TfL zone 6 (ie the limit of Oyster) is as correctly said Borehamwood on the Thameslink Line. On the Underground it is High Barnet, Edgware and Stanmore (where the 615 starts/terminates) although it is possibly a quicker option to use it from/to Borehamwood.
On the King`s Cross- Hatfield rail line the limit of Zone 6 is Hadley Wood. Commuting from West London, one option is London Overground to West Hampstead, change to the Thameslink line and then to Borehamwood for the 615. From East London, London Overground to Highbury ,one stop to Finsbury Park with the underground, then on to Hatfield with National Rail.
Qeensbury & Edgware underground are where the UNO 614 / 644 to/from the U of H can be caught. During peak hours some buses (route 644) are extended to./from Wembley Park underground via Kingsbury Circle. For further reading on these routes please look at my reply of 11th August to Sandraggor on- currently- page 6 entitled `Buses at Hertfordshire`. Unfortunately TfL Oystercards are no longer valid on UNO services even where they travel inside TfL land. Note: the UNO 614 travels via The Spires in Barnet, not the underground which is 10-15mins walk away. Most of the TfL buses however, that pass High Barnet underground either start or terminate at The Spires.
At Hatfield rail station- at present a dog`s dinner of a set-up at least as far as the bus stops are concerned, due to the re-building taking place- for the main Campus in College Lane the best option is the UNO 653, 602 341/641. Since the timetable changes in August, the 602 now goes like the 653 directly to the College Lane Campus instead of going circular via South Hatfield first making the journey time some 15min quicker.These services can be caught from the temporary west bound stop on the opposite side of the road to the station by Hatfield House.
For commuting to from the station to de Hav there is the frequent at -least for the core part of the day Mon-Sats - Arriva 300/1, taking around 10mins, this stops at The Amada Comet Motel just over the road from The Campus and can also be caught from the westbound stop as above. You could also take the UNO 602 / 653 buses to The Forum, then change to the free inter-campus shuttle from there which may be a quicker option than staying on the bus and going circular via S. Hatfield.
Another alternative for de Hav if you have a UNO only ticket is the Business Park shuttle 650, (every 20mins Mon- Fri peak hrs only) this goes circular via the B. Pk and stops opposite The Comet for de Hav., journey time around 8-10mins.
There is also the UNO 607, every 20mins, takes around 18-20mins peak hrs., which goes circular via the Airfield Motel, Garden Villages, Business Park, Salisbury Village (where a lot of students reside) before running along the Albatross Way service road at the back of de Hav. There is a stop almost opposite the car park gates at the back of The Law School called `Temporary Flag` - not marked on the timetables due to legalities of transfering road ownership between the estate developers and council, although it`s been there fourteen years! It is the next stop, about one minute, after the Tiger Moth Way stop in Salisbury Village.This is literally a minute`s walk from the campus if the gates to car park 2 behined the Law School are open, which they usually are. Both these services (607/650) can be caught from the temporary northbound and Business park stop on the same side of the road outside and to the left of the station exit.
With the 607 ask the driver for `The back of de Hav`. Some drivers may say they don`t go near de Hav with this bus with the day time service - well they do. In the evenings after 20.00 Mon-Fri and 19.00 weekends it actually goes into the de Hav interchange by The Sports Village running in the evenings and Sundays/BankHolidays every half hour from the rail station at xx05 & xx35 past each hour, taking 15mins from the station,less than 10mins to it. It the only service Sundays B/ Holidays that gives you a regular half hourly service from and to the rail station to either of the Campuses until last bus from the station at 23.05.
Don`t forget you have only until midnight Weds 08 th Oct to complete the carefully worded council questionnaire as massive cuts to council funded/ supported bus services in Herts are proposed from next April onwards over the next three years. Please read my other articles on this.
If anybody could link in this and my articles to The StudyNet I would be most grateful. Offers?
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