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Greetings. Next week I will be taking either the District or Circle Line to Monument Station and I want to use the exit from the station closest to the Walkie Talkie Building. What exit signs should I be looking for? Thank you.

In April, we (myself and three ladies) will be travelling from Liverpool (Lime Street) to Edinburgh (Haymarket). I was looking at the different trains and it appears that both Avanti West Coast and TransPennine Express service this route. There is a TransPennine offering at 9:39 am which I am...

Greetings from the US. Next spring I will be taking a small group (4 of us in total) to London (to begin with). We have reserved rooms near the Gloucester Road tube station. We will take the underground from Heathrow 1,2,&3 (or is is just 2&3 now). My main question is, at the Gloucester Road...

Around 1 PM tomorrow I will be traveling on the Piccadilly Line from Piccadilly Circus to Heathrow Terminal 5 and need to know the fare. Have 12 Pound 80 left on my Oyster Card.

On June 29th, my wife and I will be landing at Heathrow at 9 am. I want to take the new Elizabeth Line into London and wind up at Kings Cross and catch a train there to Newcastle. I've looked at the Elizabeth Line stations, but none of them seem to have direct access to Kings Cross. What are...

Greetings. I have two friends who will be visiting London in June. They will be flying into Gatwick and need to get to the Putney station. Is the easiest and cheapest way to take the train to Blackfriars station and then walk over to Waterloo? Are there other alternatives? Thanks in advance.

My brother-in-law and his wife are thinking of taking the Eurostar from Paris to London in a future trip to Europe and have asked me if Eurostar has a checked baggage option, or baggage handlers available. They are older and have some health issues that make it very difficult, if not...

Greetings. I am trying to advise a friend on the best way to get from Heathrow Airport to Gatwick Airport. He is flying to the UK on business, landing at Heathrow, and his wife is accompanying him, but flying a very inexpensive airline that will be arriving at Gatwick. (Two college age...

Greetings. A group of us will be staying in London for a few days. We will be staying on the south side of the Thames over near Tower Bridge Road. On a Saturday morning we will be going to Gatwick Airport. We can go from London Bridge station, and we may well still do that, but the trains...

Greetings. In September there will be four of us visiting London from here in the US, and I will be leading the "tour". I want to take everyone out to see Windsor Castle one morning. We will be staying in Southwark, so it appears that the best way to get there would be to take a direct train...

On June 27th I will be flying into London Gatwick airport. I haven't flown into Gatwick in many moons. I want to take the train into London where we will be staying. I fly into Heathrow occasionally and take either the Heathrow Connect or the Tube into London. I never want to pay the higher...

Greetings, In May I am going to be hiking the first half of the Camino de Santiago across the north of Spain. My plan is to arrive in Sahagun, Spain and on the 20th of May, take the train down to Barcelona. There is a very convenient train that leaves Sahagun at 11:10 AM on the 20th (ALVIA...

I have friends who will be on a package tour of Britain in a few weeks and I am helping them plan a outing for a free day they have in Edinburgh. They want to go down to Holy Island (Berwick Upon Tweed) and possibly Durham (and return). I have all the train options and information for them...

Greetings from the US. I have two friends who are going on a guided tour of the UK (England and Scotland specifically). They will be spending three nights and two days in Edinburgh and are interested on their free day, to travel to Holy Island (Lindesfarne) and Durham. (The parish we attend...

Greetings. At the end of April, I will be walking the first half of the Camino de Santiago in Spain, beginning from just over the French border at St. Jean Pied de Port. I will be flying from the US into Paris, arriving on the 30th of April at CDG at 1255. I need advice on getting from...

My son is going to Fulda, Germany for a summer semester and is flying into the Frankfort Airport at 7:20 in the morning on Saturday, June 22. What's best train for him to take to Fulda. I understand that there are two types of trains that go that way.

Next month I will be in Paris for 3 days with a group of people (my first time in Paris). What is the best fare option for using the metro? I see that a ticket costs Euro 1.70, and that you can purchase a pack of 10 for Euro 12.70. Are there any other options, such as an all day pass...

Next year my wife and I are planning to visit northern Portugal and the Galician portion of Spain. I would like to be able to stop and visit some towns for a few hours while on the journey but there is the concern of what to do with luggage, two medium suitcases and a carry on or two. (We're...

Back in March I asked for some advice on the best way to get 9 people from Heathrow to Dover to catch a ship for a Baltic Cruise, and many of you were very helpful. http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=31581 This is a report on how things went. First, I wanted to say that each...

I was just looking at the Heathrow Airport Map of the Rail Routes: http://www.baa.com/assets/Internet/Heathrow/Heathrow%20downloads/Static%20files/rail_routes_at_Heathrow.pdf It appears to show two separate lines splitting at Hatton Cross with one going to Terminal 4 and Terminal 1-2-3...