I thought it might be interesting to go to Oxford Street for the Boxing Day Sales, but since there was no public transport a day earlier on Christmas Day, I first consulted the TFL (Transport for London) website to see what my options were. I entered my departure time, To and From Locations and was quite surprised when TFL suggested the following:
Options 4-7 are bus and tube routes with an expected travel time of around 50 minutes, reasonable for the 3-4 mile trip. Options 1, 2 and 3 left me a bit confused though. Three busses and a train, just to get to Oxford Street? Departure time 00:49? Thirty hours travel time? A flight from Johannesburg to London only takes about twelve hours!
I had to look into this suggestion and after I plotted the route on Google maps, it turned out to be this 36 mile epic journey via Heathrow Airport! (All the way to Heathrow by bus, back to Paddington Station by train and then a short 20 minute walk to Oxford Street...)
The Blue Line shows how to get from A to H (just North and South of Hyde Park) with a Great Western Detour via points B,C,D,E,F and G.
I decided Boxing Day wasn't a good time to trust TFL. On the BBC News I could watch from the comfort of my sofa how crowds of eager customers lined up in Oxford Street to spend their pounds .
I wonder how long they traveled to get there?
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