On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 18:04:09 -0000
"Peter Masson" wrote:
Although there's often a queue at the main ticket office at Victoria, there
are plenty of ticket machines, there's a separate Gatwick Express ticket

Which also have queues and frequently didn't work.

office which rarely has a queue, and tickets to Gatwick can be bought on
Gatwick Express trains.

Didn't know that.

from tube stations. Gatwick Express trains almost always have available
seats, even the peak trains which run through to Brighton. As you are happy
to take a taxi from North London to Gatwick you obviously wouldn't mind the
slightly higher fare for Gatwick Express compared with the Southern trains.

Slightly higher? A lot higher last time I checked it out. Hardly worth it
to save all of 10 mins. Aside from that the journey is identical.

B2003