marie

I will be taking the tube on a Sunday morning from Heathrow to South Kensington/Picadilly Line. Will I have trouble negotiating 2 pieces of luggage?

Therese

Yes, you will. Unless one of them is a small rolling bag (the kind that fits overhead on the plane) and the other is a reasonably-sized shoulder bag. More than this will be difficult. But you don't need more than this, so there's really nothing to worry about.

elaine

Hi<BR>It's not that the train will be so crowded, it's that you have to get the bags up and down staircases and along long Then you have to (walk?) from the South Ken. station to your hotel. Plan accordingly, which means, pack as lightly as possible, and don't take along a purse as a third item.<BR>good luck

elaine

that was<BR>long corridors

Ben Haines

No: you will not. You wheel your bags along a corridor to the Piccadilly Line underground station, book your ticket, and go by escalator to the platform: there is nolong corridor in the stastion. At Hammersmith you cross the platform to the District Line. At South Kensington station you have a short flight of stairs to the ticket area, and another to street level: again n0o long corridors. If you appeal to a muscular young man passing by he may well help you with bags - especially if his lady friend is watching. There are taxis at South Kensington station.<BR><BR>Welcome to London. <BR><BR>Ben Haines<BR>

Christina

maybe more likely if his lady friend is NOT watching, in my experience

another option

Marie, depending on where you are going from the South Kensington Station, you might not need to transfer at Hammersmith. Both the Piccadilly and District lines have South Kensington stops, the stations are connected by (you guessed it!) a long corridor. This option aside, Ben's description is totally accurate. I have done this serveral times (only on Sunday mornings as I knew the trains would be fairly empty) and didn't mind the schlepp.

susi

marie - a word of warning. The short flights of stairs at South Kens loom MUCH larger after an exhausting transatlantic flight, negotiating LHR and a long tube ride.<BR><BR>I only ever take a 21" rollaboard and a handbag and would have no trouble there. But I have a friend - a very fit friend - who literally came to tears when she finally got to S Kens, wrestled her suitcase and carry-on through the tube station and was confronted by that "short flight of stairs". She actually sat down and cried. Then she took the carry-on to the top of the stairs and asked the man at the flower stall to watch it while she went back down to get the suitcase.<BR><BR>You will be very tired at this point and the flight of stairs just the last in a series of roadblocks.

michaelbuttons

Of course you can do it. My husband and I at ages 65 and70 have done it several times. Only you know what you cancarry so plan accordingly. Use a backback and a fold up purse in the pack for later. A lightweight back pack, a small case filled with clothing all the same color and you will be fine. Black in winter, khaki in summer. Keep eyeglasses, pills and address book in the back pack. Keep your passport and money in front pockets. If you are a shopper remember, shipping home is dead easy in London. There is a new express train you might be able to use to save time and treat yourself to a taxi when you get to South Kensington. We always use this route and always stay in the Kensington area. If some escalator (they are not always working) is out of order tip some kids to help you. Smile a lot, it is not a hard connection.

Ben haines

If you think the two short flights up from the District line at South kensington are laborious, wait till you try the assorted flights, corridor, and up escalator, from the Piccadilly Line at the same station.<BR><BR>I have not tried sitting on the stairs and sobbing -- I think you would get two or three muscular young men. But I do think it needless.<BR><BR>Ben Haines