Latest reviews for Stations & Transport in London, United Kingdom

Blackheath Mini Cabs - Awful service!! by Beuhlaahbelle

Beuhlaahbelle — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:02:15 +0000

Review by Beuhlaahbelle

Rating: 1.00

Phone: 020 8297 1234

This minicab firm is a joke! Poor service, rude operators and non-existent drivers that never turn up!! I booked a minicab to take me and a friend to Blackheath Station from Greenwich Heights on Saturday and they never turned up or rang to cancel. I rang them at 3pm they lady said 25mins away, fine..this turned into 45mins of waiting. I rang back and she shouted down the phone that a blue Ford focus was on the way and slammed down the phone! I had to ring another firm and they came in under ten minutes!! Stay away from this firm - no complaints procedure, their website does not work properly and the have bad-mannered staff!!This minicab firm is a joke! Poor service, rude operators and non-existent drivers that never turn up!! I booked a minicab to take me and a friend to Blackheath Station from Greenwich Heights on Saturday and they never turned up or rang to cancel. I rang them at 3pm they lady said 25mins away, fine..this turned into 45mins of waiting. I rang back and she shouted down the phone that a blue Ford focus was on the way and slammed down the phone! I had to ring another firm and they came in under ten minutes!! Stay away from this firm - no complaints procedure, their website does not work properly and the have bad-mannered staff!!

Parker Cars - Rely on these all the way by sexyAlexandra

sexyAlexandra — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:20:29 +0000

Review by sexyAlexandra

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 8560 0000

Website: www.parkercarservice.co.uk

Tags: taxi, cab, minibus

Being single and female with a love of good night life I really need a good cab service. These guys are 100 percent reliable and always take great care of me. They will come and get me from where ever I end up and always charge a fair price. Keep it up guys!Being single and female with a love of good night life I really need a good cab service. These guys are 100 percent reliable and always take great care of me. They will come and get me from where ever I end up and always charge a fair price. Keep it up guys!

Euston Railway Station - Handy Station Once You Know It by Angella

Angella — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:08:31 +0000

Review by Angella

Rating: 3.00

Phone: 0845 711 4141

The mainline station has luggage trolleys.

Steps lead down to the underground. On the wall outside the entrance to the underground are racks with tube maps and also the streets around the mainline station upstairs.
The mainline station has luggage trolleys.

Steps lead down to the underground. On the wall outside the entrance to the underground are racks with tube maps and also the streets around the mainline station upstairs.

St. Pancras International Train Station - Modernised With Statue of Lovers by Angella

Angella — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:21:07 +0000

Review by Angella

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 0845 711 4141

Delightful redeveloped station. If you come in underground you see the memorial to those lost in the London bombing and a cordon around the flowers people have left.
Eurostar goes from ground floor level. Lots of places to eat on ground floor level, Marks, Costa and several more.
A large lift takes you from ground to second floor or take the grand staircase. Do go upstairs to see the giant, famous statue of the lovers by Paul Day, 2007. Near the top of the stairs is the smaller life-size statue of Sir John Betjeman who campaigned to save the station and the hotel for the us and posterity. You can see websites on the history of the station and the sculptor Paul Day who also did a controversial monument on wartime.Delightful redeveloped station. If you come in underground you see the memorial to those lost in the London bombing and a cordon around the flowers people have left.
Eurostar goes from ground floor level. Lots of places to eat on ground floor level, Marks, Costa and several more.
A large lift takes you from ground to second floor or take the grand staircase. Do go upstairs to see the giant, famous statue of the lovers by Paul Day, 2007. Near the top of the stairs is the smaller life-size statue of Sir John Betjeman who campaigned to save the station and the hotel for the us and posterity. You can see websites on the history of the station and the sculptor Paul Day who also did a controversial monument on wartime.

Victoria Rail Station - b by dac1468

dac1468 — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:05:07 +0000

Review by dac1468

Rating: 5.00zz

Waterloo Railway Station - The railway artist statue and 30 p for toilets by Angella

Angella — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:27:49 +0000

Review by Angella

Rating: 3.00

Phone: 0845 711 4141

Decor - The white corridors downstairs are an improvement on the usual grey underground tunnels.

