In message , at 16:46:09 on Thu, 3 Jul
2014, tim..... remarked:
Everyone keeps overlooking that the 7 minutes in question is from
*platform* to *platform*.

I only overlooked it because the information wasn't in the post that
I replied to.

One should really take the effort to read rather more of a thread
before replying.

But even if I had done so, it was still someone's speculation that the
spokesman had used this "connections" time as the "walk from the TO"
time. He could have meant what he said (and it is co-incidence that
the numbers are the same)

It's simple (again, if you read the thread).

The spokesperson alleged that the 7 minutes [kerb to platform] was
"clearly published" in the timetable. But the *only* figure in the
timetable is *platform-platform* times when they differ from the
default of 5 minutes.
--
Roland Perry

In message , at
17:05:55 on Thu, 3 Jul 2014, Neil Williams
remarked:
And getting back to FCC, and patronising announcements, they now play
a message about how to open the doors. Apparently you have to press
the illuminated button, who'd a thunk-it?

The number of times I have seen people nearly miss their stop by not
doing so causes me to think otherwise. Particularly on Pacers where
they are not obviously located. And an airport train/station will
probably have a disproportionate number of first time passengers.

I'm talking about full-and-standing commuter trains arriving at
Cambridge. They will have worked out how to get the doors open by now.
--
Roland Perry

On 03/07/2014 08:24, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at
23:45:22 on Wed, 2 Jul 2014, Arthur Figgis
remarked:
Nothing says "Welcome to Britain" more than the recorded messages
telling you how to use the escalators, presumably for the benefit of
Johnny Foreigner who has never before encountered such things in his
primitive Continental homeland.

At Kings Cross they have those creepy front-projected cardboard cut-outs
telling you *not* to use the escalators if you have baggage.

And getting back to FCC, and patronising announcements, they now play a
message about how to open the doors. Apparently you have to press the
illuminated button, who'd a thunk-it?

There are regular LU-only passengers who are used to doors opening by
magic, and who laugh at yokels needlessly pressing door buttons. And who
in return get laughed by the yokels when they do use National Rail, and
the doors don't open unless you push the button.

--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

"Neil Williams" wrote in message
.net...
On Thu, 3 Jul 2014 10:04:42 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote:
The question of course is how many destinations does Luton offer
that
Stansted doesn't.

Don't know, but it does offer the option of easyJet rather than Ryanair to
many destinations.

Most of the Wizzair destinations are unique to LCCs out of London.

One or two may even be unique to the Full priced airlines.

tim

Arthur Figgis wrote:
On 03/07/2014 08:24, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at
23:45:22 on Wed, 2 Jul 2014, Arthur Figgis
remarked:
Nothing says "Welcome to Britain" more than the recorded messages
telling you how to use the escalators, presumably for the benefit of
Johnny Foreigner who has never before encountered such things in his
primitive Continental homeland.

At Kings Cross they have those creepy front-projected cardboard cut-outs
telling you *not* to use the escalators if you have baggage.

And getting back to FCC, and patronising announcements, they now play a
message about how to open the doors. Apparently you have to press the
illuminated button, who'd a thunk-it?

There are regular LU-only passengers who are used to doors opening by
magic, and who laugh at yokels needlessly pressing door buttons. And who
in return get laughed by the yokels when they do use National Rail, and
the doors don't open unless you push the button.

True, it happens to me. Of course, with the new air-conditioned S stock
trains, the doors soon close during a long stop, but can be opened again as
long as the door buttons remain illuminated.

On Thu, 03 Jul 2014 15:08:42 -0500, Recliner
wrote:
True, it happens to me. Of course, with the new air-conditioned S
stock
trains, the doors soon close during a long stop, but can be opened
again as
long as the door buttons remain illuminated.

The door buttons have been removed on the refurbished Northern Line
stock (which looks like it should be on the Picc as the interior is
the wrong colour).

Neil

--
Neil Williams. Use neil before the at to reply.

wrote:
Cambridge to Luton Airport via King's Cross is a bit of a long way round and
charged as such. You can do train to Hitchin, then bus, then coach but you
might as well get the coach through from Cambridge.

A taxi from Luton Airport to Hitchin then the train has got me out of
trouble a few times when I've missed the last bus. The taxi was about 18
quid, so it can't be too far away.

Theo

In article ,
(Theo Markettos) wrote:

wrote:
Cambridge to Luton Airport via King's Cross is a bit of a long way
round and charged as such. You can do train to Hitchin, then bus,
then coach but you might as well get the coach through from
Cambridge.

A taxi from Luton Airport to Hitchin then the train has got me out of
trouble a few times when I've missed the last bus. The taxi was about 18
quid, so it can't be too far away.

It isn't that far which is why I think the bus connections are so
disappointing.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

wrote in message
...
In article ,
(Theo Markettos) wrote:

wrote:
Cambridge to Luton Airport via King's Cross is a bit of a long way
round and charged as such. You can do train to Hitchin, then bus,
then coach but you might as well get the coach through from
Cambridge.

A taxi from Luton Airport to Hitchin then the train has got me out of
trouble a few times when I've missed the last bus. The taxi was about 18
quid, so it can't be too far away.

It isn't that far which is why I think the bus connections are so
disappointing.

Yeah you are right

It's no further than STN to Harlow and that gets a bus 24/7

tim

On Thu, 03 Jul 2014 21:35:58 +0100, Neil Williams
wrote:

On Thu, 03 Jul 2014 15:08:42 -0500, Recliner
wrote:
True, it happens to me. Of course, with the new air-conditioned S
stock
trains, the doors soon close during a long stop, but can be opened
again as
long as the door buttons remain illuminated.

The door buttons have been removed on the refurbished Northern Line
stock (which looks like it should be on the Picc as the interior is
the wrong colour).

Have the door buttons ever been functional on the 1995 TS? LU
certainly hasn't been very consistent about the fitting and usage of
door buttons over the years.