So today I had arranged to go Christmas shopping with the Daughter at Westfield, Stratford. Now, I have commented before on the myriad ways of getting between Brixton and Stratford, but now there is yet another way, which is to get the Northern Line to Tottenham Court Road and then the Elizabeth Line to Stratford.
Which is exactly what I did, although to my irritation I didn't see the lift and found myself going up far too many stairs to get to the very long passage between the lines; I dislike too many steps as I get breathless going up, and with my varifocals, don't see too well going down! But I survived.
Of course, the new link isn't very interesting as it's all in a tunnel, but I hadn't done it before, so....
After our shopping and a coffee, I decided to go home the "sensible" way on the Central Line, changing to the Northern Line at Bank. This is a totally different experience these days, as there is the new moving walkway between the lines
and with escalators either end, it is totally step-free, which is lovely. Plus, of course, the Southbound Northern Line platform is now twice as wide as it was, which makes waiting for a train a whole lot nicer! And I didn't have to wait very long, either, for a Northern Line train!
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