United Kingdom: England: London: London Underground

daydreamer
London

Worth visiting!

A review of this place: When it works, it's great

- whisking you wherever you need to go. Though, when it grinds to a halt, it’s terrible as everything gets backed up and if you’re unlucky, you’re underground with lots of cross people in an overly warm carriage. If you’re doubly unlucky, you’re standing wedged next to the person who has a cold or cough, but no tissue. Yeuch.

London is so big, the Tube is really the only efficient way to get across town. Cycling – forget it, not enough cycle lanes and too much ground to cover unless you work locally. Buses – much better for sightseeing, but unlike the Tube, it’s often hard to work out where you have to get off!

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russellviii
Layton

The Tube is Great

It’s the fastest, easiest most efficient way to get around London. When I’m visiting I like to get a multi-day pass and ride it like crazy.

You can see more with the bus, and they are a lot of fun, especially riding the old style busses in the front seat of the upper deck. The problem with riding the bus is, like you say, you have to know where it is that you want to get off, and sometimes you’re clueless. It’s not bad if you’re getting off at a well-known landmark, because they’re usually pretty easy to spot, but if you just need to make a connection somewhere you can sometimes feel a little bit uneasy.

The other thing about the bus is that you’re in traffic, so you may get to your destination quickly, but then again you may not.

The bus is fun, but if I’m planning to cover a lot of ground in a limited amount of time, the Tube is the way to do it.

sipes23
Crystal Lake

But isn’t it true? Seemed like there was something wrong with Bakerloo the whole time I was there in 2004.

I guess I’ll be finding out if things are any different in November.

daydreamer
London

Ups and downs

Perhaps the Bakerloo was hitting a bad patch. It’s generally pretty good. Fingers crossed that all’s working for your upcoming trip! :)


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