Randomness Guide to London - Differences between Version 6 and Version 5 of Stansted Airport
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On return, it may pay to be in the right-most of the "EU passport" queues for immigration; one Sunday they were also using the next desk across for EU passports (instead of "All passports"), but they cannot change the queue barriers, so the right-most queue actually fed two desks, and consequentially moved much more quickly. <div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Nick]], 25 May 2008.</div> |
<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Nick]], 17 May 2008.</div> |
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BAA markets Stansted Airport as London's third airport, but at 40 miles from the centre, the non-BAA airports City, Biggin Hill and Luton are actually closer. Stansted has a single terminal, with a direct rail connection to Liverpool Street Station, trains taking 46 minutes, departing every 15 minutes on weekdays.
Stansted mainly serves Eurpean destinations, and feels as crowded and stressful as BAA's other London airports. Ryanair and easyJet both use Stansted as a major hub.
There is a Wetherspoons in the main departure lounge, named "The Windmill". On a Saturday at 6pm it took 5 minutes to get served (many food orders), but the pint of Bombadier for £2.39 was quite drinkable, and without excessive head. In the main departure lounge Nick could only spot a single exposed mains socket (roughly under the large fire hose, on the runway side of the island containing Starbucks). However, in the area of the gates that Ryanair use (40-59) there were several double sockets on an island opposite gate 48, and two in the corridor outside the gents toilet, where there is also a drinking water tap. (Remember, brining a bottle of water through security theatre is slapped down, but empty bottles are fine). In this area there is also a smaller duty free, and possibly (Nick forgets) another bar.
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