November 28th 19, 04:22 PM
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Heathrow Express slashes fares (so it says!)
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On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 20:50:33 +0000
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 20:05:39 on Wed, 6 Nov
2019, remarked:
On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 09:38:02 +0000
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 22:16:22 on Sun, 3 Nov 2019,
Recliner remarked:
It's not just tourists and Heathrow workers who have to get to the
airport:
plenty of British travellers and savvy foreign travellers use the
airport
too. Any of them who have been HEx users will switch to Crossrail when
it's
fully open, and not just because it's cheaper. That won't leave enough
premium payers on HEx to keep it viable.
It'll leave all the first-time visitors, which will probably be the
Why would it? I'm sure most of them can read a metro map and will
immediately
spot the lines that go to central london and won't much care for the one
that goes to a bears home.
For the reasons I've explained why airport express services are more
attractive than the local commuter services.
I think you're underestimating them. Its not the 1990s anymore where
tourists
rock up in a new place scratching their heads and clutching a Lonely
Planet
book not quite sure what to do. I imagine most of them will have done
their
homework online including the best way to get from the airport to their
hotel
and if that involves a train no doubt Crossrail will feature.
Aside from Hex I suspect the piccadilly line will face a hefty slump in
passengers too given how slow and uncomfortable it is.
so good news for those of us for which it remains the most appropriate route
(right bugger it was finding an alternative when it was AFU on Monday
morning)
tim
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