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Getting there painlessly

15th September 1972
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PARK AND RIDE is possibly the best advice to give visitors to Earls Court for the Commercial Motor Show who intend to use their own cars. Parking accommodation around the exhibition hall is very limited and a car abandoned in a side street is very likely to finish in the police pound in Fulham. Beneath the exhibition hall there is accommodation for 1200 cars, but most of this space is occupied by exhibitors.

The accommodation at nearby Fenelwen Road and the West London Air Terminal, Cromwell Road, is usually packed to capacity long before 11 am. By far the easiest way to reach the exhibition is on London's Underground on the District Line.

Visitors using main line stations will find easy connections to Earls Court and in some cases the service is direct.

The District Line connects Cannon Street, Blackfriars, Victoria and Paddington stations directly to Earls Court. Visitors arriving at Liverpool Street can use either the Central Line and change at Notting Hill Gate or the Circle Line and change at Gloucester Road. Either way the journey is about 30 minutes. Those arriving at London Bridge should change to the main line train for Charing Cross and pick up the District Line there. Anyone arriving at Waterloo main line station can travel under the river to Charing Cross on the Northern Line to connect with the District Line.

At ground level

For those living in London and who prefer surface transport, bus service numbers 30, 31,•74 and 74b all pass the hall. One or other of these buses can be boarded at King's Cross, Euston, Baker Street, Marble Arch, Hyde Park Corner, South Kensington or Kensington High Street.

London taxi drivers are very knowledgeable and can find their way through the heaviest of traffic in a very short time. Depending on where the taxi is boarded it costs as little as 50p or £3.50. For example Paddington to Earls Court would be at the cheaper end of the scale. Heathrow to Earls Court at the dearer end.

However, for those arriving at Heathrow there is the air terminal bus which costs 50p, and from the air terminal it is less than 10 minutes' walk along Cromwell Road and down Warwick Road to the exhibition hall.

Early morning flights on the inter-Britain routes are met at Heathrow by the executive coach; this is for the businessman with only hand luggage and provides a fast service to the air terminal at a cost of 50p.

Planning the trip, as any transport man knows, is the biggest part of the operation. This applies equally well to a visit to Earls Court or a trunk run across Europe. To enjoy their visit to the full, those going to Earls Court should make their plans before arriving at London. Once inside the exhibition hall you will find CM on Stand 11, which is on the ground floor close to the Warwick Road entrance. We'll be selling Cost Tables, weights and dimensions charts and emergency service guides as well as CM'S bumper Show Number.

See you there!


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