Kings Cross To Waterloo via Tube?
ElliotSaunders
Posts: 403 Forum Member
✭
Hello,
Just a quick question - how long roughly does it take to get from Kings Cross To Waterloo? according to the trainline where I had booked some tickets, that leg of the journey is over an hour, does it really take that long?
Just a quick question - how long roughly does it take to get from Kings Cross To Waterloo? according to the trainline where I had booked some tickets, that leg of the journey is over an hour, does it really take that long?
0
Comments
TFL journey planner:
http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/user/XSLT_TRIP_REQUEST2?language=en
You could walk between the stations in an hour.
........or Piccadilly to Leicester Square, and then the Northern down to Waterloo.
Hey! This isn't a game of Mornington Crescent, is it?
If it's a middle leg, and you're catching an onward train from Waterloo it could simply be that the onward connections are hourly.
So for example you arrive @ KC 17:00 and the trainline allows 20 mins for the connection so estimates you arrive @ W 17:20.
Now if the trains leave waterloo at 17:15, 18:15 etc then it will show you departing on the 18:15
Best bet is to look at the individual legs of the journey as you may well have to wait around that long
But only on a Wednesday and the second Monday of each month.
Alternatively just walk to Euston and catch one tube train.
Also factor in that if your not a regular tube traveller you will probably have to stop to read signs.
Both stations are in Zone 1 so as long as you don't go outside Zone 1 (no sensible journey suggestion for this particular journey will take you outside of Zone 1) you just need to get a ticket/Travelcard or Oyster Pre-Pay to cover that journey.
No, the trainline allows for an hour to take any Tube journey in London just to make sure you don't miss your onward connection. That's why I always book tickets separately when I know it doesn't take nearly that long.
And just as an aside, don't use the trainline to book tickets in future, they charge booking fees and all sorts that the train companies themselves and national express don't. You can book on any train company's website even if you're not going to be using one of their trains, so the likes of East Coast, East Midlands and First Great Western are better sites to book on as they don't even charge postage
If your train from Waterloo stops at Vauxhall, then the Victoria line from KX to there is both frequent and speedy. The only drawback is that some of the platforms at Vauxhall are up steep flights of steps.
I hate the tube, and usally use the 59 bus for that journey.
You pick it up across the main road from the station, and it drops you off across the road from Waterloo. It runs every 6-7 minutes, though journey time can't be predicted. From 20 minutes upwards.
I agree too. If you walk to Euston there's a fair few steps, not good with luggage. If you change at Bank for Waterloo and City, there's a long walk between lines.
I'd say 30 minutes is a good estimate from train station to train station. Remember it takes a good 5-8 minutes to get from train platform at Kings Cross to tube platform and then there's waiting for the train too. At Waterloo it's not so large so won't take as long to get from tube to train station.