This is the most pleasant bus ride I've had in a long long time. Making it's way from Richmond High…read moreStreet, through Barnes Bridge, along the river and ultimately over Hammersmith Bridge to Hammersmith Bus Station, I couldn't have been more pleasantly surprised. It was a lovely sunny day, a little after 6, and it wasn't crowded nor bumpy. There was a point we cut through neighbourhoods, and it operated on a sort of get-off-where-you-like system. I saw so many cute little areas with pubs and shops I'm dying to visit now!

This bus travels through some adorable parts of SW London, crossing the Thames on the Hammersmith…read moreBridge, through Mortlake and on to Richmond. Now I know it is a bus transporting the general public, but if it could possibly be re-routed to take in Barnes Village with it's little shops and lake in the green it would be perrrrfect!

Come to think of it, I suspect that this is an example of what you call Transport Orientated…read moreDevelopment, namely that the area around the station is densely populated. Well, it didn't feel all that dense, though they do have some hotels, and supermarkets in the local area, which is certainly quite cool.

This is probably one of those stations that started off as a mainline station, or it could have…read morebeen an infill station for the tube, but to be honest I am nowhere near a tube expert like some people on the internet are. Anyway, yeah, this station had quite a bit of charm, and even had a secondhand bookshop attached to it, which I thought was cool. Oh, I believe you get off here to go to the botanic gardens.

This is the attractive main station for visitors to Kew Gardens, as well as serving the well-to-do…read moresuburbs of Kew itself, and the Public Records Centre 10 minutes' walk away. It is served by both the Richmond branch of the District Line and the North London Line, both of which are now under the control of London Transport. The line wasn't originally part of the underground at all, but built by the London and South Western Railway as a branch to Richmond from the West London line near Kensington Olympia in 1869. A connection at Gunnersbury also enabled access from the North London Line, a service which survives today. These services were joined by those of the Metropolitan District Railway (the forerunner of the District Line) in 1877 as an extension of its service from Hammersmith. Other services were run on the line by the Great Western Railway and the Metropolitan Railway, but by the end of the First World War the only services left were those still operating today. As a result, the station still looks like a suburban main line station, with traditional canopies and awnings, and attractive brick buildings in a domestic Italianate style. Part of the main building on the north (Kew Gardens) side is now part of the Railway Pub, and the forecourt has become a sort of mini district shopping centre. The station has a small newsagents which also sells confectionery. Worth a look also is the concrete arched bridge which carries a footpath over the station: this white-painted structure was an early example of reinforced concrete and dates from 1912 - it is actually a listed structure (Grade II) in its own right. It was built using the Hennebique system, after the French engineer François Hennebique. Today the station is equally busy at weekends thanks to the presence of the gardens nearby. It is used by some 3 million passengers a year. Destinations on the District Line include Upminster via Hammersmith, Victoria and the City, and Richmond; and Stratford in East London via Willesden Junction and Camden.

The thing that stands out with regards to this station is that it happens to be across the road…read morefrom the BBC Television Studios. Mind you, I'm not all that sure if it is still used to the extent that it was used back in the day (such as Dr Who Episodes being filmed in the back halls). Anyway the station isn't all that bad, particularly since the trains will come through here pretty often, which I have to admit that I quite appreciate. Yeah, it isn't bad.

Wood Lane Underground Station is a fairly new tube station, opening in 2008, at the time of opening…read moreit was the first new tube station to be built on an existing tube line for over 70 years. It is located in Fare Zone 2 and has step-free access. The location is good. It is in the White City area of London and is the main station for Westfield London It is located in White City and serves Westfield London and the BBC's former home of the Television Centre. The Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium (Loftus Road) is also nearby. The station is fairly clean, it has a small Starbucks (take out only) at the ticket gates, and two lifts going to each platform. It is on the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines, between Latimer Road and Shepherd's Bush Market stations. Depending on where in London you are trying to wish, you may wish to connect into Hammersmith (around 5 minutes) and get onto the District line. Tower Hill, Kings Cross, Baker Street and Paddington are all served from here on the circle line though. 3* - Handy tube station if you're heading into Westfield, serves a useful feature but far from the best station on the network.

Well, it does have it's own labyrinth, so I guess technically it is a separate station. Also, you…read morehave to touch out if you are crossing from the station across the road, though you sort of have to do that in other stations where you are going from one type of transit to the other (and it probably depends on who actually runs the service). Anyway, the station isn't too bad, and they do happen to have trains coming through here regular, as they do. Mind you, I suspect that the separate stations no doubt go back to the days of privatised rail.

When we're visiting London, we like to travel the Piccadilly Line. This is one of the better…read morestations servicing that line. Above the platform, just below the streets is a secret world filled with eateries and places to grab a drink. A convenience store sits right outside the turnstile. Even though we didn't see a rubbish bin anywhere, the station was rather clean.

I live in a city that has many ways of transportation, but I do feel like London has a huge network…read moreof trains underground. Holland Park Tube Station was the closest to our place, so after awhile it became our station. I learned that the London Underground goes back to 1863 and is the world's first underground railway. From there were many different lines added over the years and stations. Holland Park, I learned was opened in 1900. London is a city that is somewhat easy city to navigate through, you just need a map of the underground, oyster card (bus/train payment card) and the patience to swim upstream with the crowds of people going places.

Well, okay, I won't necessarily say that this is central London, but then again in my mind…read moreeverything to the west of Hyde Park isn't central London, but it is the inner-city (and pretty swish as well). However, it's another one of those decent stations that dumps you in the middle of a shopping strip.

This station certainly had more charm than the previous ones, though it isn't as charming as…read moreHammersmith which happens to be a major interchange station. Mind you, catching the tube can be a bit like navigating a maze, especially since you might end up using a lot of interchanges. Still, as a station it isn't too bad.

A useful station on the District llne, West Kensington is between Earl's Court and Baron's Court…read moreand is in Travelcard Zone 2. If you look closely a the Tube map, you'll see that the Piccadilly Line does NOT stop here. Sadly, no step-free access here, but they do have ticket vending machines and Oyster card readers. Generally, this is the station where you realize that you're on the Richmond line when you really wanted to be on the Wimbledon line. Oops.

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