what's the best way to get from Stanstaed airport to Paddington?

I've seen the Airbus A6. This trip takes 1.5 hrs. Is this the best way?
Is there something better?

tia

JO wrote:
what's the best way to get from Stanstaed airport to Paddington?

Stansted Airport - Liverpool Street, then Bus 205 or Circle or
Hammersmith + City to Paddington.
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Stansted Airport - Liverpool Street, then Bus 205 or Circle or
Hammersmith + City to Paddington.

there's 4 of us. The cost of this route is appox 15 GBP per person. This
would cost 60GBP for the total journey. What would a cab cost?

"JO" wrote in message
u...
Stansted Airport - Liverpool Street, then Bus 205 or Circle or
Hammersmith + City to Paddington.

there's 4 of us. The cost of this route is appox 15 GBP per person. This
would cost 60GBP for the total journey. What would a cab cost?


Pre-booked minicab - about 60. Seems like a good idea for this journey.

xx j

In message , JO
writes
what's the best way to get from Stanstaed airport to Paddington?

I've seen the Airbus A6. This trip takes 1.5 hrs. Is this the best way?
Is there something better?

Define "best". A chauffer driven limo is probably the best that most
people aspire to. (I saw two white stretch limos last weekend on the M11
that I suspect were ferrying people from the airport to central London).

If you want a sort of touchy-feely, not too expensive or fussy way:
Stansted Express to Tottenham Hale then Victoria Line to Oxford Circus
then Bakerloo has been recommended in the past.
--
Roland Perry

JO wrote:

Stansted Airport - Liverpool Street, then Bus 205 or Circle or
Hammersmith + City to Paddington.


there's 4 of us. The cost of this route is appox 15 GBP per person. This
would cost 60GBP for the total journey. What would a cab cost?

I think you can use GroupSave from Stansted to London (but probably only
on slow trains, not the Stansted Express), which is 4 for the price of 2.

--
Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 at 17:39:11, Roland Perry
wrote:

If you want a sort of touchy-feely, not too expensive or fussy way:
Stansted Express to Tottenham Hale then Victoria Line to Oxford Circus
then Bakerloo has been recommended in the past.

Wouldn't it be better to get off the Victoria Line at King's Cross and
then take a Circle or Metropolitan or Hammersmith & City train to
Paddington?
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Annabel Smyth
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html
Website updated 18 July 2004

In message , Annabel Smyth
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Wouldn't it be better to get off the Victoria Line at King's Cross and
then take a Circle or Metropolitan or Hammersmith & City train to
Paddington?

The change at Kings Cross is convoluted at the best of times. And with
the rebuilding work, worse. You also end up having to lug your bags up
over a bridge at Paddington, rather than using an escalator.
--
Roland Perry

Annabel Smyth wrote in message ...
On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 at 17:39:11, Roland Perry
wrote:

If you want a sort of touchy-feely, not too expensive or fussy way:
Stansted Express to Tottenham Hale then Victoria Line to Oxford Circus
then Bakerloo has been recommended in the past.

Wouldn't it be better to get off the Victoria Line at King's Cross and
then take a Circle or Metropolitan or Hammersmith & City train to
Paddington?

By the time you've got yourself out of the bowels of the earth at
King's Cross, through the ticket barriers, along the passageway, down
the steps, through the other set of ticket barriers and finally onto
the Circle platform, chances are your Victoria Line train has already
reached Oxford Circus, where it's a fairly easy change.

(OK, it's an exaggeration. But probably only by one or two minutes.)

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 at 20:47:46, Roland Perry
wrote:

In message , Annabel
Smyth writes
Wouldn't it be better to get off the Victoria Line at King's Cross and
then take a Circle or Metropolitan or Hammersmith & City train to
Paddington?

The change at Kings Cross is convoluted at the best of times. And with
the rebuilding work, worse. You also end up having to lug your bags up
over a bridge at Paddington, rather than using an escalator.

I thought it must be something like that. Thanks.
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Annabel Smyth
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html
Website updated 18 July 2004