London commuters have confronted yet one more spell of journey chaos as buses, trains, and tube employees go on strike as soon as once more.
Right this moment (August 19) 1000’s of members of the Rail, Maritime, and Transport Union (RMT) and Unite on London Underground will stroll out for twenty-four hours because the long-running dispute with over jobs, pensions, and dealing situations rumbles on.
However in the event you nonetheless can’t keep away from going to London for one thing essential, how are you going to get round?
Strolling may very well be an possibility, relying in your route.
Transport for London (TfL) really has a helpful strolling Tube map which reveals what number of minutes on common it takes to stroll between stations.
TfL wrote alongside the map: ‘Strolling generally is a fast and simple strategy to get round, notably when travelling in the course of the busiest occasions, that are 5.45am-8.15am and 4pm-5.30pm, Monday to Friday.
‘This map reveals how a lot time it takes to stroll between stations on the identical line.’
The outcomes are fairly helpful, with most stations in central London underneath 10 minutes away from each other.
This we a number of us knew anyway, and most of us aren’t fortunate sufficient to stay in central London, so trying barely additional afield is the place issues begin to get attention-grabbing.
For instance, strolling from Elephant and Fort to London Bridge will solely take 22 minutes – which is doable, proper?
Camden City to Euston additionally solely takes 19 minutes.
Caledonian Highway to King’s Cross takes 27 minutes, and Highbury and Islington to King’s Cross takes 35 minutes – two very busy Tube routes normally.
However in the event you stay in Canada Water and also you’re going to Canary Wharf you could have to assume once more, because the stroll is seemingly a whopping 144 minutes (the River Thames will get kind of in the best way).
Word that the Elizabeth Line shouldn’t be included on the map.
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