Teen smow is staying for Xmas but due to work commitments he absolutely has to be back at work on Dec 27th. The plan was for him to get thto train home on Boxing Day but we have just realised there is NO trains that day! So next plan of action was to leave incredibly early on th 27th and get first train but we’ve now discovered that it is a very limited service. Then a friend suggested National Express by road but I’m now getting myself so confused so can anyone help?
He needs to get from Croydon to Brandon in Suffolk. He would normally get train from East Croydon to Kings Cross, then I believe a train to Cambridge and then change again to Brandon, which is a tiny station.
Any suggestions??
P.S. I can’t drive him back because of pre arranged commitments here.
Yes he needs to get from Croydon to Brandon. He’s meant to be at work at 9 but he knows he is going to be late - he just needs the earliest route possible.
Seems to be like you say a coach from Mitcham , change once at Victoria and then coach to Thetford. Will also need taxis each end. God this is getting complicated!!
leave east Croydon at 05h40, Thameslink train and get off at St Pancras, arr 06h10
walk to Kings Cross.
take train Kings Cross to Cambridge, dep 06h42, arr 07h30.
yep. the major issue is at Battersea pier, which will keep Victoria closed all day. the London bridge line is open, and that's the way Thameslink trains go.
So it’s possible, he’s just going to have to get up at the crack of dawn.
(I suggested ringing work and saying could he come in late but he won’t hear of it)