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83 | USEFUL INFORMATION | Transportand to, with many preference options,and tells you the best route and howlong it will take – it will even give you liveupdates telling you whether there are anydelays.Here’s a bit of information to get youup to speed with transport in Chelsea.London Underground TubestationsSloane SquareCircle and District lines.KnightsbridgePiccadilly line.South KensingtonCircle, District and Piccadilly lines.Fulham BroadwayDistrict line.CyclingBarclays Cycle HireAffectionately known to Londoners as‘Boris bikes’ due to the Mayor ofLondon’s high-profile endorsement of thescheme, these blue bicycles can be seencruising around central London.You can hire either on a membership(UK residents only) or casual basis. Youhave to pay an access fee (£1 for 24hours) and then a rate depending onhow long you use the bike (up to 30minutes is free, up to one hour is £1, upto one and a half hours is £4 and so on).Chelsea straddles the south-westernedge of the 17 sq m coverage zone, sowhile it has more than ten docking stations,they are all based to the north-eastof the area. It is worth noting that helmetsand other such protective gear arenot provided.For more information on the scheme,see the website: www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/cycling/14808.aspx.TaxisBlack cabs can be hailed when theirorange light is lit (your best bet is tohead to the nearest main road), pickedup from a taxi rank (there is one atSloane Square, on the central island), orbooked in advance.A cheaper option is a minicab, but foryour own safety, make sure they arefrom a licensed company. Minicabs mustbe booked or ordered in advance (onlyblack cabs are allowed to pick up passengerson the street) and if you’re lookingfor a good deal it is often worth callingmore than one company for a quote.Make sure the minicab driver can confirmyour name and destination beforeyou get into the car to ensure it is theone you have booked, and check thedriver’s photo ID.Black cabsOne-Number Taxi: 0871 871 8710Call-A-Cab: 020 8901 4444www.callacab.comComputer Cab: 020 7908 0207www.comcablondon.comMinicabsAddison Lee (London-wide minicabservice)T: 0844 800 6677Sloane Cars65 Wiltshire Close, Draycott Avenue,SW3 2NTT: 020 7854 1189Hurlingham Cars Ltd18 Lillie Road, London, SW6 1TST: 020 7381 1111For more licensed minicab numbers, usethe ‘Findaride’ service on the Transportfor London website which can be foundhere:www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/findaride/default.aspx.BusesLots of buses travel through Chelsea. To get the best picture of busroutes, go to the interactive bus map on the Transport for London website:www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/maps/buses. For now, here is a listof buses that go through Chelsea and the streets they stop on:Bus No.11N11*14**19N19*22N22*49170211319345**360414Stops on…Lower Sloane St/SloaneSquare/King’s Rd.Lower Sloane St/SloaneSquare/King’s Rd.Fulham RdSloane St/SloaneSquare/King’s Rd/Beaufort St.Sloane St/SloaneSquare/King’s Rd/Beaufort St.Sloane St/SloaneSquare/King’s Rd.Sloane St/SloaneSquare/King’s Rd.Sydney St/King’sRd/Beaufort St.Royal HospitalRd/Chelsea EmbankmentChelsea BridgeRd/Sloane Square/King’sRd/Sydney St./FulhamRd.Sloane Square/King’sRd/Beaufort St.Fulham Rd/Beaufort St.Sloane Ave/SloaneSquare/Lower Sloane St.Fulham Rd.* Night bus.** Runs day and night.Interesting stopsWest: Fulham Town Hall. East: Victoria, Westminster,Trafalgar Square, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Liverpool StreetStation.West: Ealing Broadway, Chiswick, Hammersmith, FulhamBroadway. East: Victoria, Westminster, Trafalgar Square,St. Paul’s Cathedral, Liverpool Street Station.North: Warren Street, Tottenham Court Rd., PiccadillyCircus. South: Chelsea Football Club, Fulham Broadway,Putney Heath.North: Highbury, Islington, Piccadilly Circus. South:Battersea.North: Highbury, Islington, Piccadilly Circus. South:Battersea, Clapham Junction.West: Putney. East: Hyde Park, Piccadilly Circus.West: Twickenham, Richmond, Barnes, Putney. East:Hyde Park, Piccadilly Circus.North: Shepherds Bush. South: Battersea, ClaphamJunction.North: Victoria. South: Battersea, Clapham Junction,Wandsworth Town, Putney Heath.West: Hammersmith, Fulham Broadway, Chelsea FootballClub. East: Victoria, Westminster, Waterloo.South: Battersea, Clapham Junction, WandsworthCommon, Streatham.North: Natural History Museum. South: Battersea,Clapham Common, Brixton, Peckham.North: Natural History Museum. South: Pimlico, Vauxhall,Imperial War Museum, Elephant & Castle.North: Warwick Avenue, St. John’s Wood. South: ChelseaFootball Club, Fulham Broadway, Putney.