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In message , at 14:47:20 on Sat, 28 Sep
2019, Recliner remarked: I live north of the river, and my rail journeys to and from Heathrow are always on the Piccadilly line. The Picc serves far more stations in London than Crossrail will. It's a rather tedious way to get to and from work at Heathrow, if you live north of Kings Cross. Is there a better way using PT? Obviously, people who don't live near a Piccadilly line station might change to the line at, say, Finsbury Park. As the Irishman asked for directions famously said "I wouldn't start from there". -- Roland Perry |
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On Sat, 28 Sep 2019 14:04:23 +0100
Recliner wrote: On Sat, 28 Sep 2019 11:54:25 +0000 (UTC), wrote: https://www.123rf.com/photo_11341508...-05-2018-the-p us hback-of-the-ellinair-airbus-a320-200-aircraft-in-the-borisp.html https://youtu.be/7ifDnXNNeLM Not even bothering to look - I was in a plane that did it there so go do one. Probably a very long time ago. 2006 or 2007, can't quite remember. Back when the airport was literally 1 terminal building, a hanger and an apron. Its apparently much bigger now. |
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On Sat, 28 Sep 2019 13:53:20 +0100
Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 13:35:48 on Sat, 28 Sep 2019, Recliner remarked: Well, whatever as they say. I would certainly prefer to use Gatwick than Heathrow any day. Bit of a PITA to get to unless you live near the airport Or the M25. The eastern section of which I find much more reliable than the western. or the brighton main line. Which serves Central London with its connections and even direct trains from counties norf of the river, that latter something which Heathrow lacks (until Crossrail serves parts of Essex). That's ignoring the Tube, of course. Yes, I forgot the inhabitants of Cockfosters, and their fortitude in getting a tube to Heathrow. LU have recently converted some corner seats on the 73 stock to being a bit of fabric over the top of concrete. They must have installed some new underseat equipment because I can't think of any other good reason to do it. |
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"Roland Perry" wrote in message ... In message , at 15:18:00 on Thu, 26 Sep 2019, tim... remarked: Sep 2019, MissRiaElaine remarked: There are some 24-hour buses to Heathrow, such as the 140. Sure, but can all the staff cram onto that one route? I wonder if there are staff buses that operate overnight? And do either go where the staff actually live..? When I was a bus driver in the Birmingham area in the late 90's/early 00's, we had a few staff buses which picked up drivers on the stupid- o'clock starts, but they only went a limited distance from the garage (5 miles or so I think) and I lived 7 miles away. So it was drive or not work. The company had the attitude that it was your responsibility to get to work and if you couldn't for whatever reason, tough, find another job... It's a bit more difficult to have that attitude at a place like Heathrow. I think their solution is to provide ample staff car parking, it's not as if they don't have the room. but they do have a mandate to lessen car arrivals at the airport I doubt that staff travel is exempted from that requirement Which is precisely why Heathrow Connect exists[1]. It's not a back-door into Heathrow for skinflint passengers, it's for staff. Nonsense it's for people who live on the line [1] to have a service direct to LHR without having to go to Paddington and back Staff or customers (or just people changing transport mode) tim [1] or even live on a line where a change to underground at Ealing makes sense |
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"Trolleybus" wrote in message ... On Thu, 26 Sep 2019 15:38:05 +0100, Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 15:18:00 on Thu, 26 Sep 2019, tim... remarked: Sep 2019, MissRiaElaine remarked: There are some 24-hour buses to Heathrow, such as the 140. Sure, but can all the staff cram onto that one route? I wonder if there are staff buses that operate overnight? And do either go where the staff actually live..? When I was a bus driver in the Birmingham area in the late 90's/early 00's, we had a few staff buses which picked up drivers on the stupid- o'clock starts, but they only went a limited distance from the garage (5 miles or so I think) and I lived 7 miles away. So it was drive or not work. The company had the attitude that it was your responsibility to get to work and if you couldn't for whatever reason, tough, find another job... It's a bit more difficult to have that attitude at a place like Heathrow. I think their solution is to provide ample staff car parking, it's not as if they don't have the room. but they do have a mandate to lessen car arrivals at the airport I doubt that staff travel is exempted from that requirement Which is precisely why Heathrow Connect exists[1]. It's not a back-door into Heathrow for skinflint passengers, it's for staff. Staff are also latgely the reason that bus travel is free in and around Heathrow didn't they introduce free transport in the LHR area to save on having to run land side transfer buses tim |
