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Dear Editor,
My wife and I were fortunate enough to receive Christmas gifts from family and friends in the form of theatre tickets and have spent a couple of pleasant evenings in London’s theatreland.

Prior to the advent of the High Speed service an evening at a London show using the train meant a fairly early start and arriving home well after midnight. How much more enjoyable the journey is now!

On a recent trip to the Palace Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue we took a late afternoon train, which gave us ample time for a pleasant pre theatre dinner.

The show finished at 22.10 and we were able to catch the 22.42 arriving home well before midnight. The Underground connections at St Pancras are excellent (Piccadilly, Northern, Victoria, Hammersmith and City).

'Travellers tip' – upon arrival at St Pancras go down the escalators immediately after the platform exit barrier, continue down a second escalator to quickly access the newly sign marked access to the Underground. This avoids a lengthy walk through the main station concourse running the gauntlet of the many modern shops and eateries (of course my wife prefers this route!).

Although there is a High Speed premium to pay the off peak travel card is reasonably good value and the journey times make for a very relaxed evening out (I do confess that my senior railcard makes it even more attractive)

We look forward to many more such pleasant evenings so hopefully family and friends will take note of this...

David and Kim Godfrey