Rick1984
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Sorry if this has come up before, but does anyone have great trouble trying to cross London with luggage, or for that matter pushchairs, wheelchair etc?
When me and wife go on holiday we go to Liverpool street and are then faced with limited options. Originally we took the circle to Victoria then the Gatwick express. This involved lugging four bags over several sets of stairs. We then tried Farrigndon which was a bit better. last time we got off at Stratford to go on the Jubile to London bridge as it was step-free, but it was closed so we had to get circle to bank and gave up at that point and got taxi from there to London bridge. Now i'm thinking Straford to Clapham junction but that's an hour without a loo.
hopefully the likes of crossrail and thameslink will help but it is a bad state of affairs when a main line station doesn't have step free access and progress seem's painfully slow.
i just feel sorry for people with reduced mobility that have to suffer this everyday.
When me and wife go on holiday we go to Liverpool street and are then faced with limited options. Originally we took the circle to Victoria then the Gatwick express. This involved lugging four bags over several sets of stairs. We then tried Farrigndon which was a bit better. last time we got off at Stratford to go on the Jubile to London bridge as it was step-free, but it was closed so we had to get circle to bank and gave up at that point and got taxi from there to London bridge. Now i'm thinking Straford to Clapham junction but that's an hour without a loo.
hopefully the likes of crossrail and thameslink will help but it is a bad state of affairs when a main line station doesn't have step free access and progress seem's painfully slow.
i just feel sorry for people with reduced mobility that have to suffer this everyday.