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> anywhere much North of London You don't need to go that much North - I used to live in Oxfordshire, trying to get to Cambridge for work was a joke (I don't d
by xenocratus 4y ago
> anywhere much North of London
You don't need to go that much North - I used to live in Oxfordshire, trying to get to Cambridge for work was a joke (I don't drive). It would take 3.5h+ for a 140km journey from Oxford to Cambridge because train journeys were only through London (+ a railway station change), and there was only one coach that stopped in every town along the way (and which has been axed into two separate legs since the pandemic, making it 4h+ now).
In the end I moved to London, so that's manageable now...
- OJFord 4y agoI didn't mean much North! Heh, another of those BrE words like 'quite'. Oxford/Cambridge is a classic example, yes. (For those unfamiliar, they're like two spokes right next to each other on quite a small rim where London is the hub. But large enough (or close enough spokes) that 'in and back out' seems silly.)
- ErikCorry 4y agoThis is actually being fixed. Someone put huge telescopes on part of the old line, but they are building a new one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_West_Rail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_West_Rail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullard_Radio_Astronomy_Observatory#/media/File:Cmglee_Cambridge_MRAO_Half_Mile_Telescope.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullard_Radio_Astronomy_Observ...
- AdamGibbins 4y agoThat's being fixed in theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_West_Rail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_West_Rail
- nonethewiser 4y agoActually, it seems like the fastest driving route goes down to London as well. In fact, since Oxfordshire isn't very far north of London it's kind of a bad example. Of course it goes through London.