Originally Posted by
flight_mode
And yet it's ranked the worst in the UK. The Indy survey published their methodology
It's a problem all the time, not just in the mornings and late evenings...acorrding to the survey.
There's lies, damn lies and then there's statistics. You can make say them anything you like. This weird "number of trains per hour x speed divided by fare to the square of seat size" is just made up. You could equally come up with another formula that you could apply to all and give SEN the top spot. Or possibly Cardiff (ever tried getting anywhere from there on public transport?). All airports have their pro's and con's - they just need pointing out in a realistic way, based on ACTUAL and RECENT travel experience. For example, Heathrow Express whisks you to the central terminal area in around 15 minutes (for the princely sum of £22 walk up, single). It then takes a further 20 minutes at a brisk trot to rise up from the bowels of the Earth and navigate through lengthy subterranean passageways, go past the Underground station which is at least half a mile nearer, to get to the basement of Terminal 2 and then (usually) queue for a lift to get you up to the Departures level. Things aren't always as practical in real life as they seem on paper - but each to their own. Just report it factually based on a real journey.