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![]() "Roland Perry" wrote in message ... In message , at 13:49:00 on Thu, 29 Dec 2011, Paul Corfield remarked: And how many airline passengers have Oyster cards? Quite a few I would imagine, given the number of people living in Greater London who have them and who might well be flying out of Heathrow. And the thousands and thousands of staff who work in and around Heathrow. Why are the staff taking trains from one terminal to another? If their job requires moving around the airport I'd expect the employer to provide an [airside] alternative. -- Roland Perry Not everyone has an airside pass. In fact, these days, they try and restrict the number. |
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In message , at 14:38:19 on
Thu, 29 Dec 2011, Graham Harrison remarked: And how many airline passengers have Oyster cards? Quite a few I would imagine, given the number of people living in Greater London who have them and who might well be flying out of Heathrow. And the thousands and thousands of staff who work in and around Heathrow. Why are the staff taking trains from one terminal to another? If their job requires moving around the airport I'd expect the employer to provide an [airside] alternative. Not everyone has an airside pass. In fact, these days, they try and restrict the number. So this is landside staff who have jobs in multiple terminals. Seems like a small subset, being that far away from anything airside (and most airlines only have check-in staff in one terminal). -- Roland Perry |
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On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:57:00 +0000, Roland Perry
wrote: Why are the staff taking trains from one terminal to another? If their job requires moving around the airport I'd expect the employer to provide an [airside] alternative. Plenty of staff don't work airside. And they might arrive on a bus to the central bus station and need to make a connection. Not everyone going to/from LHR uses HEx or a taxi. I've always thought the free travel zone was aimed at that. Neil -- Neil Williams, Milton Keynes, UK |
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15:28:28 on Thu, 29 Dec 2011, Neil Williams remarked: Why are the staff taking trains from one terminal to another? If their job requires moving around the airport I'd expect the employer to provide an [airside] alternative. Plenty of staff don't work airside. And they might arrive on a bus to the central bus station and need to make a connection. If it's their regular place of work wouldn't they get a bus direct to the appropriate terminal? Not everyone going to/from LHR uses HEx or a taxi. I've always thought the free travel zone was aimed at that. The ones who arrive by car at the wrong terminal need accommodating, there's no denying that. -- Roland Perry |
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![]() "Matthew Dickinson" wrote in message ... One surprise in the 2012 fare revision is that the Piccadilly line joins the Heathrow Free Travel Area. See http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/20689....athrow-airport "Journeys solely between Heathrow Terminals 123, Heathrow Terminal 4 and Heathrow Terminal 5 will be free for all Oyster card and Oyster photocard holders" OK, let's go back to square 1. The majority of people transferring between flights at Heathrow will do so airside. This means they won't go anywhere near any transport in the Heathrow Free Travel Area. For those who do come landside the HeX/HC trains are the prferred (by the airport authority) route. Yes, I know, the underground is more frequent blah blah but by the time you've got hold of an Oyster, used it for one inter terminal trip and then tried to get your refund because you're not coming back to London how long is that going to take? In any case, I would suggest that the whole point of the free travel area isn't aimed at passengers or even meeters and greeters but actually at airport/airline staff. |
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