Graham Harrison wrote:
> "Christopher Barker" wrote in message
> news:250320081912494640%chrisbarker@attbi.com...
>> On a Sunday afternoon in late July my wife and I will be departing from
>> St. Pancras station in London via Eurostar. Prior to this we will be
>> using a rental car for a few days, based in Cookham, Berks. We have
>> not yet booked the car, but before we do so I'd like to ask the group's
>> advice on the best place to drop it off so that we can then easily get
>> to St. Pancras with as few rail/taxi/bus transfers as possible.
>>
>> We would rather not have to drive into London with it, but have driven
>> in Madrid, Barcelona, Paris, Rome, Milan and Naples during rush hour
>> without disaster, (though not without frustration,) so could pull it
>> off on a summer Sunday afternoon if a better alternative is not
>> forthcoming. (However, is St. Pancras within the congestion fee zone?)
>> The main problem seems to be that all of the stations on the Cookham
>> side of London connect into Paddington, Marylebone, or Euston, so we'd
>> need to then make it through the Underground system with luggage.
>>
>> The fact that one of our party (father) needs to be dropped at Heathrow
>> at 6:30 AM the same day may also figure into our plans, though a taxi
>> from Cookham to Heathrow for them is an alternative. (This raises the
>> possibility of simply dropping the car at Heathrow as we let them off,
>> and taking the Underground from Heathrow to St. Pancras, which looks
>> like it involves a single line (Piccadilly?) and hence no transfers.
>> Is this correct?)
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Chris (in California)
>
> Unless you can find a rental office actually at St Pancras (or Kings X which
> is right next door) almost anything else will involve some traipsing.
> You'd think that Eurostar or National Rail or EMT would say something about
> car rental at St Pancras but they don't (as far as I can see).
>
There's Avis claiming to be at St Pancras (actually in Eversholt St,
beside Euston) -
http://www.avis.co.uk/CarHire/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/London/St-Pancras-Train-Station |