun because the train to Hainault via Roding Valley (and thence on to central London) usually leaves from platform 3, which is over the footbridge, so people wanting to go towards Hainault may have to do a bit of walking - occasionally in a hurry - to change platforms. But it's much worse for anyone for central London who hops on the Hainault train without checking (especially post-announcement if the doors are closing) and finds themselves at Roding Valley in error
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Post by theblackferret on Dec 11, 2014 17:23:17 GMT
Not quite the same, but growing up in Gants Hill (hence the user name), you had to be sure to get a train going on the right branch. My Dad when he commuted would occasionally end up at Snaresbrook. (After all if you jumped on a 1962 stock train that was in the platform it wasn't always easy to find out where it was going.) Get out at Snaresbrook, back down to Leytonstone, under the subway and then get on a another train. There was one time when my Dad managed to go back for a second visit to Snaresbrook. Bet your Dad was thrilled about that one time, unless there's something about a Snaresbrook that is fine, fine, fine to quote the old advert, that only he was aware of!
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Post by whistlekiller2000 on Dec 11, 2014 18:16:03 GMT
Not quite the same, but growing up in Gants Hill (hence the user name), you had to be sure to get a train going on the right branch. My Dad when he commuted would occasionally end up at Snaresbrook. (After all if you jumped on a 1962 stock train that was in the platform it wasn't always easy to find out where it was going.) Get out at Snaresbrook, back down to Leytonstone, under the subway and then get on a another train. There was one time when my Dad managed to go back for a second visit to Snaresbrook. A mate of mine was forever doing this except he just used to walk from Snaresbrook to Wanstead, which isn't very far, and continue from there. He said it was much quicker.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2014 18:42:43 GMT
Not quite the same, but growing up in Gants Hill (hence the user name), you had to be sure to get a train going on the right branch. My Dad when he commuted would occasionally end up at Snaresbrook. (After all if you jumped on a 1962 stock train that was in the platform it wasn't always easy to find out where it was going.) Get out at Snaresbrook, back down to Leytonstone, under the subway and then get on a another train. There was one time when my Dad managed to go back for a second visit to Snaresbrook. A mate of mine was forever doing this except he just used to walk from Snaresbrook to Wanstead, which isn't very far, and continue from there. He said it was much quicker. These days you'd have to touch out and touch back in at Wanstead, which'd probably get expensive. Obviously you can ring up for a refund, but the time gained by walking between the stations would be lost on the phone ...
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Post by whistlekiller2000 on Dec 11, 2014 19:48:05 GMT
Ah, this was the late seventies.....and he very rarely paid a fare. Apparently it was quite easy then! He ended up a very wealthy merchant banker so his misspent youth served him well........
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Post by 1018509 on Dec 11, 2014 22:00:05 GMT
Reminds me of a colleague way back. Used to take a drink at a pub in Hounslow. Lived in Colnbrook. Takes the 81 bus (Hounslow/Slough) straight along the Bath Road. Boards bus at Hounslow - sleeps - wakes up at Slough - remains on bus - sleeps wakes up at Hounslow. Did it all again, I believe, before he got home.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2014 14:09:43 GMT
Is there a deep level station where you'd have to return to the surface (or just below) to perform that manoeuvre? Mile End? I recall getting fed up of waiting for a H&C service to King's Cross at Stepney Green and then I had to climb up the stairs and then down again to reach the westbound Central/H&C and District Line platforms. Finsbury Park as well, though the U turn is even more ghastly.
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Post by superteacher on Dec 13, 2014 17:48:49 GMT
Is there a deep level station where you'd have to return to the surface (or just below) to perform that manoeuvre? Mile End? I recall getting fed up of waiting for a H&C service to King's Cross at Stepney Green and then I had to climb up the stairs and then down again to reach the westbound Central/H&C and District Line platforms. Finsbury Park as well, though the U turn is even more ghastly. Mile End isn't classed as a deep level station though.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2014 19:14:02 GMT
Mile End? I recall getting fed up of waiting for a H&C service to King's Cross at Stepney Green and then I had to climb up the stairs and then down again to reach the westbound Central/H&C and District Line platforms. Finsbury Park as well, though the U turn is even more ghastly. Mile End isn't classed as a deep level station though. It isn't? I thought it was deep level because of the Central Line.
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Post by superteacher on Dec 13, 2014 19:26:13 GMT
Mile End isn't classed as a deep level station though. It isn't? I thought it was deep level because of the Central Line. The Central is a deep level line, but at Mile End it's at the same level as the District / H&C, which is only just below the surface.
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Post by Tomcakes on Dec 13, 2014 20:12:59 GMT
King's Cross Picc at 7am on a Sunday morning can be interesting - the first few NB trains reversing there - although staff tend to make copious announcements, there will invariably be one or two people who get taken the wrong way!
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Post by t697 on Dec 14, 2014 14:02:59 GMT
Not quite the same, but growing up in Gants Hill (hence the user name), you had to be sure to get a train going on the right branch. My Dad when he commuted would occasionally end up at Snaresbrook. (After all if you jumped on a 1962 stock train that was in the platform it wasn't always easy to find out where it was going.) Get out at Snaresbrook, back down to Leytonstone, under the subway and then get on a another train. There was one time when my Dad managed to go back for a second visit to Snaresbrook. A few years ago on an 'A' stock northbound from Finchley Road, next stop Harrow: Tourist: Does this stop at Wembley Park? Me: No, sorry you needed an all stations train. Never mind, you can take a train back from Harrow to Wembley Park. Tourist: Darn, this is my second time around! Missed it both ways!
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