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Stansted Transit (photos)
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 14:18:29 on Tue, 1 May 2018, Recliner remarked: On Tue, 1 May 2018 07:43:08 +0100, Roland Perry wrote: In message -septe mber.org, at 22:36:36 on Mon, 30 Apr 2018, Recliner remarked: On a recent trip through Stansted, I happened to get a position at the front of the little transit train on the way to Satellite 2 so I whipped out my pocket camera and took a few pictures. https://www.flickr.com/photos/recliner/sets/72157668434701408 While waiting for the delayed flight in the Satellite, I realised that the long underground transit ride had actualy brought us back to a satellite pier that's also connected directly to the terminal building with a walkway. I was, of course, aware that the underground route has a long curve, but hadn't realised that it takes you almost back to where you started. It's fairly obvious where the satellites are relative to the main building (by looking out of the window!), so I'm surprised at your surprise. It was the underground route of the shuttle that surprised me: I hadn't realised it went past and under the cargo terminal. I'm becoming less and less convinced it does. I'm going by this map, but I can't verify if the underground section is accurate: https://www.flickr.com/photos/recliner/41802404401/in/photostream/lightbox/ Also, I'd not previously noticed that Satellite 2 had a direct walkway to the terminal; I'd always assumed it was further to the southwest. Again, you can see it out of the terminal window! I'd never noticed, on my few trips through the airport. It's certainly an unusual route for an airport satellite pier shuttle, and the convulated route seems to be based on the original plan for another satellite pier where the cargo terminal now stands. Did you take a picture of the track from the portal to where the curve begins, because that would be the most unexpected part for most travellers. Yes, it turns out that I did: https://www.flickr.com/photos/reclin...um-72157668434 701408/lightbox/ It's difficult to see the distance, and is it really further from the portal to the start of the bend, as from the station to the portal (as suggested by some mapping sources)? I don't know. I've not spotted any clues to the tunnel's location from aerial shots/ |
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