Rail journey with a stop-off en route, ticketing?
Posted: June 13th, 2017, 4:54 pm
I'm shortly going to travelling from:
1 - Heathrow T2 > central/west London [near Kensington High Street] - 2 nights there
2 - London > Cambridge - 2 nights there
3 - Cambridge > Norwich - a few nights there.
I only visit the UK every few years and the possibilities transport-wise seem to evolve each time. I'm currently thinking:
1 - Heathrow Express to Paddington and tube to Ken High St
Reasoning: Though that train is very expensive, it'll have been a long journey and this seems to be the simplest way, given a taxi would be $$$$. I don't think Cross-rail is up and running yet to be an alternative. There's something called Heathrow Connect, DAK if that might be an alternative?
2 - Tube to Liverpool Street or King's Cross and then train? There used to be various great bus services from west London to Oxford like the Oxford Tube, but is there anything of that kind from west London to Cambridge?
3 - Not a route I know well at all, and I'm only aware of the train connection.
2+3 - is there a UK train ticket type that would allow London>Cambridge [2 night stop-off] > Norwich? Or do I have to book individual journeys?
Any advice, tips, useful websites to check would be very welcome, thx!
1 - Heathrow T2 > central/west London [near Kensington High Street] - 2 nights there
2 - London > Cambridge - 2 nights there
3 - Cambridge > Norwich - a few nights there.
I only visit the UK every few years and the possibilities transport-wise seem to evolve each time. I'm currently thinking:
1 - Heathrow Express to Paddington and tube to Ken High St
Reasoning: Though that train is very expensive, it'll have been a long journey and this seems to be the simplest way, given a taxi would be $$$$. I don't think Cross-rail is up and running yet to be an alternative. There's something called Heathrow Connect, DAK if that might be an alternative?
2 - Tube to Liverpool Street or King's Cross and then train? There used to be various great bus services from west London to Oxford like the Oxford Tube, but is there anything of that kind from west London to Cambridge?
3 - Not a route I know well at all, and I'm only aware of the train connection.
2+3 - is there a UK train ticket type that would allow London>Cambridge [2 night stop-off] > Norwich? Or do I have to book individual journeys?
Any advice, tips, useful websites to check would be very welcome, thx!