On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 21:02:17 +0100, Arthur Figgis wrote:

On 25/08/2011 21:36, Andy Breen wrote:
On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:23:25 +0100, Arthur Figgis wrote:

On 25/08/2011 09:11, Andy Breen wrote:
On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:52:13 +0100, Arthur Figgis wrote:

On 24/08/2011 09:50, Neil Williams wrote:
On Aug 24, 10:11 am, wrote:

And this is the main
platform for the Heathrow Connect - welcome to London hapless
airline tourists.

"You should have used Heathrow Express, you cheapskate"?

Is there anywhere on the planet where the whole experience of
arriving by air gives a good impression?

Arlanda.

Don't they rig the train service so you have to use airport trains at
inflated prices?

Dunno. The prices didn't seen at all unreasonable when I last went
through there (admittedly, about 6 years ago now.. I've not been
getting up into .se, .no or .fi nearly enough recently...). The airport
was clean, pleasant, pretty quiet, the station was well signed, good to
use, the trains into Stockholm comfortable. I dare say I could have
found a way to slum it and save a little bit,

I'm pretty certain I couldn't figure out a way, at least withing the aim
of getting into Stockholm by rail. There is no Gatwick style option to
get a "normal" train - at least one other person tried asking as well.

I refer you to:

http://www.arlanda.se/en/Information...m-the-airport/

and to the map of transport links, which suggests that airport coaches,
buses, SJ commuter trains and long-haul trains and Tagkopaniet trains
all provide a service between Arlanda airport and the centre of Stockholm.

http://www.arlanda.se/upload/dokumen...Eng_110613.pdf

For the SJ commuter trains, you'd need to change at Upplands-Visby. That
option was certainly in place when I went through Arlanda in '05 on
my way to Kiruna, but as I said it seemed silly to make life more difficult
for the sake of saving a small amount.

Plenty of airport coaches and buses too - and were even back then. See above
point about not being silly.

The Tagkopaniet service is new, mind, but there are only two departures/day,
which doesn't really make a lot of difference to anything.

And the bog was broken on the train I got.



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