On Thu, 16 Jun 2016 17:02:16 +0100
"D A Stocks" wrote:
wrote in message ...
Both Luton and Gatwick are miles out of London with arguably dodgy rail
and
crowded motorway links, yet they're both very popular. There has to be
more
to it than location and the train.

Further back in the thread you said something about Stansted and its fast
rail link to London. Actually that's 4 trains/hour to Liverpool Street
which, to most of London, is somewhere on the eastern border of the City of
London that's not much fun to get to. There is also a connection to the
Victoria Line at Tottenham Hale.

Liverpool street is in the centre of the City. Its **** easy to get to on
the tube. Certainly no harder than KX or St P.

Against that the "arguably dodgy" rail link from Gatwick to London has:

10 trains/hour to Victoria
4 trains/hour to London Bridge
4 trains/hour to Blackfriars/Farringdon/King's X then Bedford

So you're seeking to compare 18 trains/hour to various parts of
central/south London vs 4 trains/hour to Liverpool St (as previously
described).

I'm guessing the problems on Southern have passed you by. Endless delays and
cancelled trains.

I can't speak for Luton but it probably has better rail access to London and
the fact that it's not in East Anglia working in its favour.

The station is also almost a mile away from the airport entrance.

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Spud