h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Are you laden with heavy baggage from Heathrow & wanting Sloane Square, or somewhere nearby? I have a handy tip for you. Change from the Piccadilly to District line at Hammersmith. It just means lugging your suitcase the width of the platform. No stairs or anything. You can do the same at Barons Court, but it's a bit deserted there, and no fancy destination board to (mis)guide you.

You may ask why I chose Sloane Square as the destination. To be honest, South Kensignton would have been closer (and no line changes), but my wife has a hip joint problem. Sloane Square is the only District/Circle station that I know of with an up-escalator rather than stairs. To be honest, my knowledge is limited to the 'southern' stations.

Hammersmith Warning: It looks like a three-line interchange - it isn't. It's a con job. Piccadilly/District is exceedingly easier - a platform width, but the Hammersmith & City line interchange is a joke; well, it would be if it was funny. It's not; it's the other side of Hammersmith (well, almost). You go up the stairs, out the ticket hall, past some shops, through the shopping mall, across the street dodging cars & buses (ok, wait for the traffic lights then), and finally into another tube station. I'm sure that other 'disconnected' tube stations are closer than this.