Tim Streater wrote:
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

BTW, internal flights in the UK frequently take longer than ordinary
train. Door to door. And are far more likely to be delayed.

My experience of flying between Scotland and London was never
delayed and took far less time than the train. London to Birmingham on
the train takes longer than going by car IME as the time taken to
reach the centre of town adds up to 4 hours to the train journey time
between the cities. I also don't know anybody who can afford the fares
for a family.

Gatwick to Edinburgh: delayed two hours due to weather.

Edinburgh to Gatwick: cancelled by Easy. So we took the train to Kings
X, tube to Victoria, and then train to Lewes, drop off FiL and pick up
car from his, two hour drive back to Canterbury.

Arrived back home *before* the take-off of the alternative flight
proposed by Easy.


Exceptions? No rail strikes? No leaves? I saw only 2 delays for others
from Scotland, one Ryanair cancelled due to ice at Stansted, one BA
cancelled as not enough passengers! The revised BA flight was 3 hours
later arriving, Ryanair was delayed 12 hours. The train would have taken
12 hours of travelling and been much more expensive.