Coming in from the Festival Hall or London Eye you pass plaques at the entrance which give the names of railway staff who died in the wars. Just inside is a charming statue of a painter with his palette. I had never heard of him but took a photo of his name and checked him out on Wikipedia. He was an official painter in wartime and also painted the railways including the Eurostar and portraits including Her Majesty The Queen. He has three sets of letters after his name. Best of all, and most amusing, he has a mouse as his symbol on his paintings and apparently you can see two of them on the statue, one on the plinth. Next time I go back I shall look for the mice and take a photo of them.

Eating on the station includes a Costa cafe, a Bagel Factory kiosk.

The toilets cost 30p.
If you are on your way to the Festival Hall it's less than five minutes away so I suggest you wait.Decor - The white corridors downstairs are an improvement on the usual grey underground tunnels.

Coming in from the Festival Hall or London Eye you pass plaques at the entrance which give the names of railway staff who died in the wars. Just inside is a charming statue of a painter with his palette. I had never heard of him but took a photo of his name and checked him out on Wikipedia. He was an official painter in wartime and also painted the railways including the Eurostar and portraits including Her Majesty The Queen. He has three sets of letters after his name. Best of all, and most amusing, he has a mouse as his symbol on his paintings and apparently you can see two of them on the statue, one on the plinth. Next time I go back I shall look for the mice and take a photo of them.

Eating on the station includes a Costa cafe, a Bagel Factory kiosk.

The toilets cost 30p.
If you are on your way to the Festival Hall it's less than five minutes away so I suggest you wait.

Charing Cross Underground Station - Lovely murals by Angella

Angella — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:16:51 +0000

Review by Angella

Rating: 4.00

Phone: 020 7222 1234

Website: http://www.thetube.com

Tags: sweet / paper shop, ticket machine

I like murals which are informative, relevant, colourful and happy.I like murals which are informative, relevant, colourful and happy.

Savoy Mini Cabs - the best cabfirm in tooting by andrew786

andrew786 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:58:56 +0000

Review by andrew786

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 8672 6592

hi guys!these guys are really good and helpfull,always on time friendly drivers and also very resonable.

i have tried alot of firms but to be very honest,this was the best and they are not cowboys.hi guys!these guys are really good and helpfull,always on time friendly drivers and also very resonable.

i have tried alot of firms but to be very honest,this was the best and they are not cowboys.

Tottenham Court Road Underground Station - Escalator Animated Ads & Mosaics by Angella

Angella — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:28:09 +0000

Review by Angella

Rating: 3.00

Phone: 020 7222 1234

Website: http://www.thetube.com

Tags: sweet / paper shop, ticket machine

This station grows on you. When I arrived at Tottenham Court road station taking the exit on the north side of Oxford Street I wasn't thrilled. The area outside seems to be undergoing renovation. But the stalls in the street at the top sell umbrellas at only £2.99 and all sorts of tempting items.

A convenient crossing allows you to get over the road to the south side safely. Providing you obey the red and green signals to pedestrians.

Coming back, in less of a hurry, I was much more impressed. Colourful mosaics were over the escalators. The advertisements on the walls were sets of animated images, constantly changing. Very high tec.

I gasped, 'We don't have those out in the suburbs!' My friend and I bantered, "You ought to get out more.' 'On second thoughts, you ought to stay in more.'

Downstairs at the end of a corridor we heard a young man playing on a bamboo flute. We paused to ask him where bamboo flutes come from - apparently all over Asia. He stopped playing the flute but the music carried on, at least the base drum accompaniment. Slightly surreal. He suggested that we photograph him alongside the circular mirror in the corner so as to get our own reflection in the mirror.

This station grows on you. When I arrived at Tottenham Court road station taking the exit on the north side of Oxford Street I wasn't thrilled. The area outside seems to be undergoing renovation. But the stalls in the street at the top sell umbrellas at only £2.99 and all sorts of tempting items.

A convenient crossing allows you to get over the road to the south side safely. Providing you obey the red and green signals to pedestrians.

Coming back, in less of a hurry, I was much more impressed. Colourful mosaics were over the escalators. The advertisements on the walls were sets of animated images, constantly changing. Very high tec.

I gasped, 'We don't have those out in the suburbs!' My friend and I bantered, "You ought to get out more.' 'On second thoughts, you ought to stay in more.'

