The Stansted Airport
I have been to Stansted Airport yesterday night, meeting my mom ....
The Stansted Airport is placed around 60km from London and its not that easy to get there. It is one of the three London airports available. Others are the Gatwick and the Heathrow. The Heathrow is the closest while the Stansted is the most far away.
There is a train from the Liverpool street to the Stansted airport available during the day (travel time 45min)while the price for one way ticket is 15quids ... (30$) the bus is also available for 8quid one way .... travel time 1.5 hour ...
But if you do arrive during the night, its really hard to get to the city. No trains and no tube. So the easiest solution is to take the bus to the city and then night bus to the required location in the city. This bus way has some disadvantages .. the most visible one is the confusion of the first time to London .. you have no idea about the locations so if you are not that good in navigation it will take you really long to get anywhere .... ofcourse the easiest solution is to stay at the airport, wait till the morning and the first train is around 6am ....
But there is another solution which I faced yesterday ... it cost me 10pounds to the door of my apartment .....
Because there was a delay in the flight arrival, I was stading and waiting ... the funny thing was that I felt like in Israel .. most of the people around me were Israeli taxi drivers ... with usual names (I wrote them down) Shmuel, Hagai, Sason, Nati, Asaf and Rafi .... they were joking and discussing .. it was really nice. They were waiting for the same flight arrival. On the flight, here were passengers who booked their taxi through the tourist agency in Israel.
They asked me, if I need a ride ... and I told them that it can be nice ... after they heard my living area ... they told me 30pounds per person .... after I have told them that I am a student .. the prices dropped to 20pounts per person ...
its a bit expensive ... 20per person .. one of the guys told me to wait and see if they pack all the car .. if not, the price will probably drop a bit more ...
and it did happen, after 20 minutes waiting ... they told me 12.5pound per person ... i told them 10 ... another couple of minutes .. one of the drivers agreed ... and took us home ..... there were 12 people in the taxi .. and the total journey time took around 100minutes ... so finally around 3 am we were safelly home ..
If I think of it back, it is really nice, if its your first time to London and you dont know directions ... even if they charge you 20quid .. it worth it .. they bring you to the door ;-) (their service is also available in Paris)
unfortunately I had to wake up around 8am to go teaching .. it was a bit nightmare because I was so sleepy during the lesson :-)
(ooopss ... a bit long post today)
The Stansted Airport is placed around 60km from London and its not that easy to get there. It is one of the three London airports available. Others are the Gatwick and the Heathrow. The Heathrow is the closest while the Stansted is the most far away.
There is a train from the Liverpool street to the Stansted airport available during the day (travel time 45min)while the price for one way ticket is 15quids ... (30$) the bus is also available for 8quid one way .... travel time 1.5 hour ...
But if you do arrive during the night, its really hard to get to the city. No trains and no tube. So the easiest solution is to take the bus to the city and then night bus to the required location in the city. This bus way has some disadvantages .. the most visible one is the confusion of the first time to London .. you have no idea about the locations so if you are not that good in navigation it will take you really long to get anywhere .... ofcourse the easiest solution is to stay at the airport, wait till the morning and the first train is around 6am ....
But there is another solution which I faced yesterday ... it cost me 10pounds to the door of my apartment .....
Because there was a delay in the flight arrival, I was stading and waiting ... the funny thing was that I felt like in Israel .. most of the people around me were Israeli taxi drivers ... with usual names (I wrote them down) Shmuel, Hagai, Sason, Nati, Asaf and Rafi .... they were joking and discussing .. it was really nice. They were waiting for the same flight arrival. On the flight, here were passengers who booked their taxi through the tourist agency in Israel.
They asked me, if I need a ride ... and I told them that it can be nice ... after they heard my living area ... they told me 30pounds per person .... after I have told them that I am a student .. the prices dropped to 20pounts per person ...
its a bit expensive ... 20per person .. one of the guys told me to wait and see if they pack all the car .. if not, the price will probably drop a bit more ...
and it did happen, after 20 minutes waiting ... they told me 12.5pound per person ... i told them 10 ... another couple of minutes .. one of the drivers agreed ... and took us home ..... there were 12 people in the taxi .. and the total journey time took around 100minutes ... so finally around 3 am we were safelly home ..
If I think of it back, it is really nice, if its your first time to London and you dont know directions ... even if they charge you 20quid .. it worth it .. they bring you to the door ;-) (their service is also available in Paris)
unfortunately I had to wake up around 8am to go teaching .. it was a bit nightmare because I was so sleepy during the lesson :-)
(ooopss ... a bit long post today)
Labels: Stansted Airport, Vacation
posted by KGena at 3:53 AM
6 Comments:
I read about these israeli taxi drivers in Lametayel.co.il, especially about a driver named Sason :-)!
You may found in Lametayel even their cell phone no. and talk to them before your arrival to London. סתם שתדעו....
From what I read the only disadvantage of this "sidur" - is that it may take a lot of time to get to your hotel/home. עד שמורידים את כולם..
והמחירים - יארוסלב כבר יוריד אותם :-)
Hi,
By the way i have readed about
it on Lametael.co.il
It is possible to call those drivers from israel and to book a car that will wait for you in the airport.
It's realy great arrangement i realy think to use it.
:-))))))
משפחה שכזאת!!!!
:-)))))
Look at the time - the same thinking !!!!
Yaroslavchik,
Me & Marinka wrote the comments on the same time.
:-)
ha, you are such a family ;-)
anyway, I didn’t find the article on the LaMetayel ... where is that ?
1. you need to be registered.
2. search for "London"
3. somewhere inside the "tips" u can find it
me.
Post a Comment
<< Home