Bow Road to Waterloo

[ian1944]

From Bow Road to Waterloo mainline, the options are District to Embankment then Bakerloo or Northern, or District to Westminster then Jubilee. Is one of the three any easier than the others?

 

[Mojo]

Additional options include taking advantage of the cross-platform interchange at Mile End from the District onto the Central, then taking the Waterloo & City to Bank.

Alternatively, consider the Jubilee from West Ham.

If you want to go right into central London then I'd recommend the interchange at Embankment; the Jubilee interchange at Westminster is poor, especially the interchange from Westbound trains.

 

[jopsuk]

I'd suggest District to Embankment and then walk across Hungerford Bridge- by the time you go down to deep level, get a train, travel, get off, get back up from deep level I reckon a walker could have beaten you. Especially if it is rush hour and you're travelling with the flow.

 

[Ivo]

If time is the most important thing, I would go with Mojo's idea of changing twice (at Mile End and Bank). However, whilst there is cross-platform interchange at Mile End, there is quite a walk at Bank - the W&C platform is often noted as being nearer Mansion House than Bank! So as far as being easy goes, this may not be the answer you're looking for, especially if easy relates to ease of access - in which case changing at Westminster is the way to go.

In short, it depends on how you define "easy".

 

[Mojo]

If time is the most important thing, I would go with Mojo's idea of changing twice (at Mile End and Bank). However, whilst there is cross-platform interchange at Mile End, there is quite a walk at Bank - the W&C platform is often noted as being nearer Mansion House than Bank!

In my opinion and knowing Bank as well as I do, the interchange at Bank isn't that long and is also relatively simple. Walking from the Sub-surface platforms to the W&C is the furthest you can go at Bank, but the Central to W&C aren't too far, although not as close as DLR > Northern!

 

[ian1944]

Thanks for the replies. I may well use Hungerford Bridge unless it's raining. This will be on Saturday evening getting to Waterloo at about 8, so the W&C won't be running.

 

[jopsuk]

People do seem to forget sometimes that looking at actual maps, rather than just the tube map, can be useful- whilst Waterloo isn't on the Circle it really isn't far from it- similarly London Bridge isn't far from Monument. I think with these the only issues would be if you were travelling on Oyster PAYG, as neither would be an out of station interchange as far as I know.

 

[moogal]

I do this route occasionally, and find the route via Mile End/Central and Bank/W&C easily the quickest.

 

[ian1944]

I was actually doing all-day multimodal sightseeing with a 1-6 Travelcard on Saturday, with the cutoff being meeting someone at Waterloo at 8 pm. The planned schedule ended West Croydon - Shadwell - Poplar - Bow Church - Bow Road - Waterloo (hence the original question), but I'd over-estimated the time required previously in the day, so was able to end Poplar - Lewisham (DLR) - Stratford (bus) - Waterloo (Jubilee), still with time to spare.

 

[causton]

Read that as Stratford to Waterloo by bus and thought you were crazy!