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Sep 4th, 2006, 08:34 AM
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Mid September according to http://tinyurl.com/rlpb7 but don't bet on it until it happens
Sep 4th, 2006, 08:37 AM
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According to http://www.tfl.gov.uk, operations resume 18 September.
Sep 4th, 2006, 09:30 AM
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Well that's 5 days too late for me.
In looking at my Tube map I see that I can take the Piccadilly line right to the Gloucester Road station. Hotel is a block away. Is this a good way to get to the hotel with just a couple bags? Any train changes necessary? Do I just go to the station in one of the other terminals?
Thanks!
In looking at my Tube map I see that I can take the Piccadilly line right to the Gloucester Road station. Hotel is a block away. Is this a good way to get to the hotel with just a couple bags? Any train changes necessary? Do I just go to the station in one of the other terminals?
Thanks!
Sep 4th, 2006, 01:47 PM
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There is a replacement bus to Hatton Cross to pick up the Piccadilly Line. No other change required. But make sure you can handle your baggage up a few stairs - I can't remember exactly how many there might be between the Piccadilly Line and the street at Gloucester Road but there must be some.
Sep 4th, 2006, 04:07 PM
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"<i>I had read that you could walk to the other terminals to get on the Tube</i>" . . . Not from Terminal 4 you can't. T-1, 2 and 3 are really next to each other and walkable - but T-4 is about 2+ miles away
Sep 4th, 2006, 11:13 PM
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While it's true, as Robespierre pointed out, that HEX is free between the terminals, it's a long walk (with elevator and escalator access, though) from where you exit the secure airside of the terminal to the HEX platform, and then another fairly long walk from the HEX platform to the tube stop.
It would be easier to take the replacement shuttle bus from T4 to the Piccadilly Line. When we were at Hatton Cross a month or so ago, there were porters at ground level and on the tube platform to help people carry luggage up and down stairs, if they needed help.
It would be easier to take the replacement shuttle bus from T4 to the Piccadilly Line. When we were at Hatton Cross a month or so ago, there were porters at ground level and on the tube platform to help people carry luggage up and down stairs, if they needed help.
Sep 5th, 2006, 06:45 PM
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Okay, but I wouldn't count on porters for assistance at Hatton Cross. I have no reason to doubt that there may have been some, but I've never seen any.
Meanwhile, at LHR you get to use luggage trollies from baggage claim to train to train.
Meanwhile, at LHR you get to use luggage trollies from baggage claim to train to train.
Sep 6th, 2006, 02:07 PM
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B_in_d: From the Piccadilly line at Gloucester Road station there are 26 steps from the platform to the lower lift level. I have done this many times to and from Heathrow and as long as you can manage the stairs with your stuff it is no problem. Don't try to struggle through the normal exit gates with lots of stuff. Instead, have an Underground staff member manually open a gate for you. In my experience there is always someone around to do this. Don't forget to touch your Oyster Card (if you have one) on exiting.
