Reply to: Train into central London from Luton or MK?

[BoredBloke]

Don't know if its been suggested because I didn't read al the responses - feeling a bit

You could drive from Manchester down the M6, M6 Toll, M42 and then M40. Then park at Beaconsfield. Trains from there take about 20-30 mins. On a Tuesday the traffic is a little bit lighter than Monday

[suityou01]

Damn! I got a thanks and thumbs up from Suity.

Sorry people, it appears I've advertised the service and Mrs Suity at twice the normal rate. Make it £2.75.

Phew.

No commission for you then.

[hamario]

Thanks for all the suggestions guys ...

[MarillionFan]

Or for just £5.50, three birds with one stone. Park and stay at Suitys & a bunk up with the missus for just 50p. You'd just have to put up with the screaming kids and Suity watching you from the end of the bed.

Damn! I got a thanks and thumbs up from Suity.

Sorry people, it appears I've advertised the service and Mrs Suity at twice the normal rate. Make it £2.75.

Phew.

[FatLazyContractor]

Actually I would do it for nothing. The drive is taken up with the Touran, but there is on street parking where my car used to be before it was stolen.

It's the spirit of CUK to do this as you never know who might help me get a contract

FTFY

[stek]

Flat beer.

[LondonManc]

Various options that I've taken down the years:

M62/M6/M5/M42/M40 - park at Hillingdon tube station, Metropolitan line straight in
M62 E/A1/M11 - East London/Canary Wharf only

These days I'd avoid M6 south of Stoke and the M1 south of Leicester. Too many 50 zones with average speed cameras.

If you're leaving Manchester at that sort of time, the 5:05 Picc to Euston would get you in at half seven. Then it's Victoria Line to Green Park and swap on to the Piccadilly Line.

Book sooner rather than later and use virgintrains.co.uk - it's a pound cheaper than the trainline website. Also use contactless payment card rather than cash for getting round. You'll find it's less than half the price of an equivalent Metrolink journey.

[VectraMan]

If you come down the M40 instead there's Haddenham & Thame Parkway, or Banbury which has quite a large car park now, or Didcot Parkway.

Best to spend as little time in or around London as possible.

[WTFH]

As a side suggestion, rather than going into Euston/St Pancras, how about getting a train direct to Kensington?


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Southern do trains from MK which are just over an hour to Kensington. No changes, no tube.
Only issue is that they only run once an hour, but if that suits you then it's an easy route.

[ZARDOZ]

Stay in a hotel with parking the night before, plenty of cheapish ones around the m25 and get a train or tube in.
All depends where in London you have to get to?

M6 M1 from NW is ok if not traveling on monday or friday

[suityou01]

What time do you have to be there in the morning? Would a hotel the night before not make more sense

Lots of hotels at Luton airport, with good transport links to the station.

The East Midlands train takes 24 mins to St Pancras.

HTH

[SimonMac]

What time do you have to be there in the morning? Would a hotel the night before not make more sense

[MarillionFan]

You could drive into Luton and park on Suity's drive. He will drop you both off at the train station for £5

Or drive up the night before and stay in cheap B&B and then get to London not half dead!

Or for just £5.50, three birds with one stone. Park and stay at Suitys & a bunk up with the missus for just 50p. You'd just have to put up with the screaming kids and Suity watching you from the end of the bed.

[MicrosoftBob]

Get the train from Picc, when you hit rush hour period the M1 is for parking only. Queue after Junction, Queue after Junction, Queue after Junction.......

And the M6

[suityou01]

You could drive into Luton and park on Suity's drive. He will drop you both off at the train station for £5

Actually I would do it for nothing. The drive is taken up with the Touran, but there is on street parking where my car used to be before I sold it.

It's the spirit of CUK to do this