East London Line

[edcam]

It started today. We went to Bond Street for a bit of Chrimbo shopping via Canada Water from Denmark Hill. Loved it! Very quick, very easy and very comfortable.

The chaos of pre-Christmas West End was much soothed by such an uncomplicated journey. I expect it will be a little more hectic at peak hours but overall I think it will be a big bonus for the area.

[benmorg]

Bond St (south end) was a 15-20 minute journey from DH with the Victoria service & tube. Dare I ask how long it took via Canada Water?

[edcam]

I've done the journey via Victoria countless times and have never, ever made it in 15-20 mins! I'm not sure that was possible.

It was 26 mins via CW. I'd have called that a good journey time via Victoria (and without the tube interchange misery.)

[Huggers]

today went from Peckham Rye to Shoreditch high street for bethnal green where I was doing a weekend workshop.Yesterday I did it by driving to Brockley. wonderful!

[benmorg]

edcam Wrote:

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> I've done the journey via Victoria countless times

> and have never, ever made it in 15-20 mins!

Really?? DH to Victoria is 9 mins and Green Park is only one stop away on the Victoria Line. I can understand it taking longer to get to Bond Street Station, but Bond St itself was a quick hop via the train.

[womanofdulwich]

If you have ever got to Victoria mainline station at 8.20 am and thought you could just get on the victoria line- believe me its not that easy- queues/ platforms closed until queues clear. It can take at least 10 mins from getting off the train to getting on to the victoria line train north bound.:(

[LondonMix]

Agree, in the rush hour 15-20 min is totally impossible

womanofdulwich Wrote:

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> If you have ever got to Victoria mainline station

> at 8.20 am and thought you could just get on the

> victoria line- believe me its not that easy-

> queues/ platforms closed until queues clear. It

> can take at least 10 mins from getting off the

> train to getting on to the victoria line train

> north bound.:(

[benmorg]

I've always found connecting to the District Line a pain, but Victoria Line quicker.

Still an option in rush hour, but no longer at weekends.

[edcam]

benmorg Wrote:

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> edcam Wrote:

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> > I've done the journey via Victoria countless

> times

> > and have never, ever made it in 15-20 mins!

>

> Really?? DH to Victoria is 9 mins and Green Park

> is only one stop away on the Victoria Line. I can

> understand it taking longer to get to Bond Street

> Station, but Bond St itself was a quick hop via

> the train.

Yes but it's a manically busy interchange, so the journeyntime is hugely variable and often very busy and Green Park station isn't really that central (I.e. not close to anywhere you'd want to go except the parks.)

I suppose my point is that it was a stress-free journey. I've been shopping in town at Christmas since about 1995 and I've never had such an unhassled journey (especially coming home.)

[benmorg]

edcam Wrote:

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> benmorg Wrote:

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> > edcam Wrote:

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> > > I've done the journey via Victoria countless

> > times

> > > and have never, ever made it in 15-20 mins!

> >

> > Really?? DH to Victoria is 9 mins and Green

> Park

> > is only one stop away on the Victoria Line. I

> can

> > understand it taking longer to get to Bond

> Street

> > Station, but Bond St itself was a quick hop via

> > the train.

>

> Yes but it's a manically busy interchange, so the

> journeyntime is hugely variable and often very

> busy and Green Park station isn't really that

> central (I.e. not close to anywhere you'd want to

> go except the parks.)

>

> I suppose my point is that it was a stress-free

> journey. I've been shopping in town at Christmas

> since about 1995 and I've never had such an

> unhassled journey (especially coming home.)

Interesting. I will give the same route a try at the weekend.

[edcam]

Enjoy!

[StraferJack]

Green park station is bout 5 min walk to Piccadilly Circus and little more than that to Oxford st

How can you call it not central?

[edcam]

You'd have to have extremely long legs to get to Oxford St in 5 mins!

[StraferJack]

more like 10-12 minutes but is that so bad? And you're basically walking up Bond St so yeah I'd say you were "central"

[Southeast Twenty Stu]

Surely the best route to bond street would previously have been via London bridge? Can't see how going out to Canada Water to get on further down the jubilee line can be quicker / easier.

[Lowlander]

Try changing at Canada Water during the rush hour! That's a long wait.

[greenwater]

Interested to know how people found it travelling east this morning? Any what gets?

[edcam]

StraferJack Wrote:

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> more like 10-12 minutes but is that so bad? And

> you're basically walking up Bond St so yeah I'd

> say you were "central"

You're rather missing the point here. I'm sorry if you don't see an easier (specific)journey as a positive but not much I can do about that!

[StraferJack]

your point was " Green Park station isn't really that central (I.e. not close to anywhere you'd want to go except the parks.) " and my point is that that's not really true

Other people may have their issues with the route you took, but I'm not one of them - I was just picking up on that specific point

[Miss P]

Please excuse my silly question - I avoid the tube due to dreadful claustrophobia & I would like to use the ELL but am concerned about the bit where it must go under the Thames. Can anyone tell me if it's remotely like being on the tube?

I would like to try it out tomorrow as an alternative route to work, but it's not a good look to turn up pale and shaking.....

[Michael Palaeologus]

Miss P, its like going through a shortish tunnel on a normal train.

The Overground trains are proper train sized AND there are no walls between the carriages, which makes looking down the length of the train as it goes rounds bends quite groovy.

On the whole, a positive addition to the transport system.

[JohnL]

Changing at Canada Water between 8 and 9 is a nightmare - there's a bottleneck at the escalator.

I'll use Peckham Rye to Clapham/Chelsea and Shep Bush though.

[Peckhamrye]

I work in Rotherhithe so this morning got the train at Peckham Rye to Rotherhithe - took me just under 15 minutes compared to 35 minutes on a rickety, noisy, unreliable P12. I'm a convert.

[Miss P]

Marvellous, thank you Michael, will be brave! Plan to change onto DLR at Shadwell.

Can't bare the P12 or 381 any longer with their crazy twisty routes!

Will miss the Hilton Ferry over the river though.

[greenwater]

I was worried about the change at Canada water. Not as great as we might have hoped then for those of us hoping for a much quicker commute to Canary Wharf?