[EuroPython] London - Birmingham

[Russel Winder]

On Tue, 2009-06-16 at 01:52 +0300, Arnoldas Grigutis wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> I am arriving in London Stansted (I don't know what Stansted means) on
> June 27th, 12:40 PM.
> How should I get to Birmingham? I haven't been to UK before.
> Should I take a train? Are there any schedules for trains, maybe
> online booking I can do before I leave?
> How should I get to a train/metro/whatever station from the airport?
> 
> 
As others have already noted Stansted is London's third (some would say
fourth) airport.

There are two basic options to get to Birmingham New Street rail station
from Stansted, there is a direct train (I think it is an hourly service)
that takes 3.5 hours, or you can do a 3-train journey -- train Stansted
-> Tottenham Hale (this is the main Stansted -> London Liverpool Street
service, tube Tottenham Hale -> Euston, then train Euston -> Birmingham
New Street; overall about 2.75 hours, so faster than a direct train!

> 
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Russel.
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