London Banter - View Single Post - BAA & HEX/CONnect Cash In On Tube Line Closure

Graeme[_2_] · March 9th 10, 09:49 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london

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d wrote:

On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:54:04 +0000
Graeme wrote:
In message
d wrote:

On Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:18:51 +0000
Ivor The Engine wrote:
On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 11:54:08 +0000 (UTC), d
wrote:

Why? If I've forked out a grand on a holiday whats 50 quid for a
taxi to
make
sure I actually make it to the airport?

How you choose to travel is unimportant. You pays your money, etc.

But your initial rant was that HEx fares are extortionate, which in
context they are not.

For a train fare they are given the distance. Why suffer the hassle of
rail transport for not far off the price of a taxi?

Why suffer the hassle of road travel when the train is cheaper?

Convenience. Plus if the taxi does get stuck in a solid jam you can always
get out and find a train. If the train gets stuck however, you're stuck
unless it happens at a station.

Like to see you do that on the Chiswick Flyover.

Like I said in a another post , the piccadilly line has almost caused me to
miss flights twice at heathrow.

The M3 has almost caused me to miss flights twice at Heathrow.

Thats never going to happen again. Other countries manage to run their
metro systems efficiently and with pride and they take the job seriously.
Here its the usual half hearted can't-be-arsed British indifference. If
something goes wrong, well who cares eh? The passengers can just sod off
and get a bus or something. Put out a few standard issue excuses over the
tannoy and leave it at that. Maybe it'll be fixed in an hour , maybe it
won't. Manyana man...

Yeah, the grass is always greener....

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