--- Pete said...

I'm heading to the Westminster area of London next week and I have the
option of flying into either Stanstead or Luton. Which airport has the
better rail links to this part of London? By "better" I mean
easier/faster and/or cheaper.

Hi, Pete. Stanstead is easier, because the station is part of the
airport buildings. From Luton, you have to take a bus from the airport
to the station.

--

"The guests were -- like herself -- invisible! It appeared to be the
worst story ever." -- MegaHal

"Solar Penguin" wrote in message
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--- Pete said...

I'm heading to the Westminster area of London next week and I have the
option of flying into either Stanstead or Luton. Which airport has the
better rail links to this part of London? By "better" I mean
easier/faster and/or cheaper.

Hi, Pete. Stanstead is easier, because the station is part of the
airport buildings. From Luton, you have to take a bus from the airport
to the station.

--

"The guests were -- like herself -- invisible! It appeared to be the
worst story ever." -- MegaHal



Yeah - that makes all the difference. The luton shuttle bus makes timing
your journey difficult. Also, there are no "Luton Express" services (yet),
so you have to use regular trains, and that involves making sure it stops at
the right station, and whether it's a fast train, or a stopping service (get
the wrong one, and you've added 20/30 mins to your trip).

If you have a choice, Stanstead all the way.

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:19:17 GMT, "d" wrote:

"Solar Penguin" wrote in message
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--- Pete said...


Yeah - that makes all the difference. The luton shuttle bus makes timing
your journey difficult. Also, there are no "Luton Express" services (yet),
so you have to use regular trains, and that involves making sure it stops at
the right station, and whether it's a fast train, or a stopping service (get
the wrong one, and you've added 20/30 mins to your trip).

If you have a choice, Stanstead all the way.

My usual comment, to OP and followups:

There is only one A in Stansted!

Solar Penguin" wrote
Yeah - that makes all the difference. The luton shuttle bus makes timing
your journey difficult. Also, there are no "Luton Express" services
(yet),
so you have to use regular trains, and that involves making sure it stops
at
the right station, and whether it's a fast train, or a stopping service
(get
the wrong one, and you've added 20/30 mins to your trip).


But the Stansted Express takes longer to get to London than the all stopping
Luton service and takes twice as long as the MML non stop service

In message , at 08:26:11 on Sat, 19
Feb 2005, informer remarked:

But the Stansted Express takes longer to get to London than the all stopping
Luton service and takes twice as long as the MML non stop service

The Stansted train runs rather more often than the MML.
--
Roland Perry

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 08:26:11 on Sat, 19
Feb 2005, informer remarked:

But the Stansted Express takes longer to get to London than the all
stopping
Luton service and takes twice as long as the MML non stop service


The Stansted train runs rather more often than the MML.

But he does have a point about the all-stations service to Luton; it's
not actually faster than the Stansted Express, but at 47 minutes versus
44 or 46 minutes, there's not much of a difference.

I'm still backing Luton :-)

--
Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London

"Dave Arquati" wrote in message
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I'm still backing Luton :-)

You are Eric Morecambe AICMFP.

;-)

Ian

Dave Arquati wrote:
But he does have a point about the all-stations service to Luton; it's
not actually faster than the Stansted Express, but at 47 minutes versus
44 or 46 minutes, there's not much of a difference.

But... the bus! What about the bus you have to take to get to Luton
Airport Parkway?

;-)
--
Michael Hoffman