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Steve M · July 5th 08, 01:17 AM posted to uk.transport.london

wrote:
On Jul 4, 12:11 am, CJB wrote:
AND this morning Heathrow Connect was terminating at Hayes and
Harlington (an increasingly frequent occurance) whereby all pax
heading for Heathrow are unceremoniously booted out of the train on
the bay platform 5 and told to continue their journey by bus. H&H

Frankly , if you've got any brains you get a minicab to an airport.
Relying on public transport is as good as missing your flight. I can't
remember the last time I took the tube to heathrow or southern to
gatwick. Even if the mainline railways are running fine the tube will
always screw you over somehow preventing you from getting to victoria
or paddington.

B2003

You must be loaded... a cab from my house (Finchley) to any of the 5
London airports would cost a bomb! Thankfully... every time I fly (which
is fairly often) I use public transport and it works fine. Even with a
minor delay, it's still fine, since I leave a little bit of extra time,
and check-in online, so can arrive and zoom straight through to the
aircraft.

Methinks you are just a bit negative generally. Sometimes, things do go
wrong, yes, but I use 3 Tube lines and a bus daily, and 9.5 times out of
10, it works like it should.

Cheers

Steve M