Where are you travelling in to Waterloo from? Is there the opportunity to catch an earlier train. My experience (mostly with Southeastern and GTR) is that staff will be fine with that if disruption is expected in the badlands.Tks for the above - as I have Advance tickets, there won’t be a problem getting on the following service - then it struck me. Isn’t it strange that when the railway has a problem they can be flexible. If it’s YOU that has the problem (late taxi/bus to station, headache or feeling ill)…. Tough!
Hardly fair 0 is it?
AFAICT this isn’t an option (I’m coming from Portsmouth) But a good idea. Looking at the tube map, is the Jubilee from Waterloo (change at Green Park for Victoria) a better option? It’s one stop less!
Is there no option to change your tickets without penalty?
Don’t ever change between lines at Green Park - it’s a long walk.
Is that route now open all day? If not it may be irrelevant to the time the OP is travelling?
What industrial action is affecting your cross-London connection? Are they instead referring to action at LNER?
To/from Piccadilly line yes, but not between Jubilee and Victoria.
It's very unlikely that the mid-platform exits to the Waterloo subway will be open in early afternoon, unless there's been a very recent change of policy - I haven't seen them open outside the peaks for several years. I'd be ready to get off at the front set of doors, head straight for the gateline and immediately left towards the upper escalators. Once beyond the gateline you need the left bank of lower escalators for the Bakerloo.Industrial Action is on my LNER return to Edinburgh which had been 1430 it has either been retimed or a different train with a 1400 departure (the booked seats are the same which makes me think it’s the former) if I miss it, the next departure I can use if 1600 - it just makes my Edinburgh change later than I would like!
As the assembled wisdom is to avoid the Jubilee like the plague - an Oxford Circus change to the Vic is the winner.
I’ll let you know next Friday if I made it!
The subway tends to be open a lot more frequently these days than it used to be. I think ever since "The Sidings" opened in the old Eurostar part of the station.
The OP is doing the journey northbound (ref posts 9 and 15). Agreed that 30 minutes to KX is doable, I have managed Finsbury Park in 30 minutes from Waterloo though that needs reasonable fitness (e.g. walking down escalators etc.) and a degree of luck with the tube arrivals.
But you could also put it the other way around. The railway offers you a cheaper fare in return for sacrificing flexibility. It’s your choice to accept that fare, and you do so aware of the risk involved. If the railway messes you around and moves you onto another service, they’re not being flexible, but honouring their commitment as close as they can.Isn’t it strange that when the railway has a problem they can be flexible. If it’s YOU that has the problem (late taxi/bus to station, headache or feeling ill)…. Tough!
Hardly fair 0 is it?
Would almost certainly take longer then the tube.
Now I am confused! From Waterloo, I wasn’t aware there would be buffer stops - doesn’t the line come from Elephant & Castle? At Oxford Circus I’m changing to northbound Victoria - or are you assuming I’m going from KX to Waterloo?
I mean the national rail buffer stops at Waterloo at the end of the platform to get you onto the concourse as quickly as possibleNow I am confused! From Waterloo, I wasn’t aware there would be buffer stops - doesn’t the line come from Elephant & Castle? At Oxford Circus I’m changing to northbound Victoria - or are you assuming I’m going from KX to Waterloo?
