"Graham Harrison" wrote in
message ...
There's another way of looking at this. Take the coach from the central
bus station to Watford Junction (one station out of London for the Chester


The Watford route would be good if they are carrying a lot of luggage, it's
a short walk from the bus to the station and whilst there is a flight of
steps up to the main northbound platform there are lifts available...

On 20/01/2004 20:36, in article
, "Henry Nebrensky"
wrote:

(midunjen) wrote in message
. com...
Hello all,
We are taking the underground from Heathrow Airport with the ending
destination of Chester.
...
I was hoping there was a direct train but it doesn't look like there
is.... any suggestions?

If you don't fancy lugging heavy bags round central London, the other
option would be the Railair coach from Heathrow to Watford, whence
train to Chester by changing at Crewe or somewhere (which you may well
have to do anyway...)

Hth

Henry

Or:-

Railair Heathrow - Reading
Train Reading - Birmingham
Train Birmingham - Chester

On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 13:52:20 +0000, "Clive D. W. Feather"
wrote:

In article , Paul Terry
writes
The most direct tube route is Piccadilly line from Heathrow and change
to the Victoria line at Green Park. The interchange there is all
underground but it is not ideal if you are carrying a lot of luggage.
An alternative would be to transfer to the Northern line at Leicester
Square - but the Northern can get very crowded at some times of day!

A third option would be to change at King's Cross St.Pancras. The
journey will be a bit longer, but the change will be rather simpler - a
short escalator from platform level to platform level.

And a forth would be to use the bus link to Watford Junction and catch
your train to Chester there. No underground involved at all.

Paul Terry writes:
If you have ample transfer time it may be worth considering taking
the airbus which runs directly from all four terminals at Heathrow
to Euston ...

Does the Airbus still operate? I looked for details recently via the
Heathrow Airport web site, but all I could seem to find was a reference
to National Express, and on their site, services to Victoria Coach
Station. But I may have missed something, as the web sites didn't
work well with the browser I was using.
--
Mark Brader | "The good news is that the Internet is dynamic.
Toronto | The bad news is that the Internet is dynamic."
| -- Peter Neumann

My text in this article is in the public domain.

Mark Brader wrote:
Paul Terry writes:
If you have ample transfer time it may be worth considering taking
the airbus which runs directly from all four terminals at Heathrow
to Euston ...

Does the Airbus still operate? I looked for details recently via the
Heathrow Airport web site, but all I could seem to find was a
reference to National Express, and on their site, services to
Victoria Coach Station. But I may have missed something, as the web
sites didn't work well with the browser I was using.

It's another site that doesn't want to show you a timetable. As far as I
know, the only services branded as Airbus are the A2 between Heathrow and
King's Cross, and the A6 between Stansted and Victoria.
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 01:29:52 +0000, Richard J. wrote:

It's another site that doesn't want to show you a timetable. As far as I
know, the only services branded as Airbus are the A2 between Heathrow and
King's Cross, and the A6 between Stansted and Victoria.

I think the Airbus branding has gone completely, to be replaced with
"National Express Airport". This is confusing, as the book-in-advance (I
think) NatEx FlightLinks services have also gained this branding.

Neil

In article ,
(midunjen) wrote:

We are taking the underground from Heathrow Airport with the ending
destination of Chester. From looking at a map, we will need to take
the Heathrow Underground (from terminal 3) to Euston station, then
catch a train from Euston to Chester.
My question is: which Euston station is a National Rail station? There
are three on the Tube's website.(Charing Cross, Square, City Branch).
I was hoping there was a direct train but it doesn't look like there
is.... any suggestions?

Euston on the Victoria and Northern lines will take you straight up into
the mainline station. This is the journey you'll probably make from
Heathrow, assuming you're coming in by Underground. You're probably best
changing at Green Park from the Piccadilly line to the Victoria line,
though you ought to know that it's a (short-ish) underground walk between
lines.

Euston Square station is over the road from the mainline station; since
this is served by the Circle and Hammersmith/City lines, you're unlikely
to be using this, unless you're coming in from Heathrow via the Heathrow
Express, which'll cost an arm and a leg (abeit quite a pleasurable one)
and will land you in Paddington.

j