In message , at 16:41:29 on Tue, 24
Apr 2012, Graeme Wall remarked:
Don't forget they have London Southend Airport as well now.

... which is on the right side of London for visitors to Stratford.
Indeed, could it be the most convenient airport apart from LCY for
Olympic visitors who are staying in or near Stratford?

It's a toss-up between Southend and Stansted.

More frequent train service from Southend I think.

Curiously, the East Coast planner has not been updated to include
Southend Airport station.

Reverting to NRES, it seems to have 3tph at 44 minutes to Stratford.

Stansted has 2ph at 53 min, which is worse, but not excessively so.

IIRC the Stansted trains are 8 car. What are the Southend line trains
these days?

They appear to be Dusty Bins (Class 321). And most likely 8car.
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Roland Perry