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HI, Just wanting to check how I buy an extension for this as I arrive late at night & don’t want to wait around at the ticket desk?
I arrive late Tuesday night into Gatwick & need to get to Shepherds Bush so am changing at CLapham Juntion. I cannot work out what company run the train from Clapham Juntion to Shepherds Bush so I can’t check whether there will be works. Who runs this train?
Would I be better to just buy a ticket to Clapham Juntion & check in using the red machine on Platform 1 which is where to Shepherds Bush depart from or is there another way I can buy an extension online?Gatwick-Clapham Junction is run by the Southern brand of the GTR uber-franchise.
All Clapham Junction trains stop at East Croydon, so I usually purchase a single from Gatwick to East Croydon. If you have a TFL Freedom pass then there is no need to tap in at East Croydon, as the pass is considered to be a travel card.
Hi, so if I do that, I just tap in using the red machine on P1 for the SB route? If I don’t tap in it will be a problem when I arrive in SB.
I travel on my Freedom Pass regualarly and often down tap in at my local station, but when I get to a station with gatelines the barries will always open for me.
If I meet a revenue team on my train, as long as I’m inside zones (1-6), I never have any problems.
I’ll just add that the single from Gatwick to East Croydon is the same price as the single to Boundary zone 6 and can easily be bought from ticket machines at the airport.
To address part of the original post, London Overground run the service to Shepherds Bush from platform 1 at Clapham Junction.
As a TfL service, check with them for adjustments.
I’d also add that there’s probably no need to tap a freedom pass on platform 1 before boarding but it won’t do any harm if you do.
Oh, I misread that first part.
However there is an hourly train (vs every 15 minutes Overground) run by Southern that serves Clapham Junction and Shepherds Bush as part of its broader Watford – Croydon route.
hi, is that the one where I change at Clapham Junction. I’m actually beginning to think that as my flight arrives at 1140, even with hand luggage only, i may not make that & will have to go onto Victoria station & hope for an underground going west… In fact I have the choice of going to Shepherds Bush or Stamford Brook
If your flight arrives at 2340 then you probably won’t get a connection to Shepherd’s Bush. The last one leaves Gatwick at 2302. You probably need to get to Victoria and hope you’ll get the last tube at about 0040.
Is it tonight, or a later Tuesday?
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