Where can I find...? When you know the information must be here, but can't find it)
I figured I turn my current predicament into a potentially useful thread. Figured it would make sense to have a thread where people can ask 'directions' to threads covering a topic if they can't find it despite trying their best.
What I was looking for is an up to date LCY arrival guide. I looked but failed, and I was half sure it is there somewhere. Is there a thread that helps someone without 'the knowledge' find the easiest/cheapest/fastest/most frustrating way to get from LCY to - in my case - Chiswell Street, City of London (London City Suites hotel). I arrive on Sunday evening around 7PM. I think I read that Uber pick ups are frustratingly hard, cabs very expensive and I have a runner's injury, so I can't (don't want to) walk for miles either. Point me or help me please! Thanks! |
According to citymapper app, DLR to West Ham and then Hammersmith & City tube to Barbican followed by a 6 minute walk.
Total fare (oyster or contactless card) is £2.40; estimated journey time 46 minutes. Sit at the front of the first train and rear of the second. |
Not sure quite where on Chiswell St the hotel is but the DLR to Bank would be around half an hour then you'd be just over 1/2 a mile away so a 10-15min walk or short black cab ride.
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Yes I don't recall a LCY Arrivals Thread, and I think I would have remembered it. So you were indeed looking for the impossible. BA FT loves a bit of Mornington Crescent, so there are loads of threads about various ways around airports, but not a LCY Arrivals per se.
DLR is built into LCY, it's not very far, under 200 metres, impossible to miss, and frankly the fastest/cheapest option. Just remember that on DLR you must tap in and out (the tube connection will handle the out bit). Look upwards just before taking the escalators for the signs for the touch pads. If you're on an escalator untapped, you've gone too far. |
Thanks. Tapping is Oyster Card? I won't be in London that often, so a day card seems more logical and that is a paper ticket that I can buy at the DLR station I guess. Paper don't tap though.
I am hopeless at public transport. Haven't even used it in my own country in over 10 years. The only PT I like is the subway in NYC. :) I find that most options are inconvenient for the very occasional user. How much is a cab from LCY? Thanks for the information all! ^ |
See this post in the UK and Ireland forum:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/8701712-post5.html Citymapper, google maps, and the TfL planner would be where I would turn to plan routes from LCY. |
Originally Posted by jerry a. laska
(Post 26646095)
See this post in the UK and Ireland forum:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/8701712-post5.html Citymapper, google maps, and the TfL planner would be where I would turn to plan routes from LCY. |
Originally Posted by henkybaby
(Post 26646083)
Thanks. Tapping is Oyster Card?
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Originally Posted by corporate-wage-slave
(Post 26646137)
Or your bank card if it has a contactless sign on it.
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I have contactless payment on my bank card (for which you have to almost press it against the machine, so what's in a name....) as well as my MasterCard. And now I am intrigued enough to try it. I need to be dragged kicking and screaming into this century.
It seems much better than the OV chipkaart. Lots of problems there and heads have rolled. This is so much more logical than yet another payment card. |
Originally Posted by henkybaby
(Post 26646182)
I have contactless payment on my bank card (for which you have to almost press it against the machine, so what's in a name....) as well as my MasterCard. And now I am intrigued enough to try it. I need to be dragged kicking and screaming into this century.
It seems much better than the OV chipkaart. Lots of problems there and heads have rolled. This is so much more logical than yet another payment card. Some contactless card/applepay issues with regard to their use in London are discussed here: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/u-k-i...-pay-tube.html https://contactless.tfl.gov.uk/ http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/u-k-i...nd-london.html |
Originally Posted by 710 77345
(Post 26646156)
Note though that some Dutch cards won't work though, so be prepared to buy a paper ticket!
Had no idea my card did contactless payment :eek: |
On the topic of finding things on here, one personal recommendation is Google - remember it's the most powerful search engine there is.
Type site:flyertalk.com then a space and your query - it's often considerably more powerful than the built in forum search :) |
Originally Posted by hcuk94
(Post 26646435)
On the topic of finding things on here, one personal recommendation is Google - remember it's the most powerful search engine there is.
Type site:flyertalk.com then a space and your query - it's often considerably more powerful than the built in forum search :) |
Originally Posted by bluemoon68
(Post 26646025)
According to citymapper app, DLR to West Ham and then Hammersmith & City tube to Barbican followed by a 6 minute walk.
Total fare (oyster or contactless card) is £2.40; estimated journey time 46 minutes. Sit at the front of the first train and rear of the second. |
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