Taxi in London
Cathy L
London, (in US dollars)?
Cathy L
Tamzen Cannoy
Cathy L <leder...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Way too much.
http://www.londontoolkit.com/travel/heathrow.htm
"London's black cabs form the taxi ranks outside each terminal.
No wait. 30-75 mins to any London hotel. ?40-?70.
Maximum of 5 passengers and limited luggage. 3/4 large cases."
It's closer to $100-150US and takes forever. I highly recommend the
Heathrow Express to Paddington and take a taxi from there.
Steve Cain
USD....don't bet on that quote! s
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Cathy L
London West hotel. They charge $25 each for their bus. It sounds like
that's not a bad deal for the two of us.
On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:02:42 -0500, Cathy L <leder...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
Irwell
> We will be taking a Cosmos bus tour, that leaves from the Novotel
> London West hotel. They charge $25 each for their bus. It sounds like
> that's not a bad deal for the two of us.
Your Cosmos pick up at the airport is definitely your best deal.
Barney
As others have said - don't do it. The Heathrow Express train (or the
new Heathrow Connect service, 15 minutes slower but quite a bit
cheaper) PLUS a taxi from Paddington Station, where you disembark from
the train, will almost always work out both faster and cheaper than a
taxi all the way from the airport - at least for a single person or
couple.
James Silverton
Those prices are for the standard London cab aren't they? I'll agree
that the train might be a better and faster deal but I was quoted much
lower prices for one of the non-standard mini-cabs.
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Steve Cain
> Those prices are for the standard London cab aren't they? I'll agree that
> the train might be a better and faster deal but I was quoted much lower
> prices for one of the non-standard mini-cabs.
> --
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
> Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
Please enlighten; which non-standards and how much?
Keith Willshaw
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Mini cabs are pre-booked cars, more akin to limo services than
standard cabs. They are not entitled to ply for hire and its usual
to agree the price before taking the trip.
Whatever choice you make do NOT take one of the illegal cabs
touting for business. At best you'll get an overpriced ride in an
uninsured unsafe vehicle, at worst you will be robbed.
Keith
Cathy L
far from the airport.
If we were to take a train, where would we get off, and how much of a
walk would it be?
Cathy L
On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:02:42 -0500, Cathy L <leder...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
>How much does it cost to take a taxi from Heathrow airport to downtown
Ian F.
> We will be staying at the Novotel London West. It doesn't look that
> far from the airport.
>
> If we were to take a train, where would we get off, and how much of a
> walk would it be?
Piccadilly tube line from Heathrow to Hammersmith and a walk to the hotel -
allow around an hour altogether.
Ian
Don Wiss
>Cathy L wrote:
>
>> We will be staying at the Novotel London West. It doesn't look that
>> far from the airport.
>>
>> If we were to take a train, where would we get off, and how much of a
>> walk would it be?
>
>Piccadilly tube line from Heathrow to Hammersmith and a walk to the hotel -
>allow around an hour altogether.
And I presume her cheapest option by far?
Don <www.donwiss.com/pictures/#travel> (e-mail link at page bottoms).
Cathy L
Cathy L
Andy Pandy
> Thank you, how far is that train station from the hotel?
>
> Cathy L
Type in Novotel London West in the search. Zoom in.
Tube map here:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/standard-tube-map.pdf
Shows Hammersmith has disabled access which presumably means lifts -
useful if you have a lot of luggage.
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> Thank you, how far is that train station from the hotel?
>
> Cathy L
>
> On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:39:39 -0000, "Ian F."
>
>
>
> >"Cathy L" <lederer2...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >news:b6oog5d860a15kfga...@4ax.com...
>
> >> We will be staying at the Novotel London West. It doesn't look that
> >> far from the airport.
>
> >> If we were to take a train, where would we get off, and how much of a
> >> walk would it be?
>
> >Piccadilly tube line from Heathrow to Hammersmith and a walk to the hotel -
> >allow around an hour altogether.
>
> >Ian
1-2 at the Heathrow terminal 4 tube station. I also asked the ticket
agent to add the supplement for the zones covering Heathrow (about 1
UKP each way). Since I was getting the one-week unlimited pass, there
was no additional 3 UKP deposit for the Oyster card (this is highly
recommended if you plan to use the tube at least four days while you
are in London). I really liked the feeling of the "freedom of the
rails" if I wanted to take the underground for a short hop.
Hatunen
<leder...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Thank you, how far is that train station from the hotel?
Hammersmith is a London Tube station.
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Cathy L
I did look at that subway map. Are the Pink, Blue and Green lines all
at the same place?
How long of a walk is it to the hotel?
Cathy L
On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:49:11 -0000, "Andy Pandy"
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jf...@my-deja.com
http://www.novotellondonwest.co.uk/pdf/locationmap.pdf
it looks like the hotel is less than 100m from the tube entrance to
the Picadilly and District lines, especially if the entrance is on
Butterwyck Street or Hammersmith Road. You are likely to walk farther
from the tran to the exit than from the exit to the hotel.
Hatunen
<leder...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Andy,
>
>I did look at that subway map. Are the Pink, Blue and Green lines all
>at the same place?
>
>How long of a walk is it to the hotel?
Never depend on the Underground map for determining distances.
For instance, Heathrow Airport is much much further away than the
Underground map makes it appear.
One time a while back there were for sale in vending machines in
a Tube station Overground Underground maps which had things laid
out to scale. I found it quite useful from time to time.
Mark Brader
> I did look at that subway map.
But you didn't look at the area in Google Maps. Just search for
"Novotel London West" and zoom in ("+") until you see all the
streets, and it'll take you right there.
By the way, in England "subway" usually means a pedestrian tunnel --
the Underground is called the Underground or the Tube.
