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Piccadilly line from King's Cross to Earl's Court - why isn't the journey planner showing that route?
fwiw even when the piccadilly's running normally the victoria + district route from kings cross to earl's court is often quicker. the walk at victoria between piccadilly and district is like 30 seconds if you pick the right carriage. plus the trains themselves are newer and have air con which matters less in december but still. if you're set on the direct route just check the tfl app for live departures before you tap in, if piccadilly trains are showing 8+ mins then yeah the journey planner was right to suggest the change
the journey planner's probably factoring in the reduced service on the Piccadilly that day even if it's not flagged as a full closure. trains every 10-12 mins vs the usual 3-4 makes the Victoria + District combo actually quicker, especially since the change at Victoria is just across the platform. if you're not in a rush the Piccadilly direct is still fine, just might be a bit more crowded and you'll be waiting longer on the platform at King's Cross
Journey planners are notoriously flaky with the tube. Try a different one, Citymapper or Google Maps might be more reliable. Or, you know, just look at a tube map.
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What are some innovative ways to anonymously compare rental prices in a city?
SpareRoom's "rooms wanted" ads are underrated for this. people post what they're currently paying alongside what they want next, so you can scrape a rough sense of going rates by postcode without anyone knowing you looked. it skews young and flatshare heavy tho, so not much use if you're after 2-beds in zone 2.
Another one is just the depozit or tenancy deposit scheme data. not public-facing, but your council's housing officer can tell you median rents from deposit registrations if you email them under FOI. takes weeks, but its proper anon and nobody clocks u.
Rightmove and Zoopla only show asking rents, which are often 10 to 15 percent above what a place actually goes for, so they're a poor benchmark. The trick I've used is the ONS Price Index of Private Rents, which breaks things down to borough level and is genuinely anonymous since it's aggregate data, no listing or account needed. For something more granular, the London Renters Union runs a rent reporting tool where you submit what you're paying with your postcode and it maps it against others nearby, though the coverage is patchy outside the inner boroughs.
the openrent "rent check" thing is decent for zones 3-4 where the unions tool barely reaches. also worth checking the london.gov.uk planning portal for new build applications, they list "affordable" and market rent figures per unit in the viability assessments, which is basically the developer telling the council what they expect to charge. bit of a faff to dig through but its public, anonymous & nobody knows ur looking