Downstairs at the end of a corridor we heard a young man playing on a bamboo flute. We paused to ask him where bamboo flutes come from - apparently all over Asia. He stopped playing the flute but the music carried on, at least the base drum accompaniment. Slightly surreal. He suggested that we photograph him alongside the circular mirror in the corner so as to get our own reflection in the mirror.

Wimbledon Minicabs - by ROBERTD

ROBERTD — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:02:17 +0000

Review by ROBERTD

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 8542 3000

I work in Wimbledon and these guys are always providing a really good service. I have used this firm for airport travell and they are highly reccomended Great prices and very good time keeping . Top marks to all the staff involved especially JazzI work in Wimbledon and these guys are always providing a really good service. I have used this firm for airport travell and they are highly reccomended Great prices and very good time keeping . Top marks to all the staff involved especially Jazz

Queen's Park Underground Station - Convenient for meeting for coffee by Angella

Angella — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:26:49 +0000

Review by Angella

Rating: 3.00

Phone: 020 7222 1234

Website: http://www.thetube.com

Tags: sweet / paper shop, ticket machine

This is where the underground on the Bakerloo often starts and ends and you have to change onto the overground to get on the Watford line. Actually it's better to change here than wait until Harrow & Wealdstone which is deserted and desolate at night. Better still, if you want the overground, get the through train from Euston, where you can often sit on the train and wait.

Queens Park is a grotty station. It has sheltered seating. Starbucks in in the busy street upstairs which has some restaurants which seems highly priced for the area.

I wondered why it was called Queens Park station and looked on the Internet to no avail. I found a station in Toronto dating back to 1860 named in honour of Queen Victoria, and one in Australia named for Queen Alexandra, wife of King Edward VII. I also learned that Queens Park Rangers football team started here before moving to Shepherd's Bush.

I ordered myself a book on railway station names, Discovering London Street Names by John Wittich. His book says that Queens Park is named after Queen Victoria. You might be interested in What's In A Name by Cyril M Harris, or London Lines, the capital by underground by Michael Kelly.This is where the underground on the Bakerloo often starts and ends and you have to change onto the overground to get on the Watford line. Actually it's better to change here than wait until Harrow & Wealdstone which is deserted and desolate at night. Better still, if you want the overground, get the through train from Euston, where you can often sit on the train and wait.

Queens Park is a grotty station. It has sheltered seating. Starbucks in in the busy street upstairs which has some restaurants which seems highly priced for the area.

I wondered why it was called Queens Park station and looked on the Internet to no avail. I found a station in Toronto dating back to 1860 named in honour of Queen Victoria, and one in Australia named for Queen Alexandra, wife of King Edward VII. I also learned that Queens Park Rangers football team started here before moving to Shepherd's Bush.

I ordered myself a book on railway station names, Discovering London Street Names by John Wittich. His book says that Queens Park is named after Queen Victoria. You might be interested in What's In A Name by Cyril M Harris, or London Lines, the capital by underground by Michael Kelly.

Victoria Underground Station - Has everything by Angella

Angella — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:22:20 +0000

Review by Angella

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 7222 1234

Website: http://www.thetube.com

Tags: sweet / paper shop, ticket machine

Underground links with main line trains and buses on ground level.

At far end on left last exit is a photo booth. Handy for the Petty France passport office which is through the exit and a few yards uphill beyond a handy hotel.

Shops include a tie and scarf shop.Underground links with main line trains and buses on ground level.

At far end on left last exit is a photo booth. Handy for the Petty France passport office which is through the exit and a few yards uphill beyond a handy hotel.

Shops include a tie and scarf shop.

Baker Street Underground Station - Convenient for attractions and quick shops by Angella

Angella — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:15:58 +0000

Review by Angella

Rating: 3.00

Phone: 020 7222 1234

Website: http://www.thetube.com

Tags: sweet / paper shop, ticket machine

Shops
If you urgently need toiletries (eg man needs throwaway razor because he forgot to shave before a dinner meeting) there's a handy chemist up on ground level. You also pass a ladies lingerie shop.

