Need to get to Earls Court

aljdavie · 22/04/12 - 20:48

Hi Everyone,

I need get a coach from Cardiff to Earls Court,

National Express seem to stop all over London, but I have no idea what the closest place is.

Does anyone know ?

Thanks

BirthdayGirl · 22/04/12 - 20:50

Have you thought about ringing National Express????

Baboo Yagu · 22/04/12 - 20:51

A 10s search later, and

You'll arrive at London Victoria Coach station. Then simply hop on the District Line to Earl's Court. To get to Olympia just change at Earl's Court.

http://www.eco.co.uk/p/coach/115

jojo01 · 22/04/12 - 20:51

Go to London Victoria, then hop on the District Line straight to Earls Court.

InkyPinky · 22/04/12 - 20:51

BirthdayGirl wrote: »

Have you thought about ringing National Express????

This might be a plan

jojo01 · 22/04/12 - 20:52

Baboo Yagu wrote: »

10s search later, and

http://www.eco.co.uk/p/coach/115

D'oh you beat me

But just to add, tubes from Earls Court to Olympia are now very restricted (posssibly only to weekends if I remember rightly).

BirthdayGirl · 22/04/12 - 20:52

InkyPinky wrote: »

This might be a plan

You would think, eh? :rolleyes:

Mint · 22/04/12 - 20:53

Maybe Victoria Station and then the District Line.

jojo01 · 22/04/12 - 20:54

To be fair to the OP, some random on the phone at the National Express office may have no idea about London's geography!

JamesC81 · 22/04/12 - 20:55

when i went to cardiff years ago i left/returned at victoria as the others said go there and a short underground trip to earls court

Cruachan · 22/04/12 - 20:59

If the coach is coming in along the M4/A4 would it not pass along the north side of Earls Court?

Perhaps it'd be possible to alight there before the coach reaches Victoria Coach Station. I'd a quick look but could not find details of the precise route/stops on the National Express website.

OP, contact National Express and ask.

jojo01 · 22/04/12 - 21:09

Cruachan wrote: »

If the coach is coming in along the M4/A4 would it not pass along the north side of Earls Court?

Perhaps it'd be possible to alight there before the coach reaches Victoria Coach Station. I'd a quick look but could not find details of the precise route/stops on the National Express website.

OP, contact National Express and ask.

Very likely, I see lots of them along Kensington High street. But I don't think there's a drop off point around there, I've never seen one stop and let people off in which case it'll just carry on to Hyde Park Corner, turn right and towards Victoria.

aljdavie · 22/04/12 - 21:12

Thanks everyone:)

[Deleted User] · 22/04/12 - 21:14

Some National Express coaches stop at Hammersmith, then you can get either Piccadilly or District to Earl's Court. It's 5 minutes away on the Tube from Hammersmith.

jra · 23/04/12 - 06:36

aljdavie wrote: »

Hi Everyone,

I need get a coach from Cardiff to Earls Court,

National Express seem to stop all over London, but I have no idea what the closest place is.

Does anyone know ?

Thanks

As pointed out, probably Victoria Coach Station.

In any event, wherever you stop off in London, if you buy a one day travelcard you can travel all day on the tube, buses, DLR and railways within zones 1-9 for a fixed price.

Prices.
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/14416.aspx

Zones
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/standard-tube-map.pdf

rhod · 23/04/12 - 06:52

No need to go all the way to Victoria.

If you tell the National Express driver that you want to stop at Earl's Court when you board the bus, he will drop you off near the big Tescos on West Cromwell Road.

[Deleted User] · 23/04/12 - 09:08

When I was a student 20 years ago getting from uni in kent to home in Cardiff, the National Express coach used to stop at Earls Court shortly after leaving Victoria. I don't know if they still do that route, and I assume if they did they would do it in reverse.

essexpete · 23/04/12 - 09:10

Earls Court was once an Aussie ghetto in London

John259 · 23/04/12 - 09:25

If you do end up at Victoria Coach Station, it's a walk of about 300 yards up Buckingham Palace Road to Victoria Railway Station where the underground station is.

DianaFire · 23/04/12 - 09:44

They'll probably stop at Earls Court tube for you if you ask when you get on. My sister's got off the coach there before.

oldhag · 23/04/12 - 10:04

essexpete wrote: »

Earls Court was once an Aussie ghetto in London

Oh yes, I lived in London at the time. Private Eye mag used to have a very funny cartoon strip about Barry Mackenzie the Earls Court Aussie I only remember one in which he 'pointed Peter at the porcelain.'

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