This newly built hotel is ideally located within 5 minutes of London Stansted Airport terminals via the hotel transfer bus, and an ideal base for both leisure or business travellers.
Before the Stansted Express you could choose the car and drive to the airport from Central London. This is a nightmare in rush hour traffic and then you have to go through the perils of Long-Stay Parking. Or you could take a bus or coach but these too would become caught up in the traffic. Or you could take the local train but these are almost invitably delayed or cancelled meaning you would miss your flight.
The Stansted Express is a train service ... ...fast, frequent and more importantly on-time though it does have the cost of the British Railways.
Trains leave from Liverpool Street Station direct to Stansted Airport (apart from also stopping at Tottenham Hale - is you are travelling into the West End take the Stansted Express to Tottenham Hale and then you can take the Victoria Line on the Underground).
Inside the trains the seats are quite comfy and importantly, clean. Also refreshments such ...
evesham1988la 07.07.2004 (16.08.2004)
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Advantages: quickest way to get to Stansted; frequent Disadvantages: expensive; not as fast as other 'express' services
I've been flying from Stansted/Gatwick where possible since I missed a flight from horribly over-crowded Heathrow because of ridiculous queues. The only drawback to this is that Stansted isn't reachable by tube.
Single price on this train is £15.50 if bought from a ticket stand, but both online and return fares work out cheaper, especially if you purchase a return ticket online (£23.50). Some airlines also offer discounted tickets for the train ... ...15 minutes to and from Liverpool St station, which is easily accessible by tube and bus. The journey time of 45 minutes is excellent when compared to the time it would take to reach the airport by bus (I've tried this once and wouldn't advise it; if you purchase a return ticket online, you aren't paying that much more than for the walk-up Green Line price anyway).
Express trains to the other London airports have notably shorter journey times, and ...
floodzo81 23.07.2007
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