Reply to: Heathrow Express

[FatLazyContractor]

My foreign mrs on her first trip to London managed to get lost on Circle line when it was actually a circle.

Was about 22:30, I had to catch a train to Nottingham from pre-Eurostar St. Pancras, she calls me saying it's all countryside outside and going dark........

Still don't know where she actually was, told her to get off and get the next tube the other way. She only had a Zone 1.

Is she a blonde?

[SueEllen]

Along with Corbyn and Abbott?

You nearly made me throw up...

[centurian]

This doesn't help answer your question but ...

I remember reading that on a pound per mile basis the Heathrow Express is the most expensive train journey in the world.

It's not even the most expensive in London...

Covent Garden to Leicester Square - 270m between the stations - £14 per mile on PAYG Oyster - £29 per mile on a paper ticket.

Canary Wharf to West India Quay is 200m, so shorter distance, but different pricing zone - £12 per mile on PAYG Oyster - £39 per mile on a paper ticket.

[SlipTheJab]

Just remember not to stick your head out of the window when it's moving regardless...

[barrydidit]

You could go outside and walk.

Anyway it's one of the biggest jokes in London.

Along with Corbyn and Abbott?

[SueEllen]

£1.17 per mile (£20 total).

A positive bargain compared to the £4.90 cash price for a journey from Leicester Square to Covent Garden, whose platforms are 300m apart.

You could go outside and walk.

Anyway it's one of the biggest jokes in London.

[The_Equalizer]

When a train driver (stop/go/open/close doors) earns a basic of £50K p.a, would you expect otherwise?

From what I understand you can also get a tube driver 'lite' which is two night shifts a week for £25K p.a. That's £25K a year for a 15 hour week. Oh and the regular drivers get £50K minimum.

[LondonManc]

This doesn't help answer your question but ...

I remember reading that on a pound per mile basis the Heathrow Express is the most expensive train journey in the world.

£1.17 per mile (£20 total).

A positive bargain compared to the £4.90 cash price for a journey from Leicester Square to Covent Garden, whose platforms are 300m apart.

[SimonMac]

It's just under an hour on the tube from King's Cross to Heathrow 1,2,3 so you'r not going to save a massive amount of time going to Paddington then taking HE.

Tubed it in the end

[SimonMac]

Isn't there a train strike for the next 5 days? Best start walking now....

Southern only

[Moose423956]

Isn't there a train strike for the next 5 days? Best start walking now....

[NigelJK]

stop/go/open/close doors

I think the ones on Southern have difficulty with some of that and require a second person to remind them.

[DimPrawn]

This doesn't help answer your question but ...

I remember reading that on a pound per mile basis the Heathrow Express is the most expensive train journey in the world.

When a train driver (stop/go/open/close doors) earns a basic of £50K p.a, would you expect otherwise?

[Old Greg]

It's just under an hour on the tube from King's Cross to Heathrow 1,2,3 so you'r not going to save a massive amount of time going to Paddington then taking HE.

[tomtomagain]

This doesn't help answer your question but ...

I remember reading that on a pound per mile basis the Heathrow Express is the most expensive train journey in the world.