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Freedom Pass to Southend on Sea
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john woods
Aug 14, 2012, 7:43:51 AM8/14/12
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Pensioner would like to regularly travel out to Southend-on-Sea from North
London.
National Express want �13 one way and it takes a massive 3hr 20 min.
Wondering if there was a way to travel down to that area, at least to see a
bit of water using the London Freedom Pass on the ordinary buses? Grateful
for any advice, thanks.
London.
National Express want �13 one way and it takes a massive 3hr 20 min.
Wondering if there was a way to travel down to that area, at least to see a
bit of water using the London Freedom Pass on the ordinary buses? Grateful
for any advice, thanks.
Michaelangelo
Aug 14, 2012, 7:57:25 AM8/14/12
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john woods leapt into action and said:
> Pensioner would like to regularly travel out to Southend-on-Sea from North
> London.
>
> National Express want ￜ13 one way and it takes a massive 3hr 20 min.
> Pensioner would like to regularly travel out to Southend-on-Sea from North
> London.
>
>
> Wondering if there was a way to travel down to that area, at least to see a
> bit of water using the London Freedom Pass on the ordinary buses? Grateful
> for any advice, thanks.
Surely your Freedom Pass doubles as an England Travel Pass and allows
> Wondering if there was a way to travel down to that area, at least to see a
> bit of water using the London Freedom Pass on the ordinary buses? Grateful
> for any advice, thanks.
you to travel free on national and local services outside London?
See here:
http://tinyurl.com/cgaygms
Scroll down to 'National Buses'
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Bernard Peek
Aug 14, 2012, 8:07:26 AM8/14/12
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buses go to Southend is Brentwood, the 498 from Romford. That might be
close enough to get a local service to Southend.
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Graeme Wall
Aug 14, 2012, 8:33:01 AM8/14/12
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3 hours to get there.
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Axlegrease
Aug 14, 2012, 6:22:01 PM8/14/12
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On 14/08/2012 13:33, Graeme Wall wrote:
> On 14/08/2012 12:43, john woods wrote:
>> Pensioner would like to regularly travel out to Southend-on-Sea from
>> North
>> London.
>>
>> National Express want £13 one way and it takes a massive 3hr 20 min.
>>
>> Wondering if there was a way to travel down to that area, at least to
>> see a
>> bit of water using the London Freedom Pass on the ordinary buses?
>> Grateful
>> for any advice, thanks.
>>
>>
>
> You can daisy chain local services but I suspect it will take more than
> 3 hours to get there.
>
It's a while since I went out to play on the buses in Essex but I think,
> On 14/08/2012 12:43, john woods wrote:
>> Pensioner would like to regularly travel out to Southend-on-Sea from
>> North
>> London.
>>
>> National Express want £13 one way and it takes a massive 3hr 20 min.
>>
>> Wondering if there was a way to travel down to that area, at least to
>> see a
>> bit of water using the London Freedom Pass on the ordinary buses?
>> Grateful
>> for any advice, thanks.
>>
>>
>
> You can daisy chain local services but I suspect it will take more than
> 3 hours to get there.
>
to make full use of your freebie ticket, your journey would have to be
something like this:
Train, Greater Anglia service from Liverpool Street to Romford. Trains
run every 10 mins, journey time approx 30 mins.
Bus 498 from Romford Bus station to Brentwood. The bus station is
almost next door to the railway station; buses run every 30 mins and
journey time is approx 30 mins.
Bus 551 from Brentwood High St to Basildon Dus Stn. Buses every 30
mins, journey time roughly 65 mins.
Bus 2 from Basildon bus station to Southend - every 30 mins; journey
time around 75 mins.
These are Mon-Friday times.
Add connection times to the above and you're looking at a total
travelling time of at least 4 hours, I suggest.
Bon courage!
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Saxman
Aug 15, 2012, 3:16:53 AM8/15/12
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On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:13:31 +0100, Paul Corfield <aoo...@dsl.pipex.com>
wrote:
> Axlegrease's response has covered the basic route using buses I would
> have suggested. Unfortunately Essex's bus network is now very
> disjointed and all the previous Eastern National / Thamesway services
> that linked Southend to Greater London have gone.
>
> If I was you I would use the Freedom Pass on the Overground line to
> Barking (picks up through Haringey, Tottenham, Walthamstow) and then
> the C2C line. Buy a Senior Railcard to give you reduced fares and buy
> an extension ticket from Upminster to Southend. The Freedom Pass
> stretches as far as Upminster.
>
> You can catch the C2C at Barking and you could pop out through the
> gates at Barking to buy your extension ticket. Both Overground and C2C
> are reliable services and pretty frequent and the C2C will let you see
> the coast and inland waterway from Benflett eastwards (if my memory is
> working properly). The bus will let you see some inland countryside
> but will take forever and you have the uncertainty of several
> connections - I'd not want to do it regularly. Last time I looked
> there was nearly a 30 minute wait from the 498 to 351 at Brentwood as
> the 351 leaves just minutes before the 498 is due to arrive. I would
> not want to be sitting on Brentwood High St for that sort of time just
> because the connections are useless.
I find Traveline is the best for this. Choose whatever options one wants.
Even provides walking distance time to various stops.
wrote:
> have suggested. Unfortunately Essex's bus network is now very
> disjointed and all the previous Eastern National / Thamesway services
> that linked Southend to Greater London have gone.
>
> If I was you I would use the Freedom Pass on the Overground line to
> Barking (picks up through Haringey, Tottenham, Walthamstow) and then
> the C2C line. Buy a Senior Railcard to give you reduced fares and buy
> an extension ticket from Upminster to Southend. The Freedom Pass
> stretches as far as Upminster.
>
> You can catch the C2C at Barking and you could pop out through the
> gates at Barking to buy your extension ticket. Both Overground and C2C
> are reliable services and pretty frequent and the C2C will let you see
> the coast and inland waterway from Benflett eastwards (if my memory is
> working properly). The bus will let you see some inland countryside
> but will take forever and you have the uncertainty of several
> connections - I'd not want to do it regularly. Last time I looked
> there was nearly a 30 minute wait from the 498 to 351 at Brentwood as
> the 351 leaves just minutes before the 498 is due to arrive. I would
> not want to be sitting on Brentwood High St for that sort of time just
> because the connections are useless.
I find Traveline is the best for this. Choose whatever options one wants.
Even provides walking distance time to various stops.
Oliver
Aug 15, 2012, 9:13:40 AM8/15/12
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On 14/08/2012 12:43, john woods wrote:
day. Taking Paul's suggestion i.e. using Freedom Pass to get to
Upminster, the return train journey from there looks like �11.60, or
�7.65 with a Senior Rail Card.
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Oliver
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