ah i dunnno, ne help pls?
2007-01-31 05:55:41 · 9 answers · asked by garethjones1992 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Rail
but when will i know to get off?
2007-01-31 06:00:54 · update #1
Just go to the station, hail a train, tell the driver where you want to go and pay the fare on the meter when you get there. Oh sorry, that's a taxi isn't it!
Well trains are a bit different. Each train cannot go everywhere. So therefore you do sometimes have to change.
For instance: From Gloucester to Oxford you will need to change once or twice. If you time your journey carefully you can get a train bound for London. This doesn't go to Oxford, but does stop at Didcot which isn't far from Oxford and is a JUNCTION (important word). Here you get off (you will know when you are there because there are lots of signs saying...errr...'Didcot'). You then look at the departure monitor screen (or ask someone) to find out what platform the Oxford train goes from, you walk to that platform and when the train arrives (it will have come from London or Reading or somewhere further afield and is quite likely to be going further, beyond Oxford) you board it and get off at Oxford a short while later.
People have been doing this sort of thing for 175 years now. You'll soon get the hang of it......
2007-01-31 07:25:07 · answer #1 · answered by david f 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, when you change trains, you get off one, then get on to another. If you are not familiar with the rail network, and do not know when to get off to "change", it is best to ask at the information point or ticket office before you commence your journey.
If you are changing trains at a large station in the UK, say Birmingham New Street, allow plenty of time for changing, to take into account late running of the first train, and time taken to identify the correct platform of the other train and getting over there.
2007-02-04 03:37:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes basically... Get on a train, get off at the station you are told to and then board another to your destination...
Annoying but fairly simple...
2007-01-31 06:02:54 · answer #3 · answered by Lady Garden 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup! Get off at the station you need to change at, and then there will be a timetable on the platform, directing you to where the other train you need to get on will be!
2007-01-31 05:59:47 · answer #4 · answered by Tom A 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You go to the station closest to you - ask at the desk for a ticket to the station you want to go to -- with it so far.................
Then ask how to get there. They will tell you which station to get off at and which train to get on.
It's easy really, but if you get on the wrong one, just get off at next station, go to the otherside of the track and start again.
NB - please don't cross over the line, use the subway or bridge - you might fry your brain!!
2007-01-31 06:07:32 · answer #5 · answered by Janice E 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Exactly what you said use this site
http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/railplan/bin/query.exe/en
Put in your destination and departure station
and it will tell you exactly where to get off the train and how long until your connecting train arrives, includes underground, walks etc etc
2007-01-31 06:01:22 · answer #6 · answered by simon y 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats correct if the change for example is hull you get of at hull and wait for the other train you need to connect you .although it can be annoying if the train you are on first is late and you miss the next one.
2007-01-31 06:00:53 · answer #7 · answered by Nutty Girl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are precisely right. To get to your destination may require you to get a different train at a certain station to get to where you want to be.
2007-01-31 06:00:57 · answer #8 · answered by richard_beckham2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well done, you answered your own question....
did you think they might change it into a pumpkin?
sometimes they might change it into a bus or taxi if you're really unlucky...
2007-01-31 06:00:48 · answer #9 · answered by Big Bad Ben 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