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Jul10
Real-life train or plane?
Yesterday I left the College of Europe, in central Bruges, at 15:50. I got to my house 30 km north of London at 20:00 - just over 5 hours later, allowing for the change of time zone between Belgium and the UK.
What time would I have got there if I'd flown instead of using Eurostar?
I was in Brussels Midi at 17:25, so I could have been at the airport by 18:00: I could then have caught the 19:15 flight arriving Heathrow at 19:30. I would probably have made the 19:55 Heathrow Express and been in Paddington at 20:10. I could have been at St. Pancras by 20:40 and been indoors by 21:20 - 80 minutes later than I actually arrived.
Moreover, using the train I had 2 hours of very valuable working time - I would not have been nearly as productive on the flight, partly because the journey is so split into segments and partly because of lack of space.
A real live example of the time saving possible using a high speed train rather than a plane for a journey which was not city centre to city centre. I'll watch out for others!
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