On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:19:17 GMT, "d" wrote:

"Solar Penguin" wrote in message
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--- Pete said...


Yeah - that makes all the difference. The luton shuttle bus makes timing
your journey difficult. Also, there are no "Luton Express" services (yet),
so you have to use regular trains, and that involves making sure it stops at
the right station, and whether it's a fast train, or a stopping service (get
the wrong one, and you've added 20/30 mins to your trip).

If you have a choice, Stanstead all the way.

My usual comment, to OP and followups:

There is only one A in Stansted!

Solar Penguin" wrote
Yeah - that makes all the difference. The luton shuttle bus makes timing
your journey difficult. Also, there are no "Luton Express" services
(yet),
so you have to use regular trains, and that involves making sure it stops
at
the right station, and whether it's a fast train, or a stopping service
(get
the wrong one, and you've added 20/30 mins to your trip).


But the Stansted Express takes longer to get to London than the all stopping
Luton service and takes twice as long as the MML non stop service

In message , at 08:26:11 on Sat, 19
Feb 2005, informer remarked:

But the Stansted Express takes longer to get to London than the all stopping
Luton service and takes twice as long as the MML non stop service

The Stansted train runs rather more often than the MML.
--
Roland Perry

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 08:26:11 on Sat, 19
Feb 2005, informer remarked:

But the Stansted Express takes longer to get to London than the all
stopping
Luton service and takes twice as long as the MML non stop service


The Stansted train runs rather more often than the MML.

But he does have a point about the all-stations service to Luton; it's
not actually faster than the Stansted Express, but at 47 minutes versus
44 or 46 minutes, there's not much of a difference.

I'm still backing Luton :-)

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

"Dave Arquati" wrote in message
...

I'm still backing Luton :-)

You are Eric Morecambe AICMFP.

;-)

Ian

Dave Arquati wrote:
But he does have a point about the all-stations service to Luton; it's
not actually faster than the Stansted Express, but at 47 minutes versus
44 or 46 minutes, there's not much of a difference.

But... the bus! What about the bus you have to take to get to Luton
Airport Parkway?

;-)
--
Michael Hoffman

Michael Hoffman wrote:
Dave Arquati wrote:

But he does have a point about the all-stations service to Luton; it's
not actually faster than the Stansted Express, but at 47 minutes
versus 44 or 46 minutes, there's not much of a difference.


But... the bus! What about the bus you have to take to get to Luton
Airport Parkway?

;-)

Actually, it's quite fun standing on the bus winding its way down the
hill and round the roundabouts to the station. Plus anything that's free
can't be that bad... :-)

On a slightly serious note, I've found the shuttle bus to be pretty good
- it runs all day and connects to the night Thameslink trains too, and
there's almost always one waiting to pick up passengers as one doesn't
leave until the one behind arrives.

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

In message , at 15:34:53 on Sat, 19 Feb
2005, Dave Arquati remarked:
On a slightly serious note, I've found the shuttle bus to be pretty
good - it runs all day and connects to the night Thameslink trains too,
and there's almost always one waiting to pick up passengers as one
doesn't leave until the one behind arrives.

As a glass half full/half empty scenario, that means that you can never
be sure when the bus will depart as it's always going to depend upon
when the next one arrives.
--
Roland Perry

Dave Arquati wrote:
Michael Hoffman wrote:
Dave Arquati wrote:

But he does have a point about the all-stations service to Luton;
it's not actually faster than the Stansted Express, but at 47
minutes versus 44 or 46 minutes, there's not much of a difference.

But... the bus! What about the bus you have to take to get to Luton
Airport Parkway?

;-)

Actually, it's quite fun standing on the bus winding its way down
the hill and round the roundabouts to the station.

Fun standing? Oh, God, it's just like those awful cattle trucks that
take your to or from your plane when the airline can't (be bothered to
pay for the plane to) get to a terminal gate. No thanks, if I'm going
to catch a train from the airport, I don't want a fairground ride first.
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)