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Only double. Google maps suggests 50-55 minutes by road (A897, A836 then down to Georgemas). The train takes 25 minutes.Forsinard to Georgemas?
Only double. Google maps suggests 50-55 minutes by road (A897, A836 then down to Georgemas). The train takes 25 minutes.Forsinard to Georgemas?
London City does serve Edinburgh.Are you sure? To get to any airport from King's Cross is going to be an hour plus check-in times are at least an hour's, let's say an hour's flight and up to 45 mins tram into Edinburgh and then that puts it very close to rail times. London City would be probably 40 mins and I'm not sure that even serves Edinburgh
Oh OK that's a bit of a game changer,because,for a lot of London airports(Heathrow,Gatwick,Luton etc.),the transit time from most places in London is at least an hour plus the longer minimum check-in times as opposed to London City might make the train faster in some cases.London City does serve Edinburgh.
The centre of London is not Kings Cross.
The thread is for the rail being "significantly quicker" than the alternative methods of transport. It certainly isn't in this case.
I'm not disputing the fact that the train may be faster than the plane. I always take the train on my semi-regular hops between the two cities. But, such a difference in journey time will be in the factor of 30 minutes maximum (nothing significant for a journey in the order or magnitude of hours).Oh OK that's a bit of a game changer,because,for a lot of London airports(Heathrow,Gatwick,Luton etc.),the transit time from most places in London is at least an hour plus the longer minimum check-in times as opposed to London City might make the train faster in some cases.
True. It just shows though,for the most common journeys of 100-200 miles,trains are usually a lot faster than competing modes.I'm not disputing the fact that the train may be faster than the plane. I always take the train on my semi-regular hops between the two cities. But, such a difference in journey time will be in the factor of 30 minutes maximum (nothing significant for a journey in the order or magnitude of hours).
I've just spent the past few replies demonstrating that the time difference in this country is often negligable...True. It just shows though,for the most common journeys of 100-200 miles,trains are usually a lot faster than competing modes.
A bridge has been installed but only for pedestrians and cyclists.Tywyn to Tonfanau: one has to go via Bryn Crug if in a motor. There used to be a road bridge over the Dysynni river by the railway bridge. I think this was when large sections of that area belonged to the army, but it has been removed; I've no idea if this was a public road. It's not shown on any of the OS maps in the NLS collection, although the abutments are clear to see on aerial photography. The latest OS maps show that a footbridge has been built, this must have been done pretty recently (it wasn't there when I visited the place 10 years back), and is a sensible idea as it enables a useful walking and cycling route along the coast.
and that's only because of the footbridge - it's a couple of miles by 'road'
Arnside to Grange-over-sands is a big detour if you go by road
Anywhere to Dovey Junction is quicker by rail...Machynlleth to Dovey Junction?
And the nearby Severn Beach line has several pairs of adjacent stations that are 2 or 3 mins by train and much longer by road.Try doing Bristol - Bath in 10 minutes (or even the stoppers' 18!). And that's with the A4 running near enough parallel most of the way!
Rannoch to Bridge of Orchy is 27 minutes by train, but (according to Google) will take 2 hours 31 minutes to drive the shortest road distance of 74 miles. That's slightly further/longer than Rannoch to the Fort (or anywhere else)
How long it would take to get any other station from Corrour, other than by train, would depend on whether you had permission to drive on the private track.
~2h45m according to Google Maps.Driving from Corrour to Rannoch would require a huge detour via Dalwhinnie and Pitlochry. I wouldn’t like to think how long that might take- walking probably wouldn’t be much slower.
~2h45m according to Google Maps.
Platform to platform possibly but door to door? I have only ever done a genuine centre to centre journey once in my life and that was flying into London City after a trip to Dundee so as I had to be in the office at lunchtime.True. It just shows though,for the most common journeys of 100-200 miles,trains are usually a lot faster than competing modes.
Once over 200 miles then I would think a plane is faster. Tried many a time to see which is fastest, Manchester Town Hall to Parliament;True. It just shows though,for the most common journeys of 100-200 miles,trains are usually a lot faster than competing modes.
As with many of the examples, only if you time it right. I live quite close to Dalmeny and if visiting North Queensferry I'd consider taking the car if I wasn't sure when I would be coming back even although there are usually two trains per hour. Sometimes you'd be quicker walking rather than hanging around waiting for the train given the distance is quite short.North Queensferry to Dalmeny?
I really don't think that's trueAny City Centre to City Centre transit is always going to be quicker by rail, for example Edinburgh Waverley to Kings X by car is given as typically between 6 h 40 min and 9 h 20 min (probably nearer the higher figure) against 4hr 19mins by train