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That reviewer is absolutely right about the Gatwick Express.
Dan | 05.09.20 - 7:15 a.m. | #
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“... a pigeon eating another (dead) pigeon” I understand how that could spoil a body’s trip to London 😂
Toni | 05.09.20 - 7:48 a.m. | #
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#1 of 583 - Rode the tube..., then later, ...the cars are like tubes.
#14 of 583 - they talked to other passengers, this must be fake.
Still Anon | 05.09.20 - 8:15 a.m. | #
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The Gatwick Express comment is the only really objective and relevant one. And it's justifiable - and true.
Petras409 | 05.09.20 - 8:17 a.m. | #
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A good collection of generally absurd comments. Of course the website does have some sensible ones too, but it seems to have lost its way a bit, since the early days when it was a breath of fresh air. Hopefully the message not to trust everything the internet throws at you is gradually sinking in...
Malcolm | 05.09.20 - 8:38 a.m. | #
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Can you still get an unimpeded view of the O2 from East India Dock Basin? (And has any tourist ever done that?)
martin | 05.09.20 - 8:48 a.m. | #
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A trifle harsh on Kings Cross, but kind of hard to argue with the assessment of Liverpool Street station.
Frank F | 05.09.20 - 8:52 a.m. | #
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Heathrow Express comment accurate, too. The only Express worth using from central London is the Stansted Express
Steve | 05.09.20 - 8:52 a.m. | #
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The Woolwich DLR tunnel comment is not far off - give a DLR train a straight piece of track and it will do its best to go somewhere else. The resulting rocking motion certainly makes it difficult to read the newspaper at times. I hope they get this sorted with the next generation trains.
I take Trip Advisor with a big pinch of salt, sifting relevant information from 'reviews' that belong in gotthehump.com
"Went on the London Underground. Imagine my disappointment when most of it wasn't. When it finally was, all you could see were black tunnels and some dusty cables going by. We pay good money for that?"
NickW | 05.09.20 - 9:09 a.m. | #
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The tone of those reviews for the Dangleway confirm that it is seen by some users solely as a tourist attraction, not a mode of transport. As such, is it in the right TripAdvisor category?
Will | 05.09.20 - 9:13 a.m. | #
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Radcliffe & Maconie have been reading out a few bizarre reviews on their programme this morning. The Grand Canyon being a big sandpit, no wifi at Leaning Tower of Pisa are a couple of good ones.
Tetramesh | Homepage | 05.09.20 - 9:49 a.m. | #
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So they adversely compare Liverpool St with Paddington, fair enough. But to also adversely compare it with Euston, really?
Colly | 05.09.20 - 9:50 a.m. | #
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It will be interesting to see if London Bridge Station creeps up the rankings post-rebuild.
tops | 05.09.20 - 10:04 a.m. | #
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Both Heathrow and Gatwick expresses are rip offs.
St Pancas International is IMO a fantastic building, combining both modern and the old.
Perhaps I missed the flying rat banquet.
Michael | 05.09.20 - 10:47 a.m. | #
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The station at Gatwick is diabolical to navigate as well. It seems to have occurred to occurred to no-one that people using that station may have a suitcase or two with them.
Cau1khead | 05.09.20 - 10:51 a.m. | #
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It's probably just as well they didn't visit Liverpool Street Station in the 1980s when it was a lot grimmer. I am always surprised by how clean it looks today in comparison.
Jack | 05.09.20 - 11:15 a.m. | #
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The biggest shock to me has been that 44,678 people have reviewed the underground.
I can honestly say, I have never come back from holiday thinking 'I really must write a 4 star review to the Munich U-Bahn, people must hear my opinion on how complicated Marienplatz station is'
R | 05.09.20 - 11:16 a.m. | #
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#26 "it's what he would have wanted"
John Styles | 05.09.20 - 12:31 p.m. | #
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On my first visit to Gatwick - a layover - I decided to go see a show in London. A very helpful ticket machine helper persuaded me not to use Gatwick Xpress but the Southern line train and to buy a ticket that also included underground travel in zone 1. It was 3 mins slower he said. He saved me £10 or so.
martin in canada | 05.09.20 - 12:45 p.m. | #
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Nice to see the 88 bus get a mention, although it's route has changed since my youth. It used to run from Mitcham Cricketers, then follow the Northern Line all the way to Stockwell, crossed the river at Vauxhall before laying on the best tourist ride that 3p (child fare) could buy. Thames, Tate, Westminster Abbey, Parliament, Whitehall, Traf Square, Piccadilly Circus, full length of both Regent and Oxford Street, Marble Arch, the top end of Hyde Park and Notting Hill, before meandering off to it's turnaround point at East Acton. Best bus ever.
kev hennessy | 05.09.20 - 2:34 p.m. | #
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Of course when I was young the Dangleway used to go much further. I remember hopping aboard with my packed lunch at Woolwich and paying tuppence, none of this contactless malarkey in those days, and soaking in the views of the Cutty Sark and Deptford Bus Garage. Glory days.
Stan | 05.09.20 - 3:13 p.m. | #
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I do love the comments on this blog!
I drove the 88s for a while out of Shepherds Bush, along with the 12s & (if my memory’s not too moth-eaten) 104 to Heathrow. Great fun apart from the backache & split shifts.
Toni | 05.09.20 - 11:45 p.m. | #
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The DLR's "hunting" (as the railway crowd call it) is an unfortunate side-effect of the wheel profile needed to negotiate the tight turns. There's no such thing as a free lunch and all that. We're on the third generation of carriages now, all of which have the same problem. I think it's unlikely to ever be solved.
Chz | 07.09.20 - 9:51 a.m. | #
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Toni. I think it would have been the 105 to Heathrow.
Robert Butlin | 07.09.20 - 8:37 p.m. | #
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Of course before 1973 the 105 only went as far as Southall (extended in the peaks to the Arrow Switches Factory).
It was all RTs back then, the RMs came later. Glory days.
Stan | 07.09.20 - 10:11 p.m. | #
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