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Old Apr 19, 2018, 9:10 pm
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AlanB
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15 to 20 minutes before should be enough. The lounge only announces the train about 4 to 5 minutes before it goes up on the boards outside the lounge and that usually happens 10 minutes before departure. Which means if you hustle, you can usually be at the head of the line at the gate. Of course, at that point you'd also know the track number so you could try slipping down to the lower level too.
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