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Airport chaos - It won't change
"Jeff Mowatt" wrote in message ... Fortunately I wasn't one of those stranded at Heathrow after the walk-out but all the same I believe it happened even though I was elsewhere at the time. Having now had the opportunity to speak to my friends on their arrival home, here's how long it took: Left home at 4am for 4:30 check-in. Checked in at 6:05 and departed 45 minutes late 7:20 to arrive with no further delays in Vienna airport at 10:30 (9:30 BST) Now I make that 5 and a half hours without reaching the final destination which falls within your estimate of the train/coach time, it could have been a lot worse. Out of intrest, I've just checked the fastest weekday train journey from London to Vienna, it takes 16 hours 52 minutes and involves 5 trains. IE... 06:53 E*9110 to Waterloo to Brussels, arr. 10:37 12:16 ICE15 Brussels to Frankfurt, arr. 16:01 16:19 IC2027 Frankfurt to Passau, arr. 20:36 20:42 E1829 Passau to Linz, arr. 22:23 22:27 OEC661 Linz to Vienna, arr. 00:45 There is a trip that only involves 2 trains, but that takes 19 hours 37 minutes IE... 11:53 E*9024 to Paris, arr. 15:59 17:49 EN263 to Vienna, arr. 08:30 I don't know about you, but for the time being I'll take my chances at the airport:-) -- Cheers, Steve. If The Good Lord had meant for us to be fiscally prudent, He would not have given us the platinum credit card... Change colour to PC Plod's lights to reply. |
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