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Does the spectator journey planner include a walking only option?
The spectator journey planner does not include a walking only option, however, it includes walking links from transport hubs and recommended stations to venues.
However, it does seem to come up with some interesting ideas: Islington to the Olympic Park advises by Overground from H&I, or tube from Angel depending on which Olympic Park venue. But the tube route is Northern to Moorgate, then round to Liv St and then train, whereas any reasonable London would change at Bank for the Central Line...
(a) if you are member of the IOC
(b) if you're not
Maybe they have concluded that the barriers (of which there are still plenty in Twickenham) would impede riot management and they will be replaced just before the event...
I have a ticket (/silver wrist band) for the Mall and have received no notification of any changes.
BTW, anyone else have a ticket for the Mall or Box Hill?
-Rob
Interestingly, its the first time that National Rail have used this interface themselves, East Coast/Southern etc have been using this for a while now...
Anyway, gives an (advance) ticket from Diss to Stratford from £13.85 to £5.30, depending on train time (cheaper the later in the day)
I went to the beach volleyball test event on Tuesday. Before going through the airport-style metal detector arch, the hired goon asked me to remove my glasses and put them in through in the X-ray machine.
I did give him a couple of incredulous really?s, and pointed out that I've never been asked to do such a thing at an airport, but it was easiest to comply. Then my belt buckle set off the metal detector anyway.
I'm going on a tour of the Olympic Park tomorrow, and the list of prohibited items for their security check is incredible. It includes harpoons, animal stunners, ice axes and blowtorches. (One of my colleagues has pointed out that industrial lasers aren't on the list, but I'm not sure I want to risk it.
Not only will I get to avoid the public transport experience, which I am sure will be monumentally depressing, but, as someone for whom London (and England, the UK and in fact the entire Northern hemisphere) is an adopted home, well, it makes me feel very local and that makes me happy.
Best wishes - and here's to more random train crap!
The reason is fairly straightforward - if everyone used the "best" route, then there are certain lines and stations that will collapse pretty quickly. Examples are Bank, London Bridge and Canning Town.
The principle is that Londoners familiar with the network will either use TfL journey planner (which will warn about congested stations but not route around them) or will ignore the SJP route because they "know better". Everyone else will use the less congested SJP routes, and lo, the transport network might actually cope.
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