Hyde Park to London Liverpool Street
Discussion
Getting out of the gig will be your problem. If you're able to exit the park on the north side you'll be close to Marble Arch, Lancaster Gate or Queensway tube stations. All on the central line and direct to Liverpool St in about 25 minutes.
You'll then still need to find your platform at Liverpool St. It's a big old station.
I reckon you might want to see the encore from the very northern edge of the crowd. Unless it's Tom Petty? If it is, f
k the train home, stay till the end and sleep on a bench or something. Wish I could be there.
You'll then still need to find your platform at Liverpool St. It's a big old station.
I reckon you might want to see the encore from the very northern edge of the crowd. Unless it's Tom Petty? If it is, f
k the train home, stay till the end and sleep on a bench or something. Wish I could be there.It will be easily long enough for the tube journey itself but IME just getting out of Hyde Park and to the tube after a big gig can take 30-40 mins. Whole area will be rammed with people all trying to get home.
If you really have to catch that train you are going to have to leave the gig early. Stay over somewhere and enjoy it.
If you really have to catch that train you are going to have to leave the gig early. Stay over somewhere and enjoy it.
kiethton said:
Just get out of the immediate area and get an Uber all the way back I reckon. If it's more than just one person if you can swerve the surcharges you may be pleasantly surprised on cost too
And maybe unpleasantly surprised, if, aware that lots of punters will be leaving the gig, Uber introduce their verdammt "surge pricing."Shouldn't be hard to snag a black cab, Marble Arch to Liverpool Street at that time of night, maybe 20 minutes or less, circa £22-£24 total on rate 3, up to 5 passengers included.
Adam B said:
kiethton said:
Just get out of the immediate area and get an Uber all the way back I reckon. If it's more than just one person if you can swerve the surcharges you may be pleasantly surprised on cost too
yeah, surge is unlikely with 50k people exiting Hyde Park in unison 
If Liverpool street I'm guessing Essex/Herts?
In that case I'd get a Piccadilly tube as far north as possible (Cockfosters?) and get an Uber the rest of the way from there - no surge and you're away from the hoards and far closer to benefit from reduced taxi cost
Big Pants said:
Getting out of the gig will be your problem. If you're able to exit the park on the north side you'll be close to Marble Arch, Lancaster Gate or Queensway tube stations. All on the central line and direct to Liverpool St in about 25 minutes.
You'll then still need to find your platform at Liverpool St. It's a big old station.
I reckon you might want to see the encore from the very northern edge of the crowd. Unless it's Tom Petty? If it is, fk the train home, stay till the end and sleep on a bench or something. Wish I could be there.
I've seen him four times in North America and once on the Isle of Wight. This will be be the first time on UK soil. You'll then still need to find your platform at Liverpool St. It's a big old station.
I reckon you might want to see the encore from the very northern edge of the crowd. Unless it's Tom Petty? If it is, f
k the train home, stay till the end and sleep on a bench or something. Wish I could be there.I'll be front road (diamond circle) so no plans to leave early
not sure where that puts me entrance/exit wise though. Absolutely no chance of leaving a gig at Hyde Park and being at Liverpool Street an hour later by public transport or cab. You'll still be waiting to get into the tube station at 2330.
Probably your best option would be to walk, but you'd have to get a shuffle on, it's about 3.5 miles.
Probably your best option would be to walk, but you'd have to get a shuffle on, it's about 3.5 miles.
Your issue is that from your position it will take you some time to exit the park in any direction, let alone to the north which is your ideal direction.
Once you are out of the park to the north then you have a raft of options for the Central Line but experience of Hyde Park events has shown that they soon begin to control the crowds to stop the platforms over crowding. You then play chase the train by heading down Oxford St to other stations with no platform crowds but the trains that come in are full.
The better tube option would be to push further north up the Edgeware Road and take the Hammersmith or Circle round to Liverpool St. But even that is going to be pressed to get you to Liverpool St in time for the overland.
Frankly, given that most of the acts will die this year at current attrition rates then I would not waste my time rushing away from such an event but relax, savour every moment and wander in a chilled manner out across Park Lane, into Mayfair (this is the one direction that simply takes no one home from Hyde Park so the quietest way to bail) grab a taxi to a preferred area for a mellow beer and food and then go and sleep at a modest hotel and get up some time in the morning, grab a bit of breakfast and take an empty overland train home from an empty station.
With regard to taxis, Uber is likely to be swamped and costly as most people at the event will have that as their primary taxi app. For events like this you want a black cab app like Gett (MyTaxi which has recently replaced Hailo seems a bit shonky and unreliable at the moment) and also Addison Lee.
Ultimately I think bailing early and legging it in the vain hope of getting a crappy late night train home is a terrible option and finding a cheap bed is going to be much better.
Alternatively, drive in, park to the north in St Johns Wood and then you can tube, taxi, bus, walk, skip, roll back to your car from the event.
Once you are out of the park to the north then you have a raft of options for the Central Line but experience of Hyde Park events has shown that they soon begin to control the crowds to stop the platforms over crowding. You then play chase the train by heading down Oxford St to other stations with no platform crowds but the trains that come in are full.
The better tube option would be to push further north up the Edgeware Road and take the Hammersmith or Circle round to Liverpool St. But even that is going to be pressed to get you to Liverpool St in time for the overland.
Frankly, given that most of the acts will die this year at current attrition rates then I would not waste my time rushing away from such an event but relax, savour every moment and wander in a chilled manner out across Park Lane, into Mayfair (this is the one direction that simply takes no one home from Hyde Park so the quietest way to bail) grab a taxi to a preferred area for a mellow beer and food and then go and sleep at a modest hotel and get up some time in the morning, grab a bit of breakfast and take an empty overland train home from an empty station.
With regard to taxis, Uber is likely to be swamped and costly as most people at the event will have that as their primary taxi app. For events like this you want a black cab app like Gett (MyTaxi which has recently replaced Hailo seems a bit shonky and unreliable at the moment) and also Addison Lee.
Ultimately I think bailing early and legging it in the vain hope of getting a crappy late night train home is a terrible option and finding a cheap bed is going to be much better.
Alternatively, drive in, park to the north in St Johns Wood and then you can tube, taxi, bus, walk, skip, roll back to your car from the event.
Edited by DonkeyApple on Tuesday 4th July 22:40
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