First off I want to thank syaming-li for this awesome travel guide, this is more of an update from Vger’s earlier guide as there have been some changes to the underground maintance.
- West London Line Overground: Sunday only: NO SERVICE BETWEEN RICHMOND AND STRATFORD. This means that Shepherds Bush cannot be accessed on the West London Line.
- Hammersmith & City (Pink): NO SERVICE ON THIS LINE. Replacement Bus service: Hammersmith and Paddington, calling at Goldhawk Road, Shepherds Bush (Central), Latimer Road, Ladbroke Grove, Westbourne Park and Royal Oak.
- Circle Line (Yellow): No service between Hammersmith and Edgware Road. (This was unannounced before and changed this weekend)
- Jubilee Line (Grey/Silver): no service between Stanmore and Waterloo. Rail replacement buses operate. (extended from West Hampstead. The Jubilee Line is no unusable but is thankfully connected to other major lines [see guide!])
- Metropolitan Line (Purple): Saturday 7 August, no service between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Aldgate. Rail replacement buses operate.
- Waterloo & City Line (Aqua): Completely closed.
Jubilee Line’s maintenance has been extended across a few more stations, so now Waterloo becomes an obstacle, and Northern Line now no longer has any maintanance work going on, so it should be working as normal (slightly delayed and pretty warm.)
Thankfully, Waterloo is well connected on other lines, so please use the Northern (Black) and Bakerloo Line (Brown) lines Northbound from that station.Stations Closed:
- King’s Cross St. Pancras: Closed to Northern Line (Black) trains.
- Latimer Road (Hammersmith & City Line): Closed westbound from Saturday 3 July until Saturday 4 December, inclusive. London Underground tickets are valid on any reasonable local London Bus route between Ladbroke Grove, Latimer Road, Wood Lane and Shepherd’s Bush Green.
- Blackfriars; Circle (Yellow) and District (Green): Closed until late 2011. Please use Temple and Mansion House stations. Tickets are also accepted on bus 388 between Mansion House and Embankment.
- Cannon Street; Circle (Yellow) and District (Green): Closed on Saturdays and Sundays until mid 2012. Please use nearby Bank, Mansion House or Monument stations. Cannon Street Overground should be operating as normal on weekends.
Station Maintenance: Please note that the following stations are not closed to the public, but building work will be taking place there, which will make navigating those stations take a little longer than usual;
Bank, Bound’s Green, Camden Town, Canary Wharf, Covent Garden, Heathrow Central (1,2,3), Marylebone, North Greenwich, Oxford Circus, Piccadilly Circus, Queensway, Tottenham Court Road, Warren Street, Waterloo.If you’re going to and from the event on the day, you should be fine. But those of you who are staying for the weekend will notice that you will not be able to use the West London Line- at all, for the most part- on Sunday 8th August. If you need to get back, I suggest the following:
Watford Junction: Ignore all bus replacement services and those will take you out of the way. Instead take the regular 220 bus service (from outside The Pavilion) to Willesden Junction Station. You should be able to jump on a regular rail service from here to Watford Junction.
Clapham Junction: There should be a rail replacement service from Shepherd’s Bush Green. If you cannot find one, then jump on the 295 bus service, which should take you to Clapham Junction station.
For anyone using the tube- it is, in all basics AIM FOR THE RED LINE. It’s the only one that works! If you are stuck and need help with your travel stuff, feel free to ask me here, or PM me, or use my deviantART account to contact me, and I’ll be happy to aid you as quickly as I can. Everybody knows that one of the key components to having a good day is having an easy journey!
Need more information? A much bigger guide is available from his Summer of Sonic journal.
I am so confused, the journey planner I used said I’d have to make 3 stops … oh geez I better go check, now I’m gonna be up all night worrying
I’m gettin a little confused as well and need a simple solution sorry its jjust Im no good with travel. So my friend and I are coming through London Waterloo and through the tube to Sheperds Bush. So we have to get on the Red Line to Sheperds Bush but do which line is best to take to reach the red line. Form what I see the Jubillee and Central lines seems to be the best but I rather get the opinion of someone who knows it better! So any help you can give would be widely appreciated.
Phew, it’s good I only have to use the central line
For those of us only travelling through the internet to take part in SoS, would the old uStream site be the place to go to watch it? Kinda heard nothing about it at all, so I’m just wondering if there’ll actually BE a live stream this year or not.
I should be able to get there from Victoria Phew. If not I’ll just have to run the streets Sonic Style.
So excited will not sleep tonight. Have to be up at
3am anyway or cant wait.
I Have a route planned bascially it’s french horn lane in Hatfield to the station from there i get off finsbury park and get on the victoria line to Oxford Circus from there i change for the central line that will take me to Shepard’s bush and from the station it’s a 5 minute walk from the satation to the Pavillion.
Me and Hannah’s route was obstructed last year, which set us back half an hour! (my bad, I should have done my research). This year we’re lucky, our simplest route is taking the Picadilly til Holborn, then catching the Central line, which all appear to be fine =D
Central line for me from London Bridge! If there ARE problems, please send Sonic to come collect us all! He will be faster than any train…
On the day, I’ll only have a if 10-20 minute walk if I’ve planned this correctly. The only bit that could cause trouble is my journey today all the way from Newcastle to London :-/
what the… i got the routes planned, the ticket and i can’t come? i know it doesn’t say that but
My route’s nice and simple, I just take the northern line from waterloo.Then I change onto the central line at tottenham court road and take that to sheperds bush.I am never taking the circle line again because that was awful last year.
i only have to get a bus ^_^ phew
I have to go from Victoria to Oxford Circus – and then hop on the central line, thus taking me to Shepherds Bush
Driving from Somerset, only have to get up at half six though!
Too bad i won’t be able to attend again, but this time with a ticket for nothing, next year theres more guarantee i guess :\
@chazza: that’s the same route i’m taking in London
@ Simon
Didn’t know about that route since I just follow the instructions on the London Journey Planner website. Yes I am also taking the underground from Waterloo and bugger me if I end up getting lost.
I better keep my eyes peeled for people who look like they are going to SOS’10 …..
Just use the London Underground Journey Planner
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/modalpages/2625.aspx
See you all tomorrow <3
I can't sleep, too excited, I guess I'll sit up and play Goemon for the N64 until 7am
AAaah, so excited!! I couldn’t get to sleep until 1am due to excitement, then I woke up at 4am and it’s now 6am, so I’m getting up now
SOS was truly amazing and so were crush 40
ONE OF THE BEST DAYS EVER
Seriously, today was, simply put, the best day of my life, ever
I got to meet loads of awesome folks, got some swag, got an autograph from my favourite band, and a Handshake … oh wait, hug (Sorry Johnny!) from my hero of music, damn, and to top it off, I saw them live in concert <3
Today was truly amazing (I was the really tall blonde guy, (quite big, he he he)
Thank you so much everyone, and High Five to DreadKnux for the High Five on the way out!
Summer Of Sonic this year was just outstanding! From getting to play Sonic 4 and Sonic Colours, more great merchandise, great cosplay costumes, Jun and Johnny’s Q&A was great and what an outstanding finish by Crush 40. My throat is hella sore from all the cherring and singing along, but I don’t care
This year was a blast. Thank you Dredknux and co for
delivering another great year for Sonic fans out there. Till next
time in June for the big 20th.