On 03/04/2017 09:04, tim... wrote:


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On Sun, 2 Apr 2017 01:15:45 +0100, Graham Nye
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On 2017-04-01 11:07, e27002 aurora wrote:
e27002 aurora wrote:

OK, so I have had it with the Woking RailAir coach link. I need an
alternative means of reaching the airport. Train from the South
Coast
to Woking is fine. But what are the alternatives for reaching the
airport?

Starting from the Portsmouth area.

The national rail journey planner suggests a number of options -
Waterloo,
Paddington, Heathrow or Southampton, Reading, the other railair coach.

If you're going to do part of the journey by coach you could do the
whole
journey by National Express - half an hour longer but a quarter of the
rail price. That's what I do from the West Country rather than messing
around at Reading.

(Travelling off-peak from Portsmouth Harbour seems to save a whole 3%
off the anytime fare. How generous.)

Using Portsmouth Harbour would mean travelling in the opposite
direction, probably be rail! But that one might be doable.

The sanest suggestion is to travel to Waterloo, then taxi to
Paddington, then Heathrow Express.

why would you get a taxi from Waterloo to Padd when there's a direct
tube line?


IIRC Adrian has a medical condition which may make humping suitcases on
and off the tube rather onerous. He is probably right in saying that a
taxi from Woking is probably better than taxi and Heathrow Express from
Padd. There are also a number of specialist airport service car hire
companies in the Woking/Guildford area that might work out cheaper than
a taxi off the rank.

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Graeme Wall
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