In message , at 04:40:15
on Wed, 2 Jul 2014, remarked:

7 minutes is utterly ridiculous!

Although Luton Airport Parkway station is particularly awkward, with
multiple sets of escalators to get to the overbridge and then the
"platform bingo" mentioned by the OP, made worse because it's not
organised as islands.

Committing yourself to a platform too far in advance is setting yourself
up for a fall (literally, if FCC are to be believed).
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Roland Perry

In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote:

In message , at
04:40:15 on Wed, 2 Jul 2014, remarked:

7 minutes is utterly ridiculous!

Although Luton Airport Parkway station is particularly awkward, with
multiple sets of escalators to get to the overbridge and then the
"platform bingo" mentioned by the OP, made worse because it's not
organised as islands.

Committing yourself to a platform too far in advance is setting
yourself up for a fall (literally, if FCC are to be believed).

OIC. I've never made the acquaintance of Luton Airport Parkway station.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

In message , at 08:15:56
on Wed, 2 Jul 2014, remarked:

I've never made the acquaintance of Luton Airport Parkway station.

I used it quite a bit for catching Easyjet flights to Europe. But the
rail service northwards (to Nottingham etc) is pants, especially at
unsocial hours, so I drove down the M1 more often than taking the train.

Several combination trips too. For example driving to Luton Parkway then
catching the train to Getwick, returning to the car park via Luton
Airport and the shuttle bus; and the opposite way round that circle. It
just depends on the airline schedules.
--
Roland Perry

In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote:

In message , at
08:15:56 on Wed, 2 Jul 2014, remarked:

I've never made the acquaintance of Luton Airport Parkway station.

I used it quite a bit for catching Easyjet flights to Europe. But the
rail service northwards (to Nottingham etc) is pants, especially at
unsocial hours, so I drove down the M1 more often than taking the
train.

Several combination trips too. For example driving to Luton Parkway
then catching the train to Getwick, returning to the car park via
Luton Airport and the shuttle bus; and the opposite way round that
circle. It just depends on the airline schedules.

It's not very accessible by public transport from Cambridge (or Ely) though,
is it?

--
Colin Rosenstiel

In message , at 12:07:24
on Wed, 2 Jul 2014, remarked:

I've never made the acquaintance of Luton Airport Parkway station.

I used it quite a bit for catching Easyjet flights to Europe. But the
rail service northwards (to Nottingham etc) is pants, especially at
unsocial hours, so I drove down the M1 more often than taking the
train.

Several combination trips too. For example driving to Luton Parkway
then catching the train to Getwick, returning to the car park via
Luton Airport and the shuttle bus; and the opposite way round that
circle. It just depends on the airline schedules.

It's not very accessible by public transport from Cambridge (or Ely) though,
is it?

No it isn't. So my focus for any future trips would change to Stansted/
Gatwick rather than Luton/Gatwick. I was only using Luton when East
Midlands didn't have a suitable flight and because it was on the M1/MML
corridor.

East Midlands Airport seems to be struggling these days without BMIbaby
and Easyjet. Although Flybe has taken over some routes the only flight
to Amsterdam is now a useless 1pm out and 4pm back [both local time].
--
Roland Perry

On 02/07/2014 18:59, Roland Perry wrote:
[Luton Airport]
It's not very accessible by public transport from Cambridge (or Ely)
though, is it?

No it isn't. So my focus for any future trips would change to Stansted/
Gatwick rather than Luton/Gatwick. I was only using Luton when East
Midlands didn't have a suitable flight and because it was on the M1/MML
corridor.

If you're getting a GN train to King's Cross, then I'd think Gatwick and
Luton airports are more or less much of a muchness in terms of onward
travel - though no shuttle bus at Gatwick of course.


East Midlands Airport seems to be struggling these days without BMIbaby
and Easyjet. Although Flybe has taken over some routes the only flight
to Amsterdam is now a useless 1pm out and 4pm back [both local time].

In article , (Mizter T) wrote:

On 02/07/2014 18:59, Roland Perry wrote:
[Luton Airport]
It's not very accessible by public transport from Cambridge (or Ely)
though, is it?

No it isn't. So my focus for any future trips would change to Stansted/
Gatwick rather than Luton/Gatwick. I was only using Luton when East
Midlands didn't have a suitable flight and because it was on the M1/MML
corridor.

If you're getting a GN train to King's Cross, then I'd think Gatwick
and Luton airports are more or less much of a muchness in terms of
onward travel - though no shuttle bus at Gatwick of course.

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.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

In message , at 23:06:59 on Wed, 2 Jul 2014,
Mizter T remarked:
[Luton Airport]
It's not very accessible by public transport from Cambridge (or Ely)
though, is it?

No it isn't. So my focus for any future trips would change to Stansted/
Gatwick rather than Luton/Gatwick. I was only using Luton when East
Midlands didn't have a suitable flight and because it was on the M1/MML
corridor.

If you're getting a GN train to King's Cross, then I'd think Gatwick
and Luton airports are more or less much of a muchness in terms of
onward travel - though no shuttle bus at Gatwick of course.

Somehow, the trip to Luton via London feels "wrong". Although there's a
bus from Hitchin to the airport if the time of day is right.

The question of course is how many destinations does Luton offer that
Stansted doesn't. Gatwick generally opens up a whole new set of
possibilities.
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Roland Perry

On Wed, 02 Jul 2014 23:06:59 +0100, Mizter T
wrote:
If you're getting a GN train to King's Cross, then I'd think
Gatwick and
Luton airports are more or less much of a muchness in terms of
onward
travel - though no shuttle bus at Gatwick of course.

But possibly the inter terminal shuttle which is not really any
quicker.

Neil

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Several combination trips too. For example driving to Luton Parkway
then catching the train to Getwick, returning to the car park via
Luton Airport and the shuttle bus; and the opposite way round that
circle. It just depends on the airline schedules.

It's not very accessible by public transport from Cambridge (or Ely) though,
is it?

NatEx have coaches from Cambridge to Luton Airport every two hours
from 02:20 to 20:20. They take about 1:35. Seems reasonably
accessible to me.

Ely is harder. The Cambridge train station is a long way from the
coach station, so it's not a very good place to change. The coach
stops at the Hitchin train station, but you can't get there from Ely
without changing at Letchworth. Or you could take the train to
Stansted airport and the coach from there.






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