Longer Distance Crossrail
 

On 07/06/2012 15:58, Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at 15:49:33 on Thu, 7 Jun 2012,
Mizter T remarked:
One service should run at standard fares

You could call it.. Heathrow Connect, perhaps?

(OK not within the zones, but neither is the excess from H&H very much).

Er, yes it is - it's GBP5.20 from H&H to Heathrow.

That's not very much. About 1% of the cheapest transatlantic ticket.

So what? It's more than the Oyster Tube fares from central London (GBP
4.80 peak, 2.90 off-peak), and 10p less than the paper ticket Tube fare
from central London. It's a fair bit for 3.7 miles.

(And not everyone from Heathrow is flying transatlantically, or even
inter-continentally.)

Longer Distance Crossrail
 

In message , at 22:43:18 on Thu, 7 Jun 2012,
Mizter T remarked:
One service should run at standard fares

You could call it.. Heathrow Connect, perhaps?

(OK not within the zones, but neither is the excess from H&H very much).

Er, yes it is - it's GBP5.20 from H&H to Heathrow.

That's not very much. About 1% of the cheapest transatlantic ticket.

So what? It's more than the Oyster Tube fares from central London (GBP
4.80 peak, 2.90 off-peak), and 10p less than the paper ticket Tube fare
from central London. It's a fair bit for 3.7 miles.

So take the tube then.

(And not everyone from Heathrow is flying transatlantically, or even
inter-continentally.)

Sure, but the short haul fares aren't at Easyjet prices, and any trip
involving Heathrow is a big investment in time and money. Quibbling
about a £5 train fare is nonsense.
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Roland Perry