Mr T. 12:39 Mon Jan 4
Advice please on after match travel plans
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Hi there - I am bringing my seven year old son next week for the Wolves match and I am thinking about skipping the queue at Upton Park after the match and walking to Plaistow as he didn't like the queue last time around.
Does anyone on here do this? Does it make much of a difference and will we be able to get onto a train?
How long is the walk etc.?
Many thanks for any advice offered.
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FrancoisVanDerElst
12:41 Mon Jan 4
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Just get mad Murdoch to bring the helicopter surely......
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chim chim cha boo
12:43 Mon Jan 4
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20 minute walk, you'll be able to jump straight on a train so just follow the crowd walking down the road opposite the west stand.
Watch out for dog-shit alley.
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di_kezio
12:43 Mon Jan 4
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20 minute walk. Sometimes you can be in the queue for that long, so if you're not out of the ground sharpish, then the walk to Plaistow is a sensible option.
You'll be fine to board a train, just go further towards the middle or the front.
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chim chim cha boo
12:43 Mon Jan 4
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FrancoisVanDerElst 12:41 Mon Jan 4
He ain't gettin' on no plane, fool.
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Admiral Lard
12:44 Mon Jan 4
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Mr T,
I have tried this a number of times as I get a train to west ham then onto the jubilee line. IN the end we always walk it all the way to west ham
the issue is there is no queue at plaistow however the trains are very busy.
it would be quite a long walk for a 7 year old but enough people to require directions
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Johnson
12:47 Mon Jan 4
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Which way are you going? Where are you sitting?
If you're going East and round the BML/Chicken Run side then a walk to East Ham tube may be better, or if going West or round the otherwise of the ground then Plaistow is the option.
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Eerie Descent
12:50 Mon Jan 4
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Won't have this sort of stress next season, Mr T.
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Fifth Column
12:50 Mon Jan 4
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Mr T
I always walk to Plaistow and have done for years - I just don't like queueing. There are hundreds and hundreds that do the walk now so you can just follow the crowd. As long as you son prefers a 20 minute walk to queueing for 20 mins then it's a good option.
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Johnson
12:52 Mon Jan 4
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Absolutely right, there will be threads about how to avoid the queues and hold ups walking to Stratford station as has happened at pretty much every event held at the OS even the lowly attended ones.
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Mr T.
1:06 Mon Jan 4
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Cheers chaps - will follow the crowd to Plaistow I think as he is fine walking, just gets a bit claustrophobic in the queue.
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Johnson
1:07 Mon Jan 4
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I've walked out to the Barking Road and jumped on a bus to Canning Town before, could be an option if you need Jubilee.
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Mad Dog
1:09 Mon Jan 4
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East ham.
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team boaty
1:32 Mon Jan 4
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Once upon a time used to be the journey taken by bods in order to give plod the slip and get at the travelling fans on the way back
Not anymore, too busy trying to make friends nowadays instead of being in attack mode
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Northern Sold
1:36 Mon Jan 4
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ATTACK MODE
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ChesterRd
1:45 Mon Jan 4
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I'd walk to East Ham, quite straightforward and a bit more civilized.
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Pub Bigot
3:04 Mon Jan 4
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I have a always walked to Plaistow, but because I can do without the packed train, I bus it Stratford and get a central line to Mile End and then change for a District Line to Blackfriars.
Sounds busy, but it's not too bad.
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AKA ERNIE
3:09 Mon Jan 4
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Wait till we move then bring him
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On The Ball
3:16 Mon Jan 4
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Mr T - it depends which direction you're heading on the train as much as anything. You want to walk to the station BEFORE Upton Park for whichever way you're going, then you'll get on easily.
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Burnhammeronsea
3:45 Mon Jan 4
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I travel West on my way home but always walk to East Ham. Benefits- Well lit and passes a few shops . You will get a seat on the Tube before it gets to UP. 20 mins at normal pace.
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Mr. Burns
3:48 Mon Jan 4
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No district line between Barking at Upminster this weekend.
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