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Easyjet to fly from London Southend Airport
Jack Campin wrote:
[Southend] Is it much harder to get to (from Euston, say) than Gatwick or Heathrow? LHR is on the Tube (subway system) which makes it easy and cheap to get to. Easy, but only cheap-ish by London standards, which are not those of most of the world. But that's a given. If someone baulks at the cost of taking the tube from Heathrow to central London, they may want to consider their plans. None of the other London airports are. IMO, that is the key variable in an airport - if it is connected to the city's subway system. Both of Chicago's airports are, which is a big plus for Chicago. None of New York's are (in each case, you have to jump through hoops to get there by public transit). Not much of a hoop at JFK. One change from the subway to Airtrain JFK. London Stansted airport is accessible by train from Liverpool Street Tube station, no worse than changing tube trains. Pretty much the same for LGW from Victoria station. Stansted is pretty expensive to get to and there are no trains to get you there for early morning flights. But the bus goes there, e.g. Terravision. The two cheapest airports to get to from a major city centre that I know of are Istanbul and Edinburgh. Istanbul has a more convenient and comfortable service with the metro, but it doesn't run 24 hours and you can get stuck with using taxis. Edinburgh's has a night bus service. I don't know the cost of Istanbul's metro, I expect it's cheap. There are lots of European airports I can think of with cheap connections to the airport though- even in the US, Boston's subway connects you for $1.70. Manchester has buses and trains (which run all night) and in a couple of years also trams, though that will probably take longer from the centre than the trains, but the trains aren't particularly cheap, around £8 return. I can think of other UK cities (e.g. Newcastle) with cheap services to their airports. For sheer gratuitous muddle and user-hostility, the public transport links from Budapest to the two Ferihegy airports (miles apart) would be hard to beat. We just took a taxi, which split between two wasn't a hardship. -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "[Do you think the world learned anything from the first world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009) |
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Easyjet to fly from London Southend Airport
JohnT wrote:
"Jack Campin" wrote in message ... [Southend] [] Stansted is pretty expensive to get to and there are no trains to get you there for early morning flights. The two cheapest airports to get to from a major city centre that I know of are Istanbul and Edinburgh. Istanbul has a more convenient and comfortable service with the metro, but it doesn't run 24 hours and you can get stuck with using taxis. Edinburgh's has a night bus service. San Diego Airport is in the City Centre. Las Vegas Airport is near the Strip. Newcastle (UK) Airport is at the end of one of the Tyneside Metro lines and I have unlimited Metro travel for £25 per year. In a month I'll fly to Gibraltar which I hear is also pretty close. Leaving immediately though. -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "[Do you think the world learned anything from the first world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009) |
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Easyjet to fly from London Southend Airport
In message , David Hatunen
writes On Sat, 16 Jul 2011 14:59:13 +0000, Kenny McCormack wrote: In article , Jack Campin wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-13789532 .........London Southend..........that is!!!! Who makes this stuff up? It's Southend Airport....for gawds sake! [though ties in nicely with another thread about how cheap Ryanair are.....well, if you were coming into London and land at Southend, its gotta be cheap because the onward time and money will knock a bit of a hole in Ryanair ticket price and convenience..] Is it much harder to get to (from Euston, say) than Gatwick or Heathrow? LHR is on the Tube (subway system) which makes it easy and cheap to get to. None of the other London airports are. IMO, that is the key variable in an airport - if it is connected to the city's subway system. Both of Chicago's airports are, which is a big plus for Chicago. None of New York's are (in each case, you have to jump through hoops to get there by public transit). Not much of a hoop at JFK. One change from the subway to Airtrain JFK. London Stansted airport is accessible by train from Liverpool Street Tube station, no worse than changing tube trains. Pretty much the same for LGW from Victoria station. Luton looks to be a bit hoopy (I've never been there) but London City doesn't look all that difficult save for the change to DLR and what seems to be a short walk from the DLR/City Airport station (I've been through it on the DLR but didn't pay much attention). Luton (and Gatwick) have direct trains from any of Kings Cross/St Pancras, Farringdon, or London Bridge stations (and for Gatwick these trains are cheaper than the ones from Victoria). -- --- Sheila Page |
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Easyjet to fly from London Southend Airport
"Sheila Page" wrote in message ... In message , David Hatunen writes On Sat, 16 Jul 2011 14:59:13 +0000, Kenny McCormack wrote: In article , Jack Campin wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-13789532 .........London Southend..........that is!!!! Who makes this stuff up? It's Southend Airport....for gawds sake! [though ties in nicely with another thread about how cheap Ryanair are.....well, if you were coming into London and land at Southend, its gotta be cheap because the onward time and money will knock a bit of a hole in Ryanair ticket price and convenience..] Is it much harder to get to (from Euston, say) than Gatwick or Heathrow? LHR is on the Tube (subway system) which makes it easy and cheap to get to. None of the other London airports are. IMO, that is the key variable in an airport - if it is connected to the city's subway system. Both of Chicago's airports are, which is a big plus for Chicago. None of New York's are (in each case, you have to jump through hoops to get there by public transit). Not much of a hoop at JFK. One change from the subway to Airtrain JFK. London Stansted airport is accessible by train from Liverpool Street Tube station, no worse than changing tube trains. Pretty much the same for LGW from Victoria station. Luton looks to be a bit hoopy (I've never been there) but London City doesn't look all that difficult save for the change to DLR and what seems to be a short walk from the DLR/City Airport station (I've been through it on the DLR but didn't pay much attention). Luton (and Gatwick) have direct trains from any of Kings Cross/St Pancras, Farringdon, or London Bridge stations (and for Gatwick these trains are cheaper than the ones from Victoria). They are cheaper than the "non stop" trains from Victoria. They are (approximately) the same price as the stopping trains from Victoria tim -- --- Sheila Page |
