Passenger numbers on trains heading into London tomorrow

[Drsatan]

Good evening,

Tomorrow morning, I need to travel into London from the Southampton area.

I'll be travelling with an Interrail pass. A few weeks ago, I bought a fully-refundable National Express coach ticket to London Victoria and return.

Are trains heading into London terminii tomorrow likely to be busy with people paying their respects? I can't find any information suggesting greater passenger volumes. I'm not sure if I should take the coach or not, seeing as the roads near Buckingham Palace will be closed.

Thanks in advance

 

[JonathanH]

Are trains heading into London terminii tomorrow likely to be busy with people paying their respects? I can't find any information suggesting greater passenger volumes. I'm not sure if I should take the coach or not, seeing as the roads near Buckingham Palace will be closed.

At the same time as there may be more people going into London for the reason you cite, fewer people will be travelling for events that have been cancelled - eg sporting fixtures and cultural events - so there could be fewer people travelling overall.

 

[30907]

Sorry, but are you confusing tomorrow when the Royal Proclamation is made at St James' Palace with the funeral when there may be more widespread closures?
https://railforums.co.uk/threads/vi...on-day-of-queens-funeral.236975/#post-5841917

 

[Drsatan]

Sorry, but are you confusing tomorrow when the Royal Proclamation is made at St James' Palace with the funeral when there may be more widespread closures?
https://railforums.co.uk/threads/vi...on-day-of-queens-funeral.236975/#post-5841917

No, I'm thinking of tomorrow on the grounds wellwishers will be visiting Buckingham Palace

 

[alistairlees]

Good evening,

Tomorrow morning, I need to travel into London from the Southampton area.

I'll be travelling with an Interrail pass. A few weeks ago, I bought a fully-refundable National Express coach ticket to London Victoria and return.

Are trains heading into London terminii tomorrow likely to be busy with people paying their respects? I can't find any information suggesting greater passenger volumes. I'm not sure if I should take the coach or not, seeing as the roads near Buckingham Palace will be closed.

Thanks in advance

I don't expect you will see much difference at all. I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[spyinthesky]

If you are travelling via Basingstoke then I believe there are Bus replacements between there and Woking.

 

[Drsatan]

If you are travelling via Basingstoke then I believe there are Bus replacements between there and Woking.

I'm planning on travelling via Basingstoke and Reading to avoid the RRB service

 

[telstarbox]

I think it would get absorbed into the general mix of travellers. For every mourner there's someone who couldn't care less.

 

[Hadders]

I popped up to London earlier using Thameslink. No busier than normal.

 

[davews]

My impression on a trip today - Martins Heron to Waterloo then a (very nice) walk along the Dorris brook using Northern line. Trains busy yes, but plenty of seats. Northern line plenty of seats. But don't go anywhere near Buckingham Palace! Decided spur of the moment to head back to Green Park, walk through there to the palace and then St James Park to show my respects. Victoria line platform at Euston jam packed, train when it eventually arrived was sardines, then having got on they said Green Park station was closed because of congestion. So abandoned the idea, got off at Oxford Circus and back to Waterloo on the Bakerloo, oodles of room. Yes, I could have continued to Victoria and walked from there but that would probably be as bad.