Southwestern trains what to do?

[croyde]

Queuing to get onto Wimbledon Tube at Earls Court last night. Another 2 came before I could squeeze on and that was by teetering on the edge of the platform hoping I would be lined up with a door.



Fekin SW Rail. The bastids caused so much disruption when they took over from SW Trains that they forced me to leave leafy Surrey and move back to bloody London.

[BrabusMog]

yellowjack said:

Dr Interceptor said:

Some advice for this weekend would be appreciated from people who use the routes regularly.

Live in Farnborough, and on Saturday 7th am taking Mum up to Theatre Royal, Haymarket for her birthday. Normally would just get the train to Waterloo and then a cab (she's getting on a bit with a few heart issues, so we don't do walking/running or the underground).

With one train an hour that'll stop everywhere and likely only have 4-8 carriages and be standing room only, I can't risk relying on the train from Farnborough.

Is there somewhere I can drive to and park?
Should I drive right into Central London?
Or the train to Reading and then Paddington and get a cab from there?

Not sure how it works for Theatre Royal, but in the past for events at Wembley (stadium and arena) I've driven from Farnborough and parked at Amersham (or Chesham) and gone in on the Metropolitan Line. It's another possibility.

I used to do that because late trains out of Waterloo on the Farnborough line are usually fairly busy at best, and jam-packed at worst.

On a weekend, I'd recommend finding Causton Street on your nav as you can park there for free. There's a school on the street which takes up a lot of space, which means minimal residential so on the weekend you don't have to pay to park Then just walk to the tube, job jobbed.