> Are the Pink, Blue and Green lines all at the same place?
They're not named by colors. You mean the Hammersmith & City Line,
the Piccadilly Line, and the District Line. The Piccadilly Line
is the one you'll arrive from Heathrow on. The Piccadilly and
District Lines are in the same place, and the station is directly
under the Broadway Shopping Centre. If you switch on the satellite
image in Google Maps, you can see where the tube tracks emerge above
ground just southeast of the station. (Most of the trip from Heathrow
will also be above ground.)
The Hammersmith & City Line station is separate, the other side of
Hammersmith Road. But you won't be using that one for this trip.
> How long of a walk is it to the hotel?
As I recall, the station has two exits; if so, use the one nearer the
front of your train. Then, as you see in Google Maps, the hotel is on
the next block east of the station. They give a street address on
Shortlands, so presumably you enter the building from the east (the
side away from the Tube station), but that's still no more than two
blocks' walk, under 1/4 mile. If the hotel has an entrance on
Talgarth Rd., the walk might be shorter yet.
By the way, when going from the hotel *back* to the airport, just
finding the Piccadilly Line westbound platform isn't sufficient.
You also have to watch the changing signs on the platform to make sure
you get the right train. They don't all go to Heathrow, and the ones
that do go to Heathrow don't all go to the same terminals, either.
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> By the way, when going from the hotel *back* to the airport...
Of course, that only applies if you *are* going from the hotel back
to the airport!
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Keith Willshaw
"Cathy L" <leder...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> We will be staying at the Novotel London West. It doesn't look that
> far from the airport.
>
Its about 18 miles
> If we were to take a train, where would we get off, and how much of a
> walk would it be?
>
Take the tube to Hammersmith and its around 100 yards
Keith
Keith Willshaw
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> On Tue, 24 Nov 2009, Ian F <wowfab...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>Cathy L wrote:
>>
>>> We will be staying at the Novotel London West. It doesn't look that
>>> far from the airport.
>>>
>>> If we were to take a train, where would we get off, and how much of a
>>> walk would it be?
>>
>>Piccadilly tube line from Heathrow to Hammersmith and a walk to the
>>hotel -
>>allow around an hour altogether.
>
> And I presume her cheapest option by far?
>
Oh yes but the tube with luggage is not a pleasant option at rush hour.
Keith
Giovanni Drogo
> Oh yes but the tube with luggage is not a pleasant option at rush
> hour.
even if one starts at the terminus ?
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> > Oh yes but the tube with luggage is not a pleasant option at rush
> > hour.
> even if one starts at the terminus ?
And doesn't go any farther than Hammersmith?
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Keith Willshaw
"Mark Brader" <m...@vex.net> wrote in message
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> Keith Willshaw:
>> > Oh yes but the tube with luggage is not a pleasant option at rush
>> > hour.
>
> Giovanni Drogo:
>> even if one starts at the terminus ?
>
> And doesn't go any farther than Hammersmith?
Yes, been there done that.
Keith
Hatunen
My wife, daughter and I have done the Underground trip from
Heathrow to Kings Cross Station, and vise-versa, several times,
and at several times of day. Our voluminous luggage (my wife used
to refuse to pack lightly) was no problem until we got to the
last part from the upper concourse to street level, as there were
no elevators or escalators.
Keith Willshaw
"Hatunen" <hat...@cox.net> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:51:32 -0000, "Keith Willshaw"
> <ke...@nospam.kwillshaw.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Mark Brader" <m...@vex.net> wrote in message
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>>> Keith Willshaw:
>>>> > Oh yes but the tube with luggage is not a pleasant option at rush
>>>> > hour.
>>>
>>> Giovanni Drogo:
>>>> even if one starts at the terminus ?
>>>
>>> And doesn't go any farther than Hammersmith?
>>
>>Yes, been there done that.
>
> My wife, daughter and I have done the Underground trip from
> Heathrow to Kings Cross Station, and vise-versa, several times,
> and at several times of day. Our voluminous luggage (my wife used
> to refuse to pack lightly) was no problem until we got to the
> last part from the upper concourse to street level, as there were
> no elevators or escalators.
>
Try it when the trains are packed and people start tripping over it.
Most flights from the US arrive late enough to miss the morning
rush but I once got in from the far east just in time to hit it at
peak. Never again.
Keith
Hatunen
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>"Hatunen" <hat...@cox.net> wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:51:32 -0000, "Keith Willshaw"
>> <ke...@nospam.kwillshaw.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Mark Brader" <m...@vex.net> wrote in message
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>>>> Keith Willshaw:
>>>>> > Oh yes but the tube with luggage is not a pleasant option at rush
>>>>> > hour.
>>>>
>>>> Giovanni Drogo:
>>>>> even if one starts at the terminus ?
>>>>
>>>> And doesn't go any farther than Hammersmith?
>>>
>>>Yes, been there done that.
>>
>> My wife, daughter and I have done the Underground trip from
>> Heathrow to Kings Cross Station, and vise-versa, several times,
>> and at several times of day. Our voluminous luggage (my wife used
>> to refuse to pack lightly) was no problem until we got to the
>> last part from the upper concourse to street level, as there were
>> no elevators or escalators.
>>
>
>Try it when the trains are packed and people start tripping over it.
We did, they didn't. You have to place the luggage carefully,
though.
>Most flights from the US arrive late enough to miss the morning
>rush but I once got in from the far east just in time to hit it at
>peak. Never again.
We aren't always coming from the US.
Fortunately, there are usually empty seats at the end of the last
car and luggage can be placed somewhat out of the way. The
distance to Kings Cross is long enough that any crowding seems to
thin out by then.
Fortunately, my wife now packs quite a bit lighter.