Commute from City Thameslink to ED?

[Jess2008]

Hi, I have just moved into the area and am having trouble finding the quickest way from City Thameslink back to ED. There seems to be quite a gap between 5.30pm until 6.15pm. Is there an alternative route?

Thanks

[littleEDfamily]

I'm guessing you would normally get the train to Denmark Hill. You could try the 63 bus... not my favoured option. Or get the 17 bus from Ludgate Circus to London Bridge (or walk if sunny) and get train from there. Another option is City Thameslink to Herne Hill and the 37 bus from Half Moon Lane (be cautious with this approach, as we have waited over 30 min for a bus).

[SeanMacGabhann]

I work next to the City Thameslink - and I get a 63 back to the Rye and walk across from there or get a 45 and change at Camberwell

I have sometimes used the train itself - but by the time I clamber around platforms and wait for the thing to move, I find it easier to just sit on a bus and read something and be done with it

[halicon]

Get the train to Tulse Hill, then change for East Dulwich there.

[ianr]

halicon Wrote:

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> Get the train to Tulse Hill, then change for East

> Dulwich there.

Journey times 28-36'. All available at http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/en/pj/jp

[SteveT]

According to my rail map,

Thameslink to London bridge, (the one that goes to East Croydon and beyond).

and change at London bridge onto the East Dulwich line.

[VHart]

Go from Blackfriars - trains are 12 minutes and 43 minutes past (stops at Denmark Hill or Peckham Rye).

[charlottep]

I work opposite City Thameslink and my journey varies depending on which train arrives at the platform first. I either take a brighton train to london bridge and switch platforms to catch the east dulwich train, or I take a sutton train and change at tulse hill, or I take a sevenoaks train and get off at denmark hill and catch a bus down the hill to east dulwich. You could also take the sevenoaks train to peckham rye and change to an east dulwich train from there. All these routes are pretty efficient and you can normally get a seat.

My preferred route is the sevenoaks train to denmark hill and then the bus. It generally takes about 30 mins door to door, which isn't bad at all. My least preferred route is via tulse hill, the connections often don't work too well in my experience.

[mlteenie]

Depends where in ED you live. I often get the train to Herne Hill and walk from there or jump on the 37.

[OutOfFocus]

halicon Wrote:

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> Get the train to Tulse Hill, then change for East

> Dulwich there.

Which I believe needs a zone 3 travelcard. Not sure about other tickets

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