Originally Posted by
MackeyBloom
Here's a brain tickler which may be easy for those "in the know."
I'm arriving Heathrow airport and have business in Guildford, Surrey. I wish to make the journey as rail-centric as possible.
The NationalRail journey planner advises utilizing the Heathrow Central Bus to Woking - a 45 minute journey on a good day. Followed by an 8-minute sojourn on rail. Too much bus, not enough rail.
Please advise of a path , not ridiculous in length, that is all rail from Heathrow to Guildford (include tube if necessary).
Thanks!
National Rail is correct.
The train service from Woking to Guildford is frequent and fast, while the bus from Heathrow to Woking is half-hourly, and really does NOT take any more than 45 minutes. From T5 it's only 30 minutes.
There's a reason it's called Railair, because it makes sense for rail travel to much of southern/southwest england. Woking is on the mainline for many stops.
Heathrow doesn't have a rail station, only a tube.
The route suggestions above are quite ludicrous, compared with taking a direct road journey to Woking, which is on the road to Guildford anyway.
The bus is actually a coach, little used, and much more comfortable than a bus.
What I would suggest, if you don't want to to take the Railair, is to check yell.com for some guildford minicab firms. Ring a few. Not sure the cost, but i guess around £35-£40.
Any route involving going from Paddington to Waterloo, presumably with luggage, lugging up numerous flights of stairs on the tube, is going to be very much more unpleasant than getting on the bus at Heathrow, being helped by the driver with your luggage, where you will be dropped directly outside Woking rail station on the correct side for trains to Guildford
GET THE COACH!!!!!!