Nearby attractions include Madame Tussauds and Sherlock Holmes museum.Shops
If you urgently need toiletries (eg man needs throwaway razor because he forgot to shave before a dinner meeting) there's a handy chemist up on ground level. You also pass a ladies lingerie shop.

Nearby attractions include Madame Tussauds and Sherlock Holmes museum.

Hyde Park Corner Underground Station - Magnificent murals by Angella

Angella — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:17:04 +0000

Review by Angella

Rating: 4.00

Phone: 020 7222 1234

Website: http://www.thetube.com

Tags: sweet / paper shop, ticket machine

People
I used to avoid this station or dislike it because you often get beggars demanding money which is unnerving if you are alone late at night. They are still there. Not so bad if you are in a group.

Murals
However, the delight now is the murals. Some have interesting captions. I saw murals on the Battle of Waterloo (commemorated in Waterloo station), and the Duke of Wellington who won the battle. His house, No 1, London, is nearby and can be visited.

There's a book called Underground Art by Oliver Green.

Area
Convenient exit for Hard Rock Cafe.People
I used to avoid this station or dislike it because you often get beggars demanding money which is unnerving if you are alone late at night. They are still there. Not so bad if you are in a group.

Murals
However, the delight now is the murals. Some have interesting captions. I saw murals on the Battle of Waterloo (commemorated in Waterloo station), and the Duke of Wellington who won the battle. His house, No 1, London, is nearby and can be visited.

There's a book called Underground Art by Oliver Green.

Area
Convenient exit for Hard Rock Cafe.

Airport-Direct - Terrible by bongobenj

bongobenj — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:16:13 +0000

Review by bongobenj

Rating: 1.00

Phone: 020 7272 0123

Just plain awfulJust plain awful

St Pancras International - Fresh and new by RR123

RR123 — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:58:21 +0000

Review by RR123

Rating: 4.00

Website: http://www.stpancras.com/about-stpancras/

Tags: eurostar, trains, international train station

For a station this is not your typical experience. Recently refurbished and now the terminus for the Eurostar this station is an experience in itself. It has lots of designer shops, a champagne bar and a glorious glass roof that just lifts the station well beyond any of its 'rivals'.

Some of the domestic lines from the Midlands run to this station as well and it a far more pleasant destination than most of the London mainline stations.

Even if you have no need to travel from here it is worth a look to see what is, in itself, quite a work of art bringing both the old and the new together.For a station this is not your typical experience. Recently refurbished and now the terminus for the Eurostar this station is an experience in itself. It has lots of designer shops, a champagne bar and a glorious glass roof that just lifts the station well beyond any of its 'rivals'.

Some of the domestic lines from the Midlands run to this station as well and it a far more pleasant destination than most of the London mainline stations.

Even if you have no need to travel from here it is worth a look to see what is, in itself, quite a work of art bringing both the old and the new together.

Covent Garden Underground Station - run a mile.... by bristle

bristle — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:16:40 +0000

Review by bristle

Rating: 2.00

Phone: 020 7222 1234

Website: http://www.thetube.com

Tags: sweet / paper shop, ticket machine

Does what it says on the tin, but only just.
This is a mega-busy tube station and not exactly a pleasant experience.
OK, it gets you up to street level from a crowded tube train, but the lifts are horrid, the people who get off at this station are even worse, and when you finally get to the surface, you're faced with an endless row of dodgy rickshaws, illegal street traders, yawn-inducing mime artists and shops that are horrendously expensive.
Is it worth it? No. Would you use this station again? Not until they change the recorded voice in the lifts from an Australian female to a real Londoner.

It's worth knowing that Leicester Square station is only a very short distance away, but so much more comfortable (and safer?) to alight. A brisk walk up Long Acre is all that it takes to get to the tat of Covent Garden.Does what it says on the tin, but only just.
This is a mega-busy tube station and not exactly a pleasant experience.
OK, it gets you up to street level from a crowded tube train, but the lifts are horrid, the people who get off at this station are even worse, and when you finally get to the surface, you're faced with an endless row of dodgy rickshaws, illegal street traders, yawn-inducing mime artists and shops that are horrendously expensive.
Is it worth it? No. Would you use this station again? Not until they change the recorded voice in the lifts from an Australian female to a real Londoner.

