<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by stut:
Harwich trains leave from Liverpool Street. It's quite a good service.</font>
- except that, with very few exceptions, it's not direct. Change at Manningtree.
(Sorry, just noticed you mention Manningtree later on. Should have read your posting all the way through before starting my reply!)
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">From LCY, you can get a shuttle bus direct to Liverpool St.</font>
- or you can save some time by taking the airport shuttle to Canning Town (10 minutes), then the Jubilee Line to Stratford and the train to Manningtree (or Harwich, if you're lucky) from there. But if you're not familiar with UK public transport the bus to Liverpool Street is probably easier.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">From LGW, hmm. Probably the easiest is to catch the Thameslink to Kings Cross, and get the Circle/Met/H&C from there. Otherwise, you could get the Thameslink to London Bridge and cab or bus it.</font>
What's wrong with the Gatwick Express?
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">From STN, it's a royal pain. Although STN is in the right direction, to get the train (realistically), you'd have to head into London (Liverpool St also), and head back out. There's no direct buses, either.</font>
Much much quicker to take the bus to Colchester and the train from there. The bus goes to Colchester Railway Station. Journey time to Colchester 55 minutes, then 10 minutes to Manningtree, then a further 15 to Harwich.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> The trains from London are timed to connect with the boats, and so aren't very regular.
- but the trains from Manningtree go every hour, so it's really quite an easy journey.
[This message has been edited by Aviatrix (edited Mar 13, 2004).]