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DLR Challenge: Fastest way from Bank to Tower Gateway?

Posted: 18 Jul 2017, 18:37
by reese
Hi there,

I recently decided to try my first challenge: The DLR. My route was Lewisham>Bank>Tower Gateway>Beckton>Bus across to King George V>Woolwich Arsenal>Canning Town>Stratford International>Stratford>All Saints. Everything was alright except for a major hang-up at Bank. I took the District line to Tower Hill and ran to Tower Gateway from there, but the whole thing took 20 minutes. Was it just bad timing, or is there a better way? I'm going to re-attempt my challenge this week.

Any advice is welcome :D

Re: DLR Challenge: Fastest way from Bank to Tower Gateway?

Posted: 18 Jul 2017, 19:17
by The Orange One
Just bad timing, because Tower Gateway gets only 6 trains per hour and Bank substantially more it's always worth checking the boards at Shadwell to see whether it would be faster to drop back onto a Tower train and do Tower first (then Bank)...

Re: DLR Challenge: Fastest way from Bank to Tower Gateway?

Posted: 18 Jul 2017, 20:01
by reese
The Orange One wrote: 18 Jul 2017, 19:17 Just bad timing, because Tower Gateway gets only 6 trains per hour and Bank substantially more it's always worth checking the boards at Shadwell to see whether it would be faster to drop back onto a Tower train and do Tower first (then Bank)...
Good idea, I'll note that in my logbook.

Re: DLR Challenge: Fastest way from Bank to Tower Gateway?

Posted: 19 Jul 2017, 09:17
by RJSRdg
According to Google Maps it's only a 15 minute walk between Bank and Tower Gateway....