Have any of you considered eschewing air travel altogether and using trains for travel between the UK and European destinations?
Oh what a good idea. Let's see Geneva to London:
Genève We, 26.05.10 dep 07:17 TGV 6564 Paris-Gare-de-Lyon arr 10:51
Paris-Gare-de-Lyon walk 15 min., Paris-Gare-de-Lyon RER
Paris-Gare-de-Lyon RER dep 11:26 S 29814 Paris-Nord RER arr 11:33
Paris-Nord RER transfer 40 min. Paris-Nord Eurostar
Paris-Nord Eurostar dep 12:13 EST 9027 Eurostar London St. Pancras ES arr 13:28
Duration: 7:11;
Neither the SBB/CFF or SNCF websites would quote me a price but it's likely to be sum of sector fares GVA-PAR-PAR-LON. The railroads don't know how to interline, do they.
Now Geneva airport (6 minutes by train from city centre) to London City
07:30 GVA - 08:10 LCY -- CHF 247 (all in)
plus 10 pounds for an oyster card
London City Airport DLR Station
Take Docklands Light Railway towards Bank DLR Station
Average journey time: 25 mins
Bank Underground Station
Take the Northern Line towards High Barnet
or Northern Line towards Mill Hill East
or Northern Line towards Edgware Average journey time: 9 mins
Walk to King's Cross and St Pancras Transfer time: 9 mins
Duration (aprox) 2.5 hours