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'Nice to see you at Earls Court"
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THIS COULD be the last Commercial Motor Show at Earls Court. The 1978 venue. is set for the National Exhibition Centre at Birmingham. For this reason if for no other the Exhibition Hall in Warwick Road, West London, will be the mecca for transport men old and young for 8 days after the doors open next Friday.
But there is another reason that both we and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders believe that 1976 will be a record attendance year. The number' of new exhibits looks like being the best crop in years.
Planning a visit to the Show is vital if the visitor is to get the best from it. A great deal of time can be lost in travelling and looking for somewhere to eat. Next week we will be publishing some of the places we recommend for refreshment close to the Exhibition, but getting to Earls Court must be the first consideration
Out of town visitors have a choice of method of travel by air, rail or bus. There are now fast coach services from most of Britain's major towns to Victoria Coach Terminal and in many cases these cost about half the train fare and a quarter of the air fare although they do add quite a bit to the journey.
The air shuttle services from Glasgow and Edinburgh guarantee seats if the passenger books in before the hour, and take just over an hour for the journey to Heathrow. Off-peak to Gatwick, while not a shuttle service costs, £4 less than the British Airways Heathrow flight.
It should be borne in mind that arrival at Heathrow means taking the coach to Cromwell Road which is only about 10 minutes walk to Earls Court. Gatwick arrivals will find it easiest to travel by train to Victoria and then on to Earls Court by London Underground District Line.
Main line railway stations are all connected either dIrectly or indirectly to Earls Court by the Underground system. The District Line of the Underground is very convenient and connects with main line stations at Charing Cross or Victoria. It can also be boarded on the south side at places like Tower Hill, Blackfriars, Westminster and South Kensington or on north side at Edgware
Road, Bayswater, Notting Hill Gate and High Street Kensington.
North-east coast arrivals will come in to Kings Cross and will find the most convenient Tube to Earls Court is the Piccadilly Line, which runs direct and should take about 25 minutes. Arrivals from the north and north-west who get into London at Euston should take the Northern Line to Leicester Square and thereafter change on to the Piccadilly Line. Again this will take around 25 minutes.
West Country travellers can pick up the District Line at Paddington main line station, which will put them in Earls Court inside 10 minutes. East of England travellers arriving in London at Liverpool Street or Fenchurch Street can either travel by the Central Line to Notting Hill Gate and then transfer to the District Line or take the Central Line to Gloucester Road and pick up the District Line there.
The cost of Tube travel varies between 1 Op and 20p on these routes depending on the distance. Others may be marginally more. On arrival at Earls Court tube travellers are advised to purchase their return ticket. This will save a great deal of time as they will avoid queueing after leaving the Show.
A visit to the Show can be combined with a look at London from the top deck of a bus. Buses most convenient for Earls Court are the 74 and the 74B which pass Hyde Park Corner, Marble Arch, Baker Street and Camden Town or the No. 30 which follows the same route but can be boarded at Euston instead of Camden Town. Route no. 31 runs from Swiss Cottage through Kilburn, Westbourne Park, Notting Hill Gate and Kensington en route to Chelsea passing close to Earls Court.
Although a single passenger engaging a taxi may feel that he has bought it at the end of the journey because of the recent increase in fares, four people taking a taxi to Earls Court should not find it prohibitively expensive. Generally speaking fares are in the bracket of 60p -£1.60, again depending on distance travelled.
London cabbies know their way round traffic jams and can anticipate where a snarl-up is likely to occur. Normally a 10p tip with the fare will be accepted, with a gracious "Thank you, guy.Leaving Earls Court there is an orderly taxi queue outside the Warwick Road exit and apart from the period between 12.00 and 1.00 this queue clears quickly.
Inevitably a transport man will always consider taking his own car. This is definitely not the thing to do when visiting Earls Court. Quite apart from the frustration of sitting in traffic jams in Cromwell Road and along the Embankment there is the one-way system which defies comprehension except to the locals and in this area they are mainly Australians. There is a famine on parking space in the area and unless a driver can guarantee having his car there at about 9.30 then he might use two gallons of petrol looking for a space that will cost him 50p.
Whatever trouble is experienced, a visit to Earls Court will be well worth it especially for those who have the good sense to come along and see us on stand no. 10.