No. 12 to Elephant

[timtim]

Hi guys,

I need to get to Paddington for 8am tomorrow to take a train to Glastonbury.

Any ideas how long the No 12 should take from Barry Road to Elephant&Castle?

Accoriding to TFL website, this is the least painful way for me to get to Paddington.

Thanks!

[Mrs Y]

Hi,

You could also take the 63 bus to E & C which takes about 25-30 mins.

[ojm]

I do this quite regularly... Tend to leave Barry Rd about 06:25 and get to Elephant no later than 7. Allow 45 mins to be safe, but shouldn't take that long.

[jollybaby]

If you're leaving before 8 it shouldn't take too long - about 30 mins - anytime after that can be a nightmare through camberwell.

[seanmlow]

63 is much faster.........12 goes all through Peckham

[Asset]

depends what end of Barry, you could get a 176 or 40 from LL too. It will take about 40 mins.

[ontheedge]

343 is fasted really. the blackfriars train also stops at elephant from peckham rye. I take 63 every morning faster than twelve and very frequent

[Anon]

Or train from ED or Peck Rye to London Bridge (10mins) then Jubilee line up and across to Bakerloo. Just an idea.

[Loz]

Blackfriars train goes from Denmark Hill too.

[ClareC]

Fatest way to Paddington is to catch the 7.15 train to London Bridge from East Dulwich, then get the Jubilee line to Baker street and then the Bakerloo to Paddington. I usually get to Paddington about 7.50 on that route. The tube change is easy its just over the platform.

[JohnL]

Yep - thats how I go now.

Caught the 436 straight there from Peckham once or twice to save on zone 1 ticket - but still took an hour.

The train ticket to London Bridge included the cost of the tube to paddington I think.

ClareC Wrote:

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> Fatest way to Paddington is to catch the 7.15

> train to London Bridge from East Dulwich, then get

> the Jubilee line to Baker street and then the

> Bakerloo to Paddington. I usually get to

> Paddington about 7.50 on that route. The tube

> change is easy its just over the platform.

[bignumber5]

I think we debated this one

before

.

I'm a fan of no.12 to Lambeth North (less of an underground maze with overground rush hour than l'elephant) then bakerloo to Paddington. Not necessarily the fastest but the best balance between fast and low number of changes - particularly with luggage, as gets you on both bus and tube early enough in their journey to get seated and entrenched with your bags.

PS: just seen why timtim started this thread - may be a bit late, sorry!