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"Roland Perry" wrote in message ... In message , at 14:51:23 on Thu, 26 Sep 2019, tim... remarked: Someone I know had to get the first bus of the day to check in from a perimeter hotel to the central terminals. How would the check in staff get there. there are 5 night routes that run from the Northern Perimeter Road (which IME is where all the hotels are) to the central Terminals and one to T5 The [hotels along] northern perimeter road are not a point source, but it was the example given, to which I was replying nor are they mopped up by every bus. It's very patchy. If someone is choosing to stay at an LHR hotel but needs to leave before the hotel hopper starts at 4am, they really ought to select their hotel carefully if they are looking to travel to the terminal by bus tim -- Roland Perry |
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"Trolleybus" wrote in message ... On Thu, 26 Sep 2019 15:38:05 +0100, Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 15:18:00 on Thu, 26 Sep 2019, tim... remarked: Sep 2019, MissRiaElaine remarked: There are some 24-hour buses to Heathrow, such as the 140. Sure, but can all the staff cram onto that one route? I wonder if there are staff buses that operate overnight? And do either go where the staff actually live..? When I was a bus driver in the Birmingham area in the late 90's/early 00's, we had a few staff buses which picked up drivers on the stupid- o'clock starts, but they only went a limited distance from the garage (5 miles or so I think) and I lived 7 miles away. So it was drive or not work. The company had the attitude that it was your responsibility to get to work and if you couldn't for whatever reason, tough, find another job... It's a bit more difficult to have that attitude at a place like Heathrow. I think their solution is to provide ample staff car parking, it's not as if they don't have the room. but they do have a mandate to lessen car arrivals at the airport I doubt that staff travel is exempted from that requirement Which is precisely why Heathrow Connect exists[1]. It's not a back-door into Heathrow for skinflint passengers, it's for staff. Staff are also latgely the reason that bus travel is free in and around Heathrow didn't they introduce free transport in the LHR area to save on having to run land side transfer buses I can't remember, but you may well be right. Overall, it's probably a cheaper, simpler solution. |
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wrote in message ... On Thu, 26 Sep 2019 13:21:23 +0100 MissRiaElaine wrote: On 23/09/2019 20:47, Recliner wrote: MissRiaElaine wrote: On 23/09/2019 16:32, wrote: I used to work near heathrow and the number of people travelling there by private car was a small percentage of the total. I don't see why that would change with a 3rd runway. And my office overlooked one of the parking pounds of one of the private parking companies. Anyone who had seen what those ****wits got up to with their prized possesion would never park at heathrow again. They should never have gone for a 3rd runway at Heathrow. A second runway at Gatwick would make far more sense. Not according to the official Airports Commission, the majority of passengers or the airlines. Well, whatever as they say. I would certainly prefer to use Gatwick than Heathrow any day. Bit of a PITA to get to unless you live near the airport or the brighton main line. or anywhere in Central, North and East London for which it is just as easy to take the tube to Victoria as the Piccadilly all the way to LHR. tim |
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"Roland Perry" wrote in message ... In message , at 14:47:20 on Sat, 28 Sep 2019, Recliner remarked: I live north of the river, and my rail journeys to and from Heathrow are always on the Piccadilly line. The Picc serves far more stations in London than Crossrail will. It's a rather tedious way to get to and from work at Heathrow, if you live north of Kings Cross. Is there a better way using PT? Obviously, people who don't live near a Piccadilly line station might change to the line at, say, Finsbury Park. As the Irishman asked for directions famously said "I wouldn't start from there". so if you have a long term job at LHR moving house seems the most appropriate solution tim |
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