Taxis at T5
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Taxis at T5
Hi, wonder if anyone can help?
Im staying at the Travelodge at T5 tomorrow and arriving by train - does anyone know of any taxis that wont charge me £11 to travel 0.5 miles that the travelodge website recommends?!
Also is there anywhere anyone recomends to tell the taxi to pick me up from? Im sure there is a taxi pick up place but if ya have a tip then that would be good.
I know there is a shuttle bus but there is no set time and it only operates every 40 mins at the time im arriving.
Also i'm meeting a friend at T1, how can i get between the 2 terminals? Is the Heathrow express free between those stations
Thanks in advance for the replies!!
nBoy
Im staying at the Travelodge at T5 tomorrow and arriving by train - does anyone know of any taxis that wont charge me £11 to travel 0.5 miles that the travelodge website recommends?!
Also is there anywhere anyone recomends to tell the taxi to pick me up from? Im sure there is a taxi pick up place but if ya have a tip then that would be good.
I know there is a shuttle bus but there is no set time and it only operates every 40 mins at the time im arriving.
Also i'm meeting a friend at T1, how can i get between the 2 terminals? Is the Heathrow express free between those stations
Thanks in advance for the replies!!
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It's all in here, you know: BAA Heathrow: Welcome to Heathrow Airport | Parking | Terminal 5
We are always pleased to help those who are prepared to help themselves first. Not everything is handed to you on a silver platter, you know.
We are always pleased to help those who are prepared to help themselves first. Not everything is handed to you on a silver platter, you know.
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excuse me?!!!.......Churchinchow.....at what point did you need to be rude to me?
It reminds me of that age old saying...."its not what you say, it the way you say it!"
Okay i didnt no that info existed ......but did you have to belittle me? Could you not have said "check this link out...it should help you out"
But no instead you tried to look clever....get 1 up....really?!! Was it worth it? Do you feel more superior than me now?!
Why do some people on here insist on being rude to each other? We are all human after all!...we are not all perfect!
Heres a thought or 2 my late grandfather use to say:
Treat people the same way you expect to be treated yourself.....
Remember some people know more things than others......but it doesnt mean they should be punished.....because there will always be something you know that they dont...
If you have nothing better to say....dont say anything at all
If in life you belittle others......others will belittle your life...
IF only everyone on here remembered that!
Rant over!!!!
nBoy
It reminds me of that age old saying...."its not what you say, it the way you say it!"
Okay i didnt no that info existed ......but did you have to belittle me? Could you not have said "check this link out...it should help you out"
But no instead you tried to look clever....get 1 up....really?!! Was it worth it? Do you feel more superior than me now?!
Why do some people on here insist on being rude to each other? We are all human after all!...we are not all perfect!
Heres a thought or 2 my late grandfather use to say:
Treat people the same way you expect to be treated yourself.....
Remember some people know more things than others......but it doesnt mean they should be punished.....because there will always be something you know that they dont...
If you have nothing better to say....dont say anything at all
If in life you belittle others......others will belittle your life...
IF only everyone on here remembered that!
Rant over!!!!
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Hoppa bus goes from T5 to travelodge, 4 pounds each way. I know you said the station but if you can get to T5 the bus runs every 20 minutes. Also buses run between all the terminals.
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In defence of noseyboy, I recently had occasion to travel by public transport to Heathrow and stay overnight at an airport hotel before an early flight.
I naively assumed that I could pitch up by tube at Heathrow T123 station and follow the signs for Taxis or Courtesy buses or at worst, ask a member of airport staff for directions.
About 30 minutes later, having wandered rather aimlessly around the concrete, pedestrian-hostile jungle that is the exterior of Heathrow Airport, following temporary signs which led to closed terminal buildings or pointed directly across roadworks, and having followed incorrect directions from at least two airport staff, I finally stumbled across one of the Hoppa buses Jarvy mentions.
It wasn't the right bus for my destination but I did finally get correct directions to the bus station and eventually made my way to the Ramada.
I felt a great deal of sympathy for the non-English speaking tourists who were also struggling to navigate to their airport hotel. Another of the myriad ways in which Heathrow fails its customers.
13Alpha
I naively assumed that I could pitch up by tube at Heathrow T123 station and follow the signs for Taxis or Courtesy buses or at worst, ask a member of airport staff for directions.
About 30 minutes later, having wandered rather aimlessly around the concrete, pedestrian-hostile jungle that is the exterior of Heathrow Airport, following temporary signs which led to closed terminal buildings or pointed directly across roadworks, and having followed incorrect directions from at least two airport staff, I finally stumbled across one of the Hoppa buses Jarvy mentions.
It wasn't the right bus for my destination but I did finally get correct directions to the bus station and eventually made my way to the Ramada.
I felt a great deal of sympathy for the non-English speaking tourists who were also struggling to navigate to their airport hotel. Another of the myriad ways in which Heathrow fails its customers.
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While one can take the Hotel Hoppa at GBP4 each way and a service frequency of every 20 minutes ish, one can also take the general buses which go more frequently, the Harlington Corner or Bath Road / Oxford Street stop is probably nearest the Premier Inn. Harlington Corner is within the "Freeflow zone" so the bus into T123 bus station is free.
Last edited by nicolai; 17th Apr 2010 at 10:12. Reason: Clarify "freeflow" cost advantage