Britain gets it right for a change
11 January 2011, 07:50 AM
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Britain gets it right for a change
It is easy to criticise British infrastructure - it us mostly underinvested, badly planned and badly integrated.
From recent experience there is a shining example of getting it right. Door to door from my hotel in Paddington, where I work during the week, to airside at T5 averages 40 mins. The terminal is mostly straightforward and the Heathrow Express is as good as any airlink in the world.
In the good old days it could easily be 90mins just to get airside after arriving at the terminal.
So, credit where credit is due.
From recent experience there is a shining example of getting it right. Door to door from my hotel in Paddington, where I work during the week, to airside at T5 averages 40 mins. The terminal is mostly straightforward and the Heathrow Express is as good as any airlink in the world.
In the good old days it could easily be 90mins just to get airside after arriving at the terminal.
So, credit where credit is due.
11 January 2011, 09:42 AM
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But hang on theres a bit of a chill in the air... could be at T5 for a while
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It is easy to criticise British infrastructure - it us mostly underinvested, badly planned and badly integrated.
From recent experience there is a shining example of getting it right. Door to door from my hotel in Paddington, where I work during the week, to airside at T5 averages 40 mins. The terminal is mostly straightforward and the Heathrow Express is as good as any airlink in the world.
In the good old days it could easily be 90mins just to get airside after arriving at the terminal.
So, credit where credit is due.
From recent experience there is a shining example of getting it right. Door to door from my hotel in Paddington, where I work during the week, to airside at T5 averages 40 mins. The terminal is mostly straightforward and the Heathrow Express is as good as any airlink in the world.
In the good old days it could easily be 90mins just to get airside after arriving at the terminal.
So, credit where credit is due.
It amounted to bad design process, bad planning, bad site infrastructure, and bad accountancy.
Britain still can't organise a p!ss up in a brewery
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Well it opened on time & on budget with minor teething problems re baggage 
Have a look at what normally happens when building a large [anything] around the world! Flippin result IMHO 
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Have a look at what normally happens when building a large [anything] around the world! Flippin result IMHO TX.
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