On Tue, 20 Aug 2013 02:21:12 +0100, "Road_Hog" wrote:


"charles" wrote in message
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Fly: Public transport to Heathrow 1.5 hours check in time +2hrs, flight
time 1hr, wait for luggage 0.5 hr, public transport to city centre (it
might be quicker by tram) 0.75 hr. that's nearly 6 hours.

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Oh do **** off, who in their right mind would rather take the train, than
fly that distance.

Back in the day when I travelled a lot, they wanted the same money for a
train fron London to Newcastle, as they did for a business class flight (on
BMI), which included access to the lounge, free beer and a bit of food,
whereas rail travel got you a cup of tea and biccies.

Over the past 25 years or so trains have got a bit slower on the east coast main
line, but flights are also slower and often this is not just check in and
security. When you see some of the routing you begin to understand why flying
can be so painfully slow, with a massive increase in distance flown over the
point to point distance 100mph average journey speeds in a aircraft capable of
more than 500mph is a disgrace.

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