travel to the ritz hotel

[Mike Dodd]

My son has just started work at the Ritz hotel he is only 17 teen do you know the cheapest means of getting there ,at the moment he is catching the 37 to Brixton then tube to green park . Is this the best way need all the help we can get on this ..thankyou await your response

[Fiacre]

Allow plenty of time but why not catch a 12 to piccadilly and walk the last 5 minutes, only one bus fare each way.

[Marmora Man]

All depends on your start point - the No 12 goes from Dulwich Library to Oxford Circus, stopping just before and after Piccadilly Circus, which is a short walk to the Ritz. Two Oyster journeys a day would, I think, cost ?2.80 - so good value, tho' the journey time would be about 50 mins each way but he should be sure of a seat on the inbound journey.

[zeban]

I'd say 63/363 to Elephant and Castle. Then pick up the 12 from there. Otherwise it takes for ever on the 12.

[karter]

zeban, 63/363 from where?, from ed?

[pk]

at 17 if he should be able to get a week's bus pass for ?8.30 with an appropriate oyster

[zeban]

Yes Karter, the Peckham Rye park end of ED. That's where you get the 12 too.

[witsd]

176 to Trafalgar Square, then walk for five minutes. From Goose Green, that would be about an hour, maybe a little longer between 7 and 9.

[zeban]

It's alot quicker to get the 63/363 to Elephant and then picking up the 12 or 176, rather than the 12 or 176 all the way but getting just the one bus is cheaper obviously. Bus pass sounds like an idea?

[witsd]

Depends where they have been picking the 37 up from. If at Goose Green area, 176 only is faster than getting to a (3)63 point by a long way. Plus, with a bus pass, you get a huge amount of other possible bus combinations along the same route. (There can sometimes be days when the fastest route is P13, 68, 1, 11, for example)

[Applespider]

If he's got a bike, has he thought about cycling it? It should take less than 30 minutes even if he doesn't push it. Many companies do have showers/bike storage these days and then it would be free. The other benefit is a more or less fixed time for the commute which isn't always the case with other public transport.

If not, then a bus pass so he can take any route is probably cheapest.

[Mike Dodd]

Thankyou everyone for your help going to get buss pass and try the 12 bus .We did think about a bike but with is shift pattern sometimes not finishing till 1 o clock in the morning ,I dont know how safe he would be as he is still in Devon mode

[mashton]

It's safer to cycle late at might, with less traffic. You should be able to get free cycle training through Southwark.

Definitely cycle it.

[PeckhamRose]

Good luck to him at The Ritz!

My Grandad used to be the Head Doorman / Concierge at The Ritz, and the other day I was idly passing by (no, not Saturday!) and popped in and there was a man working there who - as a boy - learned everything he knew from my Grandad and still worked there as now as Head Porter. My best wishes to your son!!

[Mike Dodd]

Thanks Peckham rose, what a lovely surprize for you to find this young man still working there and remembering your Grandfather,, My son has just started as a chef so a wonderful start to his career in such a grand setting

[Andyk]

I work round the corner from there. My favourite route is 185 to victoria and then nice 15 minute walk past buckingham palace and through green park. Can take slightly longer during term times going past camberwell but generally done in 50 minutes. And if running late can hop on tube at either vauxhall or victoria and make up the time on the tube to green park.

[PeckhamRose]

Mike Dodd, the man who remembers my Grandad was a young man when he started there but is now in his sixties; this was a long time ago! I hope your son has a great time and indeed the above post involving walking through the parks and round Buck House sounds lovely... and healthy too!

[Alex K]

I like PeckhamRose's story about her grandfather and his heritage at the Ritz.