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title: Short ride
date: "2005-06-15T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - london-2005
wp_id: 637
description: I documented my shortest ever commute from Croydon to Newbury Park, managing perfectly timed train transfers at London Bridge and Bank stations. It was a rare moment where London's transport connections aligned without any waiting time.
keywords: [london transport, commuting, croydon, newbury park, london bridge station, bank station]
---

After a long time, things started going right for a change.\
**7:15pm**: Get out of office.\
**7:22pm**: Walk into train platform **exactly** as the train arrives. The **right** train.\
**7:40pm**: Long walk to change trains at London Bridge. Once again, the train arrives bang on cue.\
**7:47pm**: Another change of platform at Bank. Train to Newbury Park arrives almost immediately.\
**8:15pm**: Out of Newbury Park station.\
That was easily the shortest ride I had from Croydon to Newbury Park. Probably will continue to be the shortest ever.