On 24/04/2012 16:34, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 15:28:48 on Tue, 24 Apr
2012, Graeme Wall remarked:
No doubt somewhere is a website that says what the "shortest event" is.

60m if the olympics has is, otherwise 100m.

High Jump run-up is even shorter

How far is a weightlifter allowed to move/stagger before being
disqualified?

Darts isn't an Olympic sport is it?

The devil in me says the Australian sport of dwarf-throwing should be a
contender for the shortest event...

I'll get my pickaxe.

--
Graeme Wall
This account not read, substitute trains for rail.
Railway Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail

In article ,
(Recliner) wrote:

On Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:38:10 -0700 (PDT), allantracy
wrote:

I haven't looked, but are the Easyjet's and Ryanairs adding extra
services to Luton/Stansted (where there are plenty of free slots)
diverting them away from other intra-Europe flights, or is it too short
a period for them to be worried about?

Don't forget they have London Southend Airport as well now.

... which is on the right side of London for visitors to Stratford.
Indeed, could it be the most convenient airport apart from LCY for
Olympic visitors who are staying in or near Stratford?

Marshall's like to think Cambridge will be good for Stratford too.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:50:56 -0500,
wrote:

In article ,
(Recliner) wrote:

On Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:38:10 -0700 (PDT), allantracy
wrote:

I haven't looked, but are the Easyjet's and Ryanairs adding extra
services to Luton/Stansted (where there are plenty of free slots)
diverting them away from other intra-Europe flights, or is it too short
a period for them to be worried about?

Don't forget they have London Southend Airport as well now.

... which is on the right side of London for visitors to Stratford.
Indeed, could it be the most convenient airport apart from LCY for
Olympic visitors who are staying in or near Stratford?

Marshall's like to think Cambridge will be good for Stratford too.

But further away and less good train service(?). Both, however, should
be small, uncrowded airports, unlike Heathrow, etc.

In message , at 16:41:29 on Tue, 24
Apr 2012, Graeme Wall remarked:
Don't forget they have London Southend Airport as well now.

... which is on the right side of London for visitors to Stratford.
Indeed, could it be the most convenient airport apart from LCY for
Olympic visitors who are staying in or near Stratford?

It's a toss-up between Southend and Stansted.

More frequent train service from Southend I think.

Curiously, the East Coast planner has not been updated to include
Southend Airport station.

Reverting to NRES, it seems to have 3tph at 44 minutes to Stratford.

Stansted has 2ph at 53 min, which is worse, but not excessively so.

IIRC the Stansted trains are 8 car. What are the Southend line trains
these days?

They appear to be Dusty Bins (Class 321). And most likely 8car.
--
Roland Perry

On 24/04/2012 17:12, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 16:41:29 on Tue, 24
Apr 2012, Graeme Wall remarked:
Don't forget they have London Southend Airport as well now.

... which is on the right side of London for visitors to Stratford.
Indeed, could it be the most convenient airport apart from LCY for
Olympic visitors who are staying in or near Stratford?

It's a toss-up between Southend and Stansted.

More frequent train service from Southend I think.

Curiously, the East Coast planner has not been updated to include
Southend Airport station.

Reverting to NRES, it seems to have 3tph at 44 minutes to Stratford.

Stansted has 2ph at 53 min, which is worse, but not excessively so.

IIRC the Stansted trains are 8 car. What are the Southend line trains
these days?

They appear to be Dusty Bins (Class 321). And most likely 8car.

So Southend has a 50% greater capacity than Stansted. But nobody knows
its there!

--
Graeme Wall
This account not read, substitute trains for rail.
Railway Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail

"Graeme Wall" wrote

So Southend has a 50% greater capacity than Stansted. But nobody knows
its there!

Stansted no longer has through trains to Stratford (they now run Bishops
Stortford to Stratford), but a 4 tph service to Liverpool Street.

Peter

On 24/04/2012 18:35, Peter Masson wrote:


"Graeme Wall" wrote

So Southend has a 50% greater capacity than Stansted. But nobody knows
its there!

Stansted no longer has through trains to Stratford (they now run Bishops
Stortford to Stratford), but a 4 tph service to Liverpool Street.


Ah, Roland seemed to think it was 2tph. Must confess I didn't bother to
check as timetables appear to be his "thing".


--
Graeme Wall
This account not read, substitute trains for rail.
Railway Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail

In message , at 18:14:28 on Tue, 24 Apr
2012, Graeme Wall remarked:
Don't forget they have London Southend Airport as well now.

... which is on the right side of London for visitors to Stratford.
Indeed, could it be the most convenient airport apart from LCY for
Olympic visitors who are staying in or near Stratford?

It's a toss-up between Southend and Stansted.

More frequent train service from Southend I think.

Curiously, the East Coast planner has not been updated to include
Southend Airport station.

Reverting to NRES, it seems to have 3tph at 44 minutes to Stratford.

Stansted has 2ph at 53 min, which is worse, but not excessively so.

IIRC the Stansted trains are 8 car. What are the Southend line trains
these days?

They appear to be Dusty Bins (Class 321). And most likely 8car.

So Southend has a 50% greater capacity than Stansted. But nobody knows
its there!

Only to Stratford. Stansted has 4tph to Liverpool St.
--
Roland Perry

In message , at 19:08:31 on Tue, 24 Apr
2012, Graeme Wall remarked:
Stansted no longer has through trains to Stratford (they now run Bishops
Stortford to Stratford), but a 4 tph service to Liverpool Street.

Ah, Roland seemed to think it was 2tph. Must confess I didn't bother
to check as timetables appear to be his "thing".

I didn't say they were direct trains.
--
Roland Perry

In message , at 10:50:56
on Tue, 24 Apr 2012, remarked:

Marshall's like to think Cambridge will be good for Stratford too.

If travelling forward by road (using pre-booked transport I expect), it
is.
--
Roland Perry