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Helpful travel guidance including tips for flying, taking trains, and driving to the hospital. From airport options to taxi services, find the best routes and prices for your journey. Includes detailed instructions for taking public transportation, Eurostar trains, and even bus routes from Guildford rail station to the hospital.
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Travel to Royal Surrey County Hospital National Co-ordinating Centre for the Physics of Mammography (NCCPM), Guildford, UK
Travel • Travel guidance • www.tfl.gov.uk • May offer alternative routes • Airports • Fly to London • Wide range airlines including low cost • Check airport location relative to Guildford • Trains • www.nationalrail.co.uk • Driving • Map (last page) • Online maps use postcode: GU2 7XX
Airports: public transport • Best: Gatwick Airport • Train from Gatwick to Guildford (may need to change in Redhill) • £12.60 (before 9.30), £17.10 (after 9:30) not via Clapham Junction (one way) • Good: Heathrow Airport • Airbus to Woking, • £10.50 single, every 30 mins. • www.nationalexpress.com • Then train to Guildford • £3.90, very frequent • More difficult: Luton, Stansted, City airports • Train(s)/Tube to Waterloo • www.tfl.gov.uk
Taxi from airports • Prices from airports • must book at least 24 hours before flight • e.g. GM cars +44(0)1483-566 566 • Gatwick: From £45 • Heathrow: From £40 • Stansted airport: from £145 • Luton airport: from £92 • Much more expensive • Calling a taxi from the airport • Taxi rank at airport
Train • Times/price: www.nationalrail.co.uk • Travel to Guildford main station • Not London Road Guildford • Train from Waterloo • Choose trains via Woking • Others are very slow (but not cheaper) • £13.80 single
Eurostar • Trains direct from Brussels, Paris, Lille & Disneyland to London St Pancras • www.eurostar.com • Tube to Waterloo from St Pancras • Piccadilly line (dark blue - west) • Change at Leicester Square • To Northern Line (black - south) to Waterloo
Bus from Guildford rail station to Hospital • Leave via rear entrance of station • Go upstairs from platform, turn left • If arrive at platform 1: turn right at top of stairs • Cross road to bus stop • Bus ‘5’ or ‘A’ are the best (all other buses go opposite Tesco, near the hospital) • Ask for ticket to Hospital • Second stop after large roundabout • Single: ~£1.20; Return ~£2.00
Taxi from rail station • Exit via the front entrance • Taxi rank is on left • Exit via rear entrance • Mini-cab office can call for a taxi
Driving • We drive on left side of road! • No provision for parking • Contact Alistair for advice • Arrive on dual carriage way ‘A3’ (see map) • Turn off for University / Hospital • Follow signs for Hospital • Straight on at traffic lights • At small roundabout turn right • Turn right into Stirling Road (5th on left)
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