Bus travel to cricklewood

[gleno1]

My husband and I are going to the Lansdown care home in Claremont Road in Cricklewood.Could anybody advise us which buses we need to get from around Euston or Kings Cross ,please .Thankyou.

[jno]

You could take an 18, Change at Baker St and walk to Dorset Sq and catch a 189

details here

http://journeyplanner...p&calculateDistance=1

That's quite slow. If you could include a tube to Golder's Green you could then catch a 102

http://journeyplanner...p&calculateDistance=1

or tube to Kentish Town, then mainline train

http://journeyplanner...p&calculateDistance=1

[Buenchico]

Sorry, Jno, Transport For London route-planning links 'time out', so they won't work.

Anyway, I'm confused because we've already established (in a previous thread) that it's only an 11 minute train journey from Cricklewood to St Pancras (which is next door to King's Cross Station).

If you actually need to get to Euston it's possible to walk from St Pancras. (I've done it a couple of times recently). Alternatively it's just one stop on the Underground (on either the Victoria Line or Northern Line) from King's Cross/St Pancras to Euston. (If you'd rather take a bus, services 10, 30, 73 & 91 all link St Pancras to Euston).

As Jno's post attempted to indicate, it's not that easy solely by bus. You can check your travel options here:
http://journeyplanner...=en&ptOptionsActive=1

Chris

[jno]

ah, rats. Well, you can fill in your own times and requirements on the TFL journey planner. But buses aren't the quickest way by a long shot.

[gleno1]

Thankyou very much for yor replies ,jno and Buenchico. .I realise that tube travel is much quicker than buses but as my husband has difficulty in climbing stairs it would be easier using buses. Not all tube stations have escalators,do they?

[dzug2]

All deep level tube stations have escalators or lifts.

Shallow level ones normally have fairly short stairs to get to the platforms - as do deep level ones to get to the escalator sometimes!

So it depends on how intolerant of stairs your husband is.

[jno]

no, they don't. King's Cross does have step-free street access, according to the tube map, though not from the Northern Line. However, at Euston this seems to apply only to maiinline services.

According to this website, Cricklewood station is poor for accessibility, though accessible taxis are available once you're there

http://www.nationalra...ions/cri/details.html

So yes, buses sound best, but will probably take an hour or so incluidng the walking at either end.

[jno]

sorry, my 'no they don't was in response to gleno, not to dzug.

dzug, being somwhat wobbly of leg myself, I find most stations at any level have steps, often a full flight or more. Lifts seldom seem to operate from platform level, worse luck.

[Buenchico]

That link to the National Rail website (re Cricklewood Station) seems to indicate problems mainly for wheelchair users, rather than for those who've got other mobility problems. It shows that Platform 1 (southbound) has step-free access, so you should have no problems travelling FROM Cricklewood, assuming that the trains use Platform 1 rather than Platform 3, which will be the usual way of operating the station. (The arrival at St Pancras is at street level because the train is a National Rail service, not an Underground one).

Access between platforms at Cricklewood is by using the underpass. There's a ramp from Platform 1. Platforms 2 and 3 are accessed by 27 steps (broken into a run of 12 and then another run of 15). Platform4 is accessed by 22 steps (11 + 11). Hover your mouse over the relevant features for pictures of the platforms, ramps and steps:
http://www.nationalra.../plan.html?rtnloc=CRI

If you use the journey planner link I've provided above you will be able to select relevant options under 'My mobility requirements'.

Chris

[gleno1]

Thank you all very much jno,Buenchico and dzug Its good of you to take so much trouble and I appreciate it.Thanks again.