bocadillo
Water Gypsy
30th April.
Those of you intending to go down to Southampton might like to take note of the rail chaos which pertains on this weekend.
The South Western main line will be completely closed at Basingstoke - a new signalling system is being installed. Southampton trains are being diverted by a different route with a much extended journey time.
The only way of getting from Leicester to Southampton will be by changing in London from St Pancras to Paddington (yes, Paddington!!) and changing again in Reading. Even this will only get you into Southampton at 12:41, less than an hour before kick-off. And to add to the problem, the Hammersmith & City and Circle Underground lines will be closed, so the cross-London journey will involve two underground trains or a bus or taxi ride.
I don't think I would go by train!!
AMENDMENT - I have had a re-think on this and researched further. I am now of the belief that Virgin Cross-Country trains have not had their times amended on the online journey planners to reflect the line-closure at Basingstoke. It seems to me that this train will not arrive at Southampton until about 13:30 or so.
I now reckon that the only hope of getting to the match by train from Leicester is to catch the first MML service at 07:05. This arrives at St Pancras at 09:14. Then it will need a quick hop over to Waterloo for the 09:54 South West Trains service to Southahampton, arrives 11:51. Please bear in mind that there is no direct Underground connection from StP to Waterloo; and to cause further difficulty the Charing Cross branch of the Northern Line is shut on that date, so you will have to use the Victoria Line to Green Park and change there for the Jubilee Line to Waterloo; there is no direct bus route between the two stations either.
Those of you intending to go down to Southampton might like to take note of the rail chaos which pertains on this weekend.
The South Western main line will be completely closed at Basingstoke - a new signalling system is being installed. Southampton trains are being diverted by a different route with a much extended journey time.
The only way of getting from Leicester to Southampton will be by changing in London from St Pancras to Paddington (yes, Paddington!!) and changing again in Reading. Even this will only get you into Southampton at 12:41, less than an hour before kick-off. And to add to the problem, the Hammersmith & City and Circle Underground lines will be closed, so the cross-London journey will involve two underground trains or a bus or taxi ride.
I don't think I would go by train!!
AMENDMENT - I have had a re-think on this and researched further. I am now of the belief that Virgin Cross-Country trains have not had their times amended on the online journey planners to reflect the line-closure at Basingstoke. It seems to me that this train will not arrive at Southampton until about 13:30 or so.
I now reckon that the only hope of getting to the match by train from Leicester is to catch the first MML service at 07:05. This arrives at St Pancras at 09:14. Then it will need a quick hop over to Waterloo for the 09:54 South West Trains service to Southahampton, arrives 11:51. Please bear in mind that there is no direct Underground connection from StP to Waterloo; and to cause further difficulty the Charing Cross branch of the Northern Line is shut on that date, so you will have to use the Victoria Line to Green Park and change there for the Jubilee Line to Waterloo; there is no direct bus route between the two stations either.
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