On Sun, 7 Jan 2007, Tristán White wrote:

"Brian Watson" wrote in news:50cd01F1fjn7pU1
@mid.individual.net:

I have to do this trip on Thursday morning after 9am.

Our survey (of the TfL Journey Planner) says: Circle/H&C to Paddington,
then Heathrow Express to Heathrow, taking 40-odd minutes. If you ask for a
no-NR route, you get the Central/Picc route via Holborn, which is
predicted to take 70 minutes.

I think Central line to Holborn, then Piccadilly out to Heathrow looks
quickest and easiest.

Yes, definitely. You may get there marginally (and only marginally) quicker
if you go to Paddington (Circle/H&C) and then the Heathrow Express,

How about Central to Ealing Broadway, then Heathrow Connect to the
airport? JP puts that at 60-65 min. Slower than the HX, not significantly
faster than the tube, but it works with travelcards and it avoids a change
at Holborn - you have to go over a bridge at Ealing, i think, but it'll be
easier than finding your way through a maze of twisty little interchange
passages, all alike, and should be less busy. I'm not sure what the
frequency of the HC is, though - that 60-65 min might be based on an
optimistic assumption about making a connection.

tom

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