Euston to Waterloo with double buggies - help!

[TinyPenguin]

Basically my friend and I are going to London for a few days on the train. We need to get from euston station to Waterloo (hotel is near millennium wheel) with two double buggies & baggage! What's the best way (and ideally step free access) to do this?

Thank you in advance
;-)

Black cab
Worth every penny

Or walk if you can travel light!

Euston to green park on the Victoria line then change to jubilee to Waterloo. Should be step free unless Euston isn't, in which case short walk to kings cross which is and is also on victoria

Black cabs.

But yes, with comfy shoes and rucksacks and a break for coffee and muffins half way it is entirely walkable.

I hope you aren't booked in the Park Plaza as you will have to confront a revolving door, plus reception on the first floor up the escalators.

Second black cab. Streets are too busy for buggies and luggage.

Depends what kind of double buggies and what time. If the middle of the day and phil and teds type, get bus no 168 all the way from Euston to Waterloo.

If side by side pushchairs, or if rush hour, a cab each.

And by the way, the TFL journey planner now has an option for step free journeys.

Will I need to fold the buggy to use a black cab? It's a MB duet so only as wide as a standard wheelchair. (sorry, am a country bumpkin!)

No, they have a space for a wheelchair so you should be fine. In fact, you may get both in one with a (tight!) squeeze.

plantsitter - how much and how long does the bus take? I normally do tube but might bus be a good option (more for DS to see en route) or is it busy and dull.

Black cab (prob one each). OR you can walk it in about half an hour but yes do it when not too busy.

Actually, I forgot your luggage. You won't want to walk!

I have travelled, with lots of young children, buggy, sling, and a DH, from Euston to Waterloo.

We took a bus. There is a circular bus that goes around all the main stations. It was pretty easy to pick it up on the forecourt of Euston station.

Nothingoldcanstay - with buses it really depends what time you get it as if it's rush hour it would take forever and be quite horrid with kids, but if in the middle of the day about 20 mins and quite good fun if you sit on the top deck and look at all the sights - it goes over Waterloo Bridge which has a good views of the Eye/Houses of Parliament etc.

Get an oyster card and I think a single bus journey is £1.20 (might've recently gone up) and it's free for under 10s.

Thanks plantsitter.

can I ask a stupid question - oyster card is it just like the old travel card but you" top it up " yourself? Everyone has one but I haven't really understood why they are better than a one day travelcard for example.

You can just buy a paper one day travel card, but since you're there for more than a day an Oyster is probably better. The advantage is that you can put a tenner on it, and it will count up your journeys each day and once you've racked up as much as you'd spend on a 1-day travel card then it stops charging you. Clever, no?
But it will cost you 3 quid to get one.

You should probably read this thread if you plan to get on a London bus with a double buggy. Just saying.

m.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/1495378-to-not-voluntarily-get-off-the-bus-for-a-wheelchair

Aw but realistically cvb a buggy user's chances of actually being evicted by a wheelchair user are very slim. And presumably the OP will be avoiding the rush hour.....,please tell us you're avoidjnv the rush hour?

Circular bus or black cab. Ceeveebee, not sure how that helps

I guess just because if getting on a bus you need to be aware of limited space. Doubt you'd get two double buggies on same bus, certainly I can't when I travel with my twin mum buddies. I'd go for black cab especially if you have bags as well.

This is why we need the bendy buses back.

Yep. I've been refused to get on almost empty buses because there's already another buggy on there, not allowed to block the aisle, and my pram won't fold down (even if it did I'd struggle to do it while carrying two babies). But if OPs DCs are able to stand/sit and I'd her buggy is foldable she'll be fine (but may have to travel seperately from her friend)