Thursday, August 11, 2011

What is the best way to get from London Olympia to Wembley Arena? Train/Bus/Taxi?

Although they are only six miles apart,the route isn't easy,and takes at least three changes whether you go by bus or train,if you want to get to the nearest point to the Arena. The buses take well over an hour at the best of times,but because of a big water-pipe project,the roads on that route are messed up until at least next April,and there are long delays. By tube,the easiest way is get the train to Wembley Central straight up the line(northbound) from Olympia's own station and walk the mile (about 20 minutes) to the arena.There are signposts to it all over the place around there, and it's a fairly straightforward walk,only a couple of turns to make. If you want to go to the nearest tube station to the Arena,that's Wembley Park,you'll need three changes on the tube and still have a ten-minute walk from Wembley Park station to the Arena,so you don't really gain much for all the messing about and time spent rattling around on the Underground system. Six miles in a London cab is going to be expensive. For two important venues like that not to have a direct transport connection seems a bit of an oversight,but that's life. I mean...er...that's London! Maybe the England cricket selectors had a say in the planning! Trains from Olympia station are not very frequent,but the train from there straight up the line to Wembley Central still seems the easiest way to do it at reasonable cost.

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