Getting to Parsons Green

[geneverve]

I need to get to Sulivan Road, SW6 3DU tomorrow afternoon for a job interview and the tube strike has thrown my route into slight chaos. The nearest station is Parson's Green, apparently about 15mins walk away. I've tried the TFL website but it all looks very involved so just thought I'd see if anyone has any suggestions? I live on Peckham Rye side of ED so either station is easy for me. Any help would be much appreciated!

[grabot]

Probably your best bet is to get the 37 bus to Putney and then walk the rest of the way. If you can, to be on the absolute safe side, allow a couple of hours for the journey and get a coffee in Putney if you are early.

[beckygzon]

Would be much faster to get train from denmark hill to victoria, about 9 minutes, then get the 11 bus all the way to parsons green, once you've cleared the kings road it will take no time at all, I;d say 20/30 minutes tops.

[acer]

or get the train from Peckham Rye to Victoria, then a bus along the Kings Road - should be quicker than the Putney route I would have thought. Good luck!

[Jeremy]

Wandsworth Town station isn't too far away, you should be able to get there with a couple of changes.

Any route which starts with "get the 37 bus" is not really worth considering if you need to be there at a particular time.

[grabot]

It's the route I take to Craven Cottage. It works pretty well as only one form of transport is involved. It's easy to say: ten minutes on this train, 10 minutes on that bus, aggregate it up and treat that as the total. That ignores time: getting to train stations, waiting for buses and trains, getting between buses and trains etc. I remember a house builder in the area suggesting that a trip from East Dulwich to Greenwich takes 20 minutes. Fine with the aid of teleportation and perfectly synchronised transport. Anyway, whatever you do, do not assume that you can get from ED to Parson's Green in 40 minutes on the day of a strike. You may be very lucky, but it would be a risk. Victoria is traditionally where camera crews converge on strike days to film people's desperation to get on buses. Equally, however strikes can be complete non-events with largely functioning public transport and a slightly lower number of people using it.

[geneverve]

Thanks for all of your very helpful suggestions - much better than TFL! Out of pure laziness I'm going to try the 37 as if I can just stay on one mode of transport the whole way I'm always much happier!

[geneverve]

Thought it only proper that I update everyone on the success of my journey. 3The 37 took exactly 45 minutes from East Dulwich Road to Alma Rd, Walworth. The walk to the office on the otherside of the river probably about 20minutes. I allowed a ridiculous amount of time to get there so as always was ridiculously early and discovered the office was in a very residential area completely void of any cafes or shops! But I am extremely thankful for all your help and always love it when I can get there and back for the bargain price of 2 quid! (oh and I got the job, but it's only agency waitressing so can't get too excited!)

[sophiesofa]

Well done on the job. It's not by chance with Off to work is it? I did agency waitressing for a while a few years ago with them.

[geneverve]

No, Esprit Group, but my housemate also did agency waitressing with another company in that area so think there are a few!