London links

"Hatunen" wrote in message
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On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 16:29:32 GMT, Not the Karl Orff
wrote:

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Hatunen wrote:

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 15:17:35 -0000, "Miss L. Toe"
wrote:

Personally I would probably prefer Gatquick to London Bridge, taxi or
bus to
Liverpool street, Stanstead Express. Misses out the underground.

Given the potential street traffic problems I should think the
direct Underground from London Bridge to Liverpool Street would
be better.

Care to name the direct unerground link between the two stations?

Oops. I have no idea how I managed to misread this map in my hand
to think that the Northern Line went to Liverpool Stret.

Never mind....

In which case, Gatwick to Blackfriars and then Circle Line to
Liverpool Street would be a direct underground connection.


If you went via Mornington Crescent you could have a nice view out of the
window - except on Tuesday afternoons.

In message , Hatunen
writes
In which case, Gatwick to Blackfriars and then Circle Line to
Liverpool Street would be a direct underground connection.

As would Gatwick to Victoria (despite someone posting that it needed a
change).

My own route would depend on how much luggage I had. Via Victoria and
Tottenham Hale is perhaps the easiest for a tourist to manage (but there
are the steps down into the booking hall at Victoria).
--
Roland Perry

In article ,
Roland Perry wrote:

(but there
are the steps down into the booking hall at Victoria).

i doubt one can avoid some stairs at almost all underground stations

In message , Not
the Karl Orff writes
steps down into the booking hall at Victoria).

i doubt one can avoid some stairs at almost all underground stations

Yes, very difficult. Can normally be done (depending on how far one
wishes to detour), although the northbound route from Gatwick is
particularly difficult. Best to take a cab from London Bridge to
Liverpool St, although there are big gaps in the Gatwick-London Bridge
service in the morning rush hour, which is when many flights arrive :-(
--
Roland Perry

"Miss L. Toe" wrote in message
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Is there any air link between Gatwick (south
of London) and Stansted (north of London) ?

Transfers are usually done by bus (allow 3 hours) or train (allow 2
hours), see:

Do it via Geneva, and you can pick up some duty free's, which might make
it
the cheapest way.

Apparently so: it costs more to go from
Gatwick to Stansted by bus than it does
to fly from Stansted to Rotterdam.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)

"Miss L. Toe" wrote:

If you went via Mornington Crescent you could have a nice view out of the
window - except on Tuesday afternoons.

ooooh. I think that makes you the winner!!!!

(If someone would ever explain the complete rules to Mornington Cresent to me, I
would be ever so grateful.)

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 13:55:38 -0000, "Mark Hewitt"
wrote:


"Don Phillipson" wrote in message
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Is there any air link between Gatwick (south
of London) and Stansted (north of London) ?

Nope.



He didn't ask for a direct or non-stop air link.
--==++AJC++==--

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 16:29:33 -0500, "Don Phillipson"
wrote:


"Miss L. Toe" wrote in message
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Is there any air link between Gatwick (south
of London) and Stansted (north of London) ?

Transfers are usually done by bus (allow 3 hours) or train (allow 2
hours), see:

Do it via Geneva, and you can pick up some duty free's, which might make
it
the cheapest way.

Apparently so: it costs more to go from
Gatwick to Stansted by bus than it does
to fly from Stansted to Rotterdam.

If you are at Gatwick and want to go to Rotterdam, just fly BA or EZY
to Amsterdam and take the train direct from the airport to Rotterdam.
--==++AJC++==--

"AJC" wrote in message
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On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 13:55:38 -0000, "Mark Hewitt"
wrote:


"Don Phillipson" wrote in message
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Is there any air link between Gatwick (south
of London) and Stansted (north of London) ?

Nope.



He didn't ask for a direct or non-stop air link.

In that case..

Yes.

"Don Phillipson" wrote in message
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Apparently so: it costs more to go from
Gatwick to Stansted by bus than it does
to fly from Stansted to Rotterdam.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)

True. But the bus (GBP 23) doesn't require advance booking, may operate
full, half-full, or with one passenger on board, and charges everyone the
same fare regardless of whether they buy their ticket 2 months in advance or
as they board the bus. Whereas the plane, at GBP21.38 (cheapest) does go up
to at least GBP 57.56 including taxes. You're not comparing like with like.