Top 10 hack inside Tube system for travelling fast
London Underground is bliss for each and every citizen of the city. To travel through it every citizen has structure its own structure based upon their priority of reaching destination fast. We all are familiar about the large number of travelers using this mode of transportation. Sometimes it also causes congestion on platforms and even inside trains. At that time some unpopular but effective tricks can save you to get you around faster and much more cheaply. Through the article we will try to guide you about some of these tricks for better and comfortable ride.
Know Your Exit
If you are in real rush then you can easily save your minute or two by standing ahead of everyone on platform while boarding the tube and this trick will help you the most during rush hours. In a same way standing in front of the cart exit can also push you to the exit point of station much faster. Through this way you can also save yourself from exit queue if you manage to reach exit point before everyone else. The biggest suggestion is choose cart that stop in front of the destination exit point. Numbers of apps are also available to guide you about live status, route calculator and exit points.
Although there’s no sure fire way to know where the exits will be, one hint that works well is to look at the yellow line on platform. There will be more wear and tear on line where the doors normally stop, so try to position you on those spots.
Sometime Walks the Distance
Some of the stations are very close to each other but if you follow maps then you will find out that they are not. So be aware about these lies of the Tube maps. Some of the stations need one or two changes and three to four station travel on the other hand walking in between these two station take 10 to 15 minutes or lesser than that. So try to save efforts and money and be calculative when you board train for adjacent stations. Those staying in grand park paddington hotel London can observe the change themselves by walking Paddington to Lancaster Gate station.
Another common example includes Knightsbridge to Sloane Square that need just 10 minute walk in a completely straight line and Blackfriars to St Paul’s.
Never Change at Waterloo
At Waterloo Station getting from the surface down to a train take upwards about 15 minutes. A much better option is to take a bus for short distances, or try getting into the Tube network that has smaller station one of the best example is Vauxhall, which has a faster interchange.
Don’t Always Follow the Signs
When you are changing then following TfL’s directions is the great solution but for a number of changes, sometimes official route between the two lines is not the fastest. For example, changing from Jubilee to the Piccadilly line at Green Park, then suggestion is go back towards escalators to the ticket lobby, then back down, instead of following the circuitous tunnel round.
In the same way, if you are trying to get from Victoria line platforms at the King’s Cross up to overground train station, traditionally you have to follow signs for ‘Trains but our take is follow the signs for the Way Out: Euston Road. Through this you will save at least two minutes.
Ohhhh! Out of Cash? Don’t worry You’re Not Out of Luck
If you are completely stranded, with no penny for a ticket home and even don’t have phone to call your mate then you can go to TfL ticket office or any bus driver for help. After filling out a lengthy form, they generally provide you a one-way travel permit to go home (note that it is for TfL network, and not for National Rail), and send the bill to your address mentioned in form. It is not that much easy because whole procedure is depends upon your communication with that representative.
Buy Your Yearly Travel one 1st January
Every year ticket prices across the whole TfL network go up by smart percentage of points, generally a little more than inflation. That particular increase happens predictably on 2nd of January, so make sure to buy your annual travel card (if you are using it) just before it, to maximize the value.
Delayed? Use the Extra Time to Claim Back Your Journey
If your journey is delayed by more than 15 minutes, then you are entitled to claim back the cost – even if you are travelling on monthly or yearly travel card. Method is to use TfL’s ponderously long form, or the Tube Refund.
Once the TfL accepted your claim, then you will get a voucher in the mail, which you can reimburse at the ticket office or can put on your Oyster card as a credit. Obviously it is not the simplest process in the world, but if you are a regular traveler, you can claim up to triple figure refunds in year.
Pay As You Go? Never Travel On-Peak
Between the 06:30 to 09:30, the Tube’s tunnels are totally no go area unless you are on travel card. That’s because like ll other public transport systems the morning is peak time, it also means that the pay-as-you-go fare is about double, and a zone 1to6 day travel card will cost you around whopping £10. So, wait until 0931 to start your journey and use the cash saved to sit in delicious restaurants of hotels close to Paddington Lancaster Gate if you are nearby.
Save the bathroom Map
If you get caught short then duck into any
nearby café, buy a coffee and use the washroom facilities. If option is not fine for you then decent number of the tube stations has public washrooms.
Buy Annual Travelcards in Monthly Installments
Want to buy an annual travel card, but don’t have a standby two grand lying around you? The Commuter Club help you to buy annual cards via monthly installments, so for that you just have to pay a monthly fee that are lesser than the cost of monthly card and the total cost works is equal to the annual card, with 5.6% rate of interest.
