M25 pick up

"Zen83237" <zen83237@zen.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Mike P" <privacy@> wrote in message
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>> eastender wrote:
>>> For someone driving round the M1- M3 stretch of the M25 what would be
>>> a good pick up station to collect someone on the way? ie, someone
>>> coming from central London? I'm thinking Uxbridge, but maybe there's
>>> a better one?
>>>
>>> thx
>>>
>>> E.
>>
>> Hillingdon or West Ruislip if they are using the tube. Both stations have
>> car parks and are 5 mins (in non-rush hour) traffic from the M25.
>>
>> I'd say West Ruislip is better if they are using the tube - the central
>> line is quicker usually.
>>
>> Mike P
> Not the easiest of stations to find but then neither is Chorleywood.
>
> Kevin
>
>

Think West Ruislip is hard to find, you should try finding Ickenham station.
It's down some country lane.

In message <48ac7a10$0$26081$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk>, at 21:09:29 on
Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Zen83237 <zen83237@zen.co.uk> remarked:

>I leave the M25 at Chorleywood and I am glad that I don't join the motorway
>here in the morning. The queues are often back to the Sarrat turn.

What are the queues like at J17, which is where the OP would have been
exiting?

>Does Rickmansworth having anywhere to wait?

It's a fairly conventional station forecourt, so should be OK outside
the rush hours. There's a big pub just across the road and last time I
picked someone up I waited in the pub.
--
Roland Perry

In message <48ac7acc$0$2926$fa0fcedb@news.zen.co.uk>, at 21:12:39 on
Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Zen83237 <zen83237@zen.co.uk> remarked:
>Not the easiest of stations to find but then neither is Chorleywood.

It's pretty obvious if you come in over the common.
--
Roland Perry

craig.richmond@virgin.net wrote:
> "Mike P" <privacy@> wrote in message
> news:6gvp9uFhkacpU1@mid....
>> eastender wrote:
>>> For someone driving round the M1- M3 stretch of the M25 what would
>>> be a good pick up station to collect someone on the way? ie, someone
>>> coming from central London? I'm thinking Uxbridge, but maybe there's
>>> a better one?
>>>
>>> thx
>>>
>>> E.
>>
>> Hillingdon or West Ruislip if they are using the tube. Both stations
>> have car parks and are 5 mins (in non-rush hour) traffic from the
>> M25. I'd say West Ruislip is better if they are using the tube - the
>> central line is quicker usually.
>>
>> Mike P
>>
>
> West Ruislip has better parking that Hillingdon.

I've never measured the capacity, but they both have fairly large car parks.

Mike P

Zen83237 wrote:
> "Mike P" <privacy@> wrote in message
> news:6gvp9uFhkacpU1@mid....
>> eastender wrote:
>>> For someone driving round the M1- M3 stretch of the M25 what would
>>> be a good pick up station to collect someone on the way? ie, someone
>>> coming from central London? I'm thinking Uxbridge, but maybe there's
>>> a better one?
>>>
>>> thx
>>>
>>> E.
>>
>> Hillingdon or West Ruislip if they are using the tube. Both stations
>> have car parks and are 5 mins (in non-rush hour) traffic from the
>> M25. I'd say West Ruislip is better if they are using the tube - the
>> central line is quicker usually.
>>
>> Mike P
> Not the easiest of stations to find but then neither is Chorleywood.
>
> Kevin

Eh? Come off the A40 at the Hillingdon turn and turn left / right depending
on whether you are coming in or out of London. Drive straight for about a
mile and a half. It's there on the main road.

Mike P

Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

>>I leave the M25 at Chorleywood and I am glad that I don't join the
>>motorway here in the morning. The queues are often back to the Sarrat
>>turn.

> What are the queues like at J17, which is where the OP would have been
> exiting?

Non-existant, for Chorleywood, but it's a bit back-lane.
It can be a bit slow heading towards Ricky, though.

Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

>>Not the easiest of stations to find but then neither is Chorleywood.

> It's pretty obvious if you come in over the common.

....or follow the sign off the main road...