The Orange Train for the Dutch at the London Olympics
London’s new Overground system is four lines, with a fifth to be added in October, later this year.
The Dutch will feel at home on these trains, as the colour scheme of the trains and stations is predominately orange and the line is shown in orange on the tube map.
The major line, the North London line, also travels across North London from the Olympic site at Stratford and connects to buses and trains to get to the Heineken House at Alexandra Palace. If you go further west you get to Hampstead Heath and Kew Gardens, two of the best places in London to get over a hangover.
I suspect that getting to Alexandra Palace during the Olympics may be difficult, as the two train routes from Kings Cross St. Pancras station, where the Olympic Javelin Shuttles arrive, the suburban rail to Alexandra Palace station and the Piccadilly line to Wood Green station, are crowded most of the time, even without the Games. If you can get to Alexandra Palace station, it’s a much shorter walk up the hill to the Palace.
So a better alternative might be to take the North London line from Stratford to Highbury and Islington and then take the suburban rail from there to Alexandra Palace station. It will certainly avoid the inevitable crush and wait at Kings Cross.
The Anonymous Widower 
Thanks for the info. I was in London last weekend and will be back with the olympics for 8 days. All the best. I have put your blog to my favorites. Kind regards. Marcel, Holland
Comment by Marcel Van | February 22, 2012 |
I’m going to out up a series of posts for various nationalities here. In some ways, I think that the centre of the free spectator action might be in Victoria Park, next to the Olympic Park. It’s a large park with lots of large screens. Avoid it though around the 3rd of August as the Welsh are coming in force with the dragon to support Dai Greene their 400 m. hurdler.
Comment by AnonW | February 22, 2012 |