The Anonymous Widower

Lopsided Timetables To Orpington

I went to Orpington this afternoon, by the easy route of an East London Line train from Dalston Junction to New Cross and then a stopping train to my destination.

Coming back at seven this evening, there were no trains from Orpington to New Cross, so I had to go via the chaos at London Bridge and get a bus.

I did notice several tents in the station car park at Orpington station.  Were these people waiting ovenight and then getting the train back to New Cross in the morning?

It’s a whole new world south of the Thames.  As an example at New Cross, the platforms are numbered A to D, rather than the more normal 1-4. According to Wikipedia, this is to differentiate the station from New Cross Gate. I would have thought that putting the station names up correctly, as they do, would have been enough, unless the purpose was to fool visitors from north of the Thames.

July 9, 2011 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | East London Line, Trains