On Tue, 31 Jul 2007, Michael Hoffman wrote:

Tom Anderson wrote:
On Mon, 30 Jul 2007, Michael Hoffman wrote:

Peter Robinson wrote:
Michael Hoffman wrote:

Luton does not have a one-seat rail journey to the centre--you have to
take a shuttle to Luton Airport Parkway first.

Eh? Half FCC train stop at Luton Airport Parkway. Or am I missing the
point?

Graham Harrison said that all London airports have direct rail links to
the centre, as opposed to NYC where the "rail link" to two airports
involves getting a rail shuttle from the mainline rail station.

Actually, i think it was me who said that.

I was pointing out that Luton is not any better than that.

Using Google Maps' routes, Luton Airport Parkway to the terminal (well, the
bus station) is 1.5 miles, Howard Beach or Jamaica to JFK is 4.9. I
wouldn't say that was 'no better', but you're right, it's still not a
distance you'd want to walk, so it's a two-seat ride.

I've never taken the Luton bus, but the AirTrain is the same system used
for intra-airport travel at both EWR and JFK. If you're going to count
it as being a two-seat ride, perhaps you should also count the terminal
at LGW that doesn't have a rail station (can never remember which is
which).

Fair enough. The criterion should probably be how many seats there are
between baggage reclaim and city centre - i take it the reclaim (and
check-in) for that terminal is in the terminal itself, and not the main
bit? I've never used Gatwick myself ...

tom

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