Huntingdon to London By Train Excellent!
By Elephant63 | Saturday, August 28, 2010, 10:11
I have not taken the train into London from Huntingdon very often since moving here. Twice in fact, both times work related. Yesterday was the third time.
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Trains to London, Excellent
A few years back I use to commute daily from Kent into Victoria station and on into the office so I am aware that the early morning run with deadlines, overcrowding and delays is generally not a pleasant experience, but I just wanted to redress the balance with a good train experience.
Yesterday we took a First Capital Connect train from Huntingdon into Kings Cross London. We travelled after 10am so we could get an off peak day return and planned to come back after seven and a day at the Natural History Museum. The station was clean-ish, the train was very clean and ran on time both ways. The times oblivious helped, the trains were busy but not commuter style packed. The cost was pretty good too. £40 odd pounds for three of us, two adults, one child was I think reasonable. So all in all the train was excellent! The Natural History Museum was great too!
Anyone else had a good experience on our trains?
By the way you can get the tickets in advance from Trainline. Saves queueing.
Photo: psd
Comments
I was lucky Spiralx. I went in the week and off peak. I agree, I would hate to do that journey everyday and in rush hour conditions. Hats off to those of you who it everyday!
By Elephant63 at 11:18 on 01/09/10
ReportApologies for the double reply, but I get this weird "Sorry : s is not defined" when I post, and it fails to load.
By spiralx at 16:51 on 29/08/10
ReportApologies for the double reply, but I get this weird "Sorry : s is not defined" when I post, and it fails to load.
By spiralx at 16:51 on 29/08/10
ReportThe trains are normally fine, esp. after 9:02am - both up to P'boro and going all the way down to London. The costs are something else, though.
I went down in January, to leave some goodies for a friend visiting from overseas, and it cost me about £20 return for a Sunday.
I'd hate to think what 'proper' commuter (pre-9am) costs and travelling conditions are like these days. Last time I did that (last time I will EVER do that) was around 2001. Often there was standing room only, going to London, from St Neots onwards, and often, coming back, all the way to Huntingdon. I did it for about 4 months, in winter, and that was QUITE enough!
By spiralx at 16:48 on 29/08/10
ReportThe trains are normally fine, esp. after 9:02am - both up to P'boro and going all the way down to London. The costs are something else, though.
I went down in January, to leave some goodies for a friend visiting from overseas, and it cost me about £20 return for a Sunday.
I'd hate to think what 'proper' commuter (pre-9am) costs and travelling conditions are like these days. Last time I did that (last time I will EVER do that) was around 2001. Often there was standing room only, going to London, from St Neots onwards, and often, coming back, all the way to Huntingdon. I did it for about 4 months, in winter, and that was QUITE enough!
By spiralx at 16:48 on 29/08/10
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