Recent content by InFoTan

Indeed. In contrast, when you walk out of the departure hall at Hong Kong airport, the Airport Express is right in front of you (taxis and buses are not far away). But that airport's only 20 years old and the railway was included in the original design.

Is there any data to show how many people travel from the airport on Heathrow Express compared to the other direction? Heathrow Airport heavily promote HEx in the departure area, and I'm sure a lot of visitors do then use it again, but others will discover the alternatives whilst in London...

Everyone has their opinions, and it's no surprise that the owners of the airport would argue in favour of the Heathrow Express. However, they don't know how many passengers would choose an alternative method of transport, and Crossrail will surely increase the total number of people going to...

It's only 22 minutes from Paddington to Heathrow (T2 & T3) on a stopping train, so toilets shouldn't really be an issue. Once the service becomes more frequent I'd expect more people to choose it over the Heathrow Express (though we still don't know the fares to be charged). Until December...

Well, perhaps it's better to say that it's a premium priced service, and some people willingly pay for it whether travelling on business or for leisure. As Richard H. Thaler might say, Econs would totally separate the cost of the flight from the cost of transportation to/from the airport (and...

I agree. I have taken the Piccadilly line to the airport in the afternoon and even then it was horribly crowded. Crossrail should help reduce this problem, but not if fares are too high - and Mikey C makes a good suggestion for solving this problem.

Sorry, I got that wrong.

I'm intrigued. Do TfL describe the District Line as an east-west railway? Let's stop as this is totally off-topic.

There are already barriers on the Piccadilly line and it's free to travel between terminals if you use an Oyster card or Contactless, or you can buy a ticket for £4.90. Over 60s already have to pay on some services (e.g. National Rail before 9.30 am) and so these Oyster cards can have...

Obviously there is a substantial section of the District Line (from Turnham Green to Upminster) that is indeed east-west. But the branch from Edgware Road to Wimbledon is basically north-south, as shown on the tube map or Wikipedia or http://carto.metro.free.fr

My route's a bit more complicated than that :D and I have previously used the HEx (back when I thought the Piccadilly Line was too slow). With Crossrail, the Farringdon interchange with Thameslink becomes an option, which is what I'd expect the TFL Journey Planner to recommend. I might even...

Bangkok has suspended the express service (when I last used it there were less than 10 people on board - and no taxis waiting at the station - so I think we know why). The standard non-express service is still operating.

Sorry, that must have been peak. Even cheaper!

It is, but I was quite surprised how cheap it is to go from Heathrow to a Zone 5 station on the other side of London. By avoiding Zone 1, it's only £2.70. Not that the TFL journey planner will ever recommend it to you!!

Yes, I didn't express myself very well there. I was trying to say that it isn't necessarily slower, and also that it's much cheaper if you can avoid Zone 1. Which I typically do by changing to the southbound District Line at Earls Court.