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mber.org, at 15:35:42 on Tue, 1 May 2018, Recliner
remarked:

On a recent trip through Stansted, I happened to get a position at the
front of the little transit train on the way to Satellite 2 so I whipped
out my pocket camera and took a few pictures.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/recliner/sets/72157668434701408

While waiting for the delayed flight in the Satellite, I realised that the
long underground transit ride had actualy brought us back to a satellite
pier that's also connected directly to the terminal building with a
walkway. I was, of course, aware that the underground route has a long
curve, but hadn't realised that it takes you almost back to where you
started.

It's fairly obvious where the satellites are relative to the main
building (by looking out of the window!), so I'm surprised at your
surprise.

It was the underground route of the shuttle that surprised me: I
hadn't realised it went past and under the cargo terminal.

I'm becoming less and less convinced it does.

I'm going by this map, but I can't verify if the underground section is
accurate:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/recliner/41802404401/in/photostream/lightbox/

Let's look in the opposite direction:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRqbXwmxE4I

At 1:55 the train leaves the existing satellite station and almost
immediately curves round to the left.

Yes, it turns out that I did:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/reclin...um-72157668434
701408/lightbox/

It's difficult to see the distance, and is it really further from the
portal to the start of the bend, as from the station to the portal (as
suggested by some mapping sources)?

I don't know. I've not spotted any clues to the tunnel's location from
aerial shots/

I was hoping your [additional] photo showed how far the tunnel went
underground before curving around to the right.
--
Roland Perry