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I’m excited there’s now a reasonably priced way to get from central London to Heathrow, without advance booking. On may way out last week I had to do the change at Paddington. Really looking forward to going straight to Tottenham Court Road from T4 on one go!

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You know it isn't reasonably priced... It's still got a special airport surcharge of a whopping £12.80 each way, and still costs more than an airport transfer at pretty much every other European capital city.

Stockholm's Arlanda Express is 299 SEK (24.18 GBP) each way and around 40km away. For a 17 minute trip with the train!

There has been a reasonably priced way since 1977. It currently costs £5.50

According to citymapper crossrail shaves off a whole 7 minutes from my journey while costing £7 more. I'll probably keep taking the piccadilly unless I'm like, desperate for aircon or really late or something.

Trying to get anything larger than carry on luggage into a Piccadilly line carriage is a bit of a squeeze though.

The last time I did that, I rode a bike. It was ok.

Did it fit in the overhead luggage compartment after?

They make folding bikes for just that: https://www.cyclist.co.uk/buying-guides/4528/best-folding-bi...

I've done that a few times with my Strida (admittedly checked rather than overhead compartment). You'd probably get away with bringing a Brompton as hand luggage, although it's technically slightly over the limit.

On the particular trip in question, I was actually meeting someone who had just flown in (with her bike).

But yeah, I have flown with my bike quite a few times. It's mildly annoying.

Piccadilly Line?

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