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

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
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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

In message , at 23:59:26 on Fri,
4 Jul 2014, Theo Markettos remarked:
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.

Using my rule of thumb that such taxis are ~£2/mile, I'm happy to
confirm it's 10 miles [google maps].
--
Roland Perry

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.
--
Roland Perry

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.

Neil

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Neil Williams. Use neil before the at to reply.

"Neil Williams" wrote in message
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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

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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