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Easyjet to fly from London Southend Airport
"JohnT" wrote in message ... "Jack Campin" wrote in message ... [Southend] Is it much harder to get to (from Euston, say) than Gatwick or Heathrow? LHR is on the Tube (subway system) which makes it easy and cheap to get to. Easy, but only cheap-ish by London standards, which are not those of most of the world. None of the other London airports are. IMO, that is the key variable in an airport - if it is connected to the city's subway system. Both of Chicago's airports are, which is a big plus for Chicago. None of New York's are (in each case, you have to jump through hoops to get there by public transit). Not much of a hoop at JFK. One change from the subway to Airtrain JFK. London Stansted airport is accessible by train from Liverpool Street Tube station, no worse than changing tube trains. Pretty much the same for LGW from Victoria station. Stansted is pretty expensive to get to and there are no trains to get you there for early morning flights. The two cheapest airports to get to from a major city centre that I know of are Istanbul and Edinburgh. Istanbul has a more convenient and comfortable service with the metro, but it doesn't run 24 hours and you can get stuck with using taxis. Edinburgh's has a night bus service. San Diego Airport is in the City Centre. Las Vegas Airport is near the Strip. Newcastle (UK) Airport is at the end of one of the Tyneside Metro lines and I have unlimited Metro travel for £25 per year. I don't believe that's available to a "normal" person. tim |
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Easyjet to fly from London Southend Airport
ho ho ho
"David Horne" a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion : ... Martin wrote: On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:02:55 +0100, (David Horne) wrote: Graham Harrison wrote: [] As for Southend the airport owner has paid to have the station moved to make it much more convenient and there are trains every 20 minutes to Liverpool St taking almost exactly an hour which is a bit better than Stansted (every 15 minutes/50 minutes) but not an enormous amount. Don't you mean a bit worse... Anyway it is intended for the Southend catchment area. All this airport location stuff reminds me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKEBCG3iJtw -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "[Do you think the world learned anything from the first world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009) |
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Easyjet to fly from London Southend Airport
On Sun, 17 Jul 2011 01:15:12 +0100, Sheila Page wrote:
In message , David Hatunen writes On Sat, 16 Jul 2011 14:59:13 +0000, Kenny McCormack wrote: In article , Jack Campin wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-13789532 .........London Southend..........that is!!!! Who makes this stuff up? It's Southend Airport....for gawds sake! [though ties in nicely with another thread about how cheap Ryanair are.....well, if you were coming into London and land at Southend, its gotta be cheap because the onward time and money will knock a bit of a hole in Ryanair ticket price and convenience..] Is it much harder to get to (from Euston, say) than Gatwick or Heathrow? LHR is on the Tube (subway system) which makes it easy and cheap to get to. None of the other London airports are. IMO, that is the key variable in an airport - if it is connected to the city's subway system. Both of Chicago's airports are, which is a big plus for Chicago. None of New York's are (in each case, you have to jump through hoops to get there by public transit). Not much of a hoop at JFK. One change from the subway to Airtrain JFK. London Stansted airport is accessible by train from Liverpool Street Tube station, no worse than changing tube trains. Pretty much the same for LGW from Victoria station. Luton looks to be a bit hoopy (I've never been there) but London City doesn't look all that difficult save for the change to DLR and what seems to be a short walk from the DLR/City Airport station (I've been through it on the DLR but didn't pay much attention). Luton (and Gatwick) have direct trains from any of Kings Cross/St Pancras, Farringdon, or London Bridge stations (and for Gatwick these trains are cheaper than the ones from Victoria). But is the Luton train station in the airport or is some sort of station- airport shuttle used? At Gatwick the station is under one of the terminals. I was aware of the other connections to Gatwick, but the fast train, Gatwick Express, is from Victoria Station, although we always save a few pounds and use a non-express train; these are only a a bit slower. -- Dave Hatunen, Tucson, Baja Arizona, out where the cacti grow |
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Easyjet to fly from London Southend Airport
On Sat, 16 Jul 2011 23:28:22 +0100, Jack Campin wrote:
The two cheapest airports to get to from a major city centre that I know of are Istanbul and Edinburgh. Istanbul has a more convenient and comfortable service with the metro, but it doesn't run 24 hours and you can get stuck with using taxis. Edinburgh's has a night bus service. New York calls itself "The City That Never Sleeps" and you can access JFK 24/7 by the subway/AirTrain route. But as to LaGuardia, fuggedaboudit. -- Dave Hatunen, Tucson, Baja Arizona, out where the cacti grow |
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Easyjet to fly from London Southend Airport
On Sun, 17 Jul 2011 00:14:11 +0100, David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)
wrote: JohnT wrote: "Jack Campin" wrote in message ... [Southend] [] Stansted is pretty expensive to get to and there are no trains to get you there for early morning flights. The two cheapest airports to get to from a major city centre that I know of are Istanbul and Edinburgh. Istanbul has a more convenient and comfortable service with the metro, but it doesn't run 24 hours and you can get stuck with using taxis. Edinburgh's has a night bus service. San Diego Airport is in the City Centre. Las Vegas Airport is near the Strip. Newcastle (UK) Airport is at the end of one of the Tyneside Metro lines and I have unlimited Metro travel for £25 per year. In a month I'll fly to Gibraltar which I hear is also pretty close. Leaving immediately though. My understanding is that everything in Gibralter is pretty close. Am I right in understanding that they have to close a road when a plane lands, rather like a railway crossing? Ah. Yes. The crossing shows up quite clearly in Google maps. -- Dave Hatunen, Tucson, Baja Arizona, out where the cacti grow |
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