OT cross London query....

[Bob Eager]

Sometimes, but usually only when going to Charing Cross. Usually it goes through Bromley South, then nonstop.

[Tim+]

Depends on your priorities.;-)

Folding bike and then ride or Boris bike hire. Or just run. It's under 5 miles.

Tim

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Victoria to Clapham Junction. That's the start of the Overground. Overground to Olympia. Less than half an hour if you're lucky with trains

- ie not at the moment with the Southern strike. Assuming you have a travel card that allows any route.

Most seem to go for the tube. I far prefer trains. Most don't realise just how extensive that part is.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Does it stop at a station which does?

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Not sure I'd recommend cycling through Central London for someone not used to it. Bad enough driving. ;-)

[Bob Eager]

Well, yes. Much more convenient if the Tube did it. I doubt that a Zone

1-2 travelcard works, either.

Well, not planning to go soon! And I tend (on the whole) to go in via St Pancras now, so the problem reduces to the OP's!

[charles]

Trains through London Bridge don't go to Victoria; they go to Clapham Junction or Cannon Stret.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Depends if you enjoy being fried alive on a hot day.

That I don't know. My Freedom pass allows me to choose the route I fancy using. Which may not be the most firect, but more pleasant. Or rather less unpleasant. ;-)

[Bob Eager]

Not really a problem on the District Line round there.

It might well do...on investigation.

[charles]

My Error Charing Cross - not Clapham Junction

[Bob Eager]

Non-peak trains from here rarely go to Charing Cross.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Did wonder. Clapham Junction to London Bridge isn't the easiest of journeys.

[Andrew]

Change at Clapham Junction and the London overground to Olympia service starts from platform 2. Only takes a few minutes. The Olympia station is the old Motorrail station so the platforms are widely spaced and ultra-long. It is right alongside Olympia and a short walk from Hammersmith giratory.

Also avoids going into Zone 1 so has (did have) a massive effect on the cost of a season ticket.

OT And adjacent to the (newer) down platform is the original victorian platform made of huge stone slabs. Worth a fortune in an antique scrap yard, but they are just sitting there abandoned.

[Tim Streater]

Waterloo East and it's a short walk then to Waterloo and hence CJ.

[Bob Eager]

As previously stated, trains I take into Victoria don't go through Clapham Junction.

[Bob Eager]

Only for the Charing Cross trains (mainly at peak times)