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[email protected] · September 3rd 14, 08:42 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote:

In message , at
04:38:40 on Wed, 3 Sep 2014, remarked:
Gatwick is as convenient to get to and from as Heathrow for us in
Cambridge.

And Birmingham even more convenient (by road anyway, it probably ties
with Gatwick or Heathrow by train from Ely, except at unsocial hours
when the train services deteriorate).

Rail access to Birmingham airport from Cambridge is much worse

It's not "much" worse, most of the day. I know that the Journey
Planners add a pessimistic connection time at Kings Cross, but the
headline figures are identical from Ely (not everyone lives in
Cambridge, you know!) For all I know the connection times at New
Street have similar pessimisms built in.

The trouble is that you are stuck with such idiocies when booking advance
tickets. And Cambridge is over 6 times the size of Ely, by the way.

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Colin Rosenstiel