Hi Everyone-
We're very excited about our trip this week to London, and we're not going to let some Underground craziness get us down! Our first order of business is to get from the airport to our hotel (we'll worry about the reverse trip when the time comes, and I had already half-decided to get a shuttle even before this week's issues). Our hotel is basically equidistant between the Leicester Square and Charing Cross Tube stops, so before this recent unpleasantness we were simply planning on taking the Underground from Heathrow to Leicester Square on the Piccadilly line (as we've done before). Here's what I see as our options in the current state:
1. Hope that the disruption and serious delays that we're hearing about on the Piccadilly line primarily are primarily on Heathrow-bound direction, such that we should be OK to board at the airport and make our way to Leicester Square on the Piccadilly line
2. Assume that everything on the Piccadilly line is diabolical, and so we should switch lines at the first possible opportunity, e.g. switching to District at Acton Town or some such and then either switching to the Northern or walking from Embankment
3. Throw our hands into the air and suck it up for the Heathrow Express. It's not the cost so much as the principle of the thing.
4. Completely ditch public transit and book a cab, call an Uber, etc.
All opinions appreciated, especially if you're local to London and living through this. I'm also curious if anyone knows...we've loved using the Citymapper app on our past trips to help us plan our routes. Does anyone know if it takes into account real-time traffic/delays, or if it's just based on schedules? Thanks in advance!
Best,
Peggy