Originally Posted by
DrBeauWebber
Actually you cannot get to Southend in an hour by rail - it takes same / longer than Manston !
Manston by rail ( 1h 15m at quickest) is same time as Southend ( 1h 15m at quickest). (National Rail)
That’s not really true though, is it? Manston doesn’t have a railway station, so 1h 15m is the journey time (at best) to Ramsgate. You’ve then got to find a taxi or wait for a bus in order to make your way to the airport. Probably 1h 30mins
at best by the time you get there. Liverpool Street to Southend Airport is typically 52 minutes. Southend Airport has it's own mainline railway station - 5 minutes walk to terminal building.
But do carry on spinning. It's such fun to watch......