It's worth knowing that Leicester Square station is only a very short distance away, but so much more comfortable (and safer?) to alight. A brisk walk up Long Acre is all that it takes to get to the tat of Covent Garden.

King's Cross Rail Station - Crowded but lots of shops. by sandco

sandco — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:49:23 +0000

Review by sandco

Rating: 3.00Welcome to Kings Cross.
There are many shops and eating places here, only a few you can actually sit down and have somthing.
You have a small boots store, a large WH Smith store, Burger King, a Bagel store, 2 Upper Crust stores, M&S simply food, whistle-stop off licence and a pub. The pub is the only place you can actually sit in, if you can find a spare table.
The station is always busy and most people hang around the main departure board near WH Smith.
If you want to use the toilets you will need 30p.Welcome to Kings Cross.
There are many shops and eating places here, only a few you can actually sit down and have somthing.
You have a small boots store, a large WH Smith store, Burger King, a Bagel store, 2 Upper Crust stores, M&S simply food, whistle-stop off licence and a pub. The pub is the only place you can actually sit in, if you can find a spare table.
The station is always busy and most people hang around the main departure board near WH Smith.
If you want to use the toilets you will need 30p.

Borough Underground Station - Borough Station - Northern Line by globalgujrati

globalgujrati — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:41:20 +0000

Review by globalgujrati

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 7222 1234

Website: http://www.thetube.com

Tags: sweet / paper shop, ticket machine

Borough is a interesting station for its name is borough but the borough market which is world famous is not here but near to london bridge station.its served by northern line and its on Bank branch so people looking for charing cross must go to Kennington or else to Euston or camdem town.There are two lifts in borough station and one is only working at present therefore having huge rush ar peak hours due to rush of to be accountants going to accountanct colleges which are mostly situated on borough high street.Interesting thing about borough station is its absolutely rocking but it has no shop at all in it.Borough is a interesting station for its name is borough but the borough market which is world famous is not here but near to london bridge station.its served by northern line and its on Bank branch so people looking for charing cross must go to Kennington or else to Euston or camdem town.There are two lifts in borough station and one is only working at present therefore having huge rush ar peak hours due to rush of to be accountants going to accountanct colleges which are mostly situated on borough high street.Interesting thing about borough station is its absolutely rocking but it has no shop at all in it.

Tooting Bec Underground Station - At the crossroads by darkice

darkice — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:30:41 +0000

Review by darkice

Rating: 4.00

Tags: underground station

At the far end of Tooting High Road, this is the less busy station on the outside as its sister tube station of Tooting Braodway, which sits literally in the middle of Tooting High Street with all the shops.

Having said that, is still can get busy and has two entrances and exits, one is on the Tooting Bec Road and the other over the road at the junction. This allows you to enter from two different areas and in some cases cross the road underneath it rather than at the lights above, thus avoiding green lights and weather conditions till you get outside.

There are four automated ticket/cash machines and a ticket office and staff around in needs be and half a dozen barriers to enter and exit.

Two long escalators take you straight down onto the northbound and southbound carriageways just opposite each other and trains come frequently and you have a choice of taking the Bank branch or the Charing Cross branch, as the line divides into two after Kennington (and again at Camden).

You have many buses to choose from to get here, depending on which direction you are travelling from, these include the 249 and 319 from Streatham side. Others run along and towards Tooting Broadway at the crossroads.
At the far end of Tooting High Road, this is the less busy station on the outside as its sister tube station of Tooting Braodway, which sits literally in the middle of Tooting High Street with all the shops.

Having said that, is still can get busy and has two entrances and exits, one is on the Tooting Bec Road and the other over the road at the junction. This allows you to enter from two different areas and in some cases cross the road underneath it rather than at the lights above, thus avoiding green lights and weather conditions till you get outside.

There are four automated ticket/cash machines and a ticket office and staff around in needs be and half a dozen barriers to enter and exit.

Two long escalators take you straight down onto the northbound and southbound carriageways just opposite each other and trains come frequently and you have a choice of taking the Bank branch or the Charing Cross branch, as the line divides into two after Kennington (and again at Camden).

You have many buses to choose from to get here, depending on which direction you are travelling from, these include the 249 and 319 from Streatham side. Others run along and towards Tooting Broadway at the crossroads.