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There are many ways for the Business Traveller to get from point A to point B.
Everybody thinks that the plane is the fastest way to travel, but there is another option.
What about catching the train ?
Europe has an extensive network of railroads and it is a great option for the Business Traveller for traveling around the continent.
Especially for shorter trips than 1,000 km it must be a great way to use the train we would say.
Group A will use the train starting with the NS Intercity from Tilburg Reeshof to London St Pancras with the Eurostar and the Subway to Westminister.
Group B will use the plane starting with the NS Train from Tilburg Reeshof to Amsterdam Schiphol and a flight with KLM to London Heathrow and the Subway to London Westminster.
Group A:
At 11.22 they boarded the sprinter from Tilburg Reeshof to Breda arriving at 11.35
After a few minutes the Intercity from Breda to Roosendaal arrived and departed at 11.52 arriving 19 minutes later in Roosendaal.
Than they had to wait for 23 minutes to get the connecting Intercity to Brussels Midi where the Eurostar will start for the High-speed ride to London.
They arrived at 13.42 at Brussels Midi and that is time enough to get the connecting Eurostar to London St Pancras.
In the mean time they used the Eurostar Business Lounge to relax and have a drink and use the Free WiFi Internet.
At 14.52 the Eurostar Highspeed Train left Brussels Midi and arriving at exactly 16.03 ( UK Time ) at St Pancras International Trainstation.
During the travel to London there was enough room to work on your Laptop and enjoy the free meal and drinks.
A short walk of 10 minutes to King Cross Subway station and they where ready for there trip with the Tube to Westminster Subway Station arriving there 22 minutes later.
They already saw the Big Ben and walked in 3 minutes to the meeting point.
Total travel time 6 hours and 16 minutes. arriving at 16.38 UK Time
The team found there travel trip very relaxing, no stress, no long waiting lines at security area’s and not getting in the air sitting in cramped seats a positive way of travel.
The NS Hispeed and Eurostar are part of the Railteam.
Railteam is not a new, separate entity in itself. Rather it is an alliance of the following high-speed rail operators who all share the same goal of making rail the first choice for travel across Europe, with seamless, easy connections:
* NS Hispeed ( Netherlands )
* Eurostar ( UK, France and Belgium )
* DB ( Germany )
* SNCF ( France )
* OBB ( Austria )
* SBB ( Switzerland )
* SNCB ( Belgium )
London is easy to travel to and accessible with the international train connections.
Dutch train company NS Hispeed with the High-speed Train Thalys, travel from Amsterdam, Schiphol and Rotterdam to Brussels Midi train station.
You can also use the InterCity Brussels from any NS station in Holland connecting through Roosendaal many times a day.
The Eurostar has three travel classes:
Business Premier, you will get a comfortable seat and a meal is included and you will have access to the Eurostar Business Premier Lounges at Brussels Midi and London St Pancras.
Here you can relax and have a snack and use the free WiFi internet in the lounge.
You will have access to dedicated Business Premier carriages.
Standard Premier, is about the same as the Business Premier but you will have no access to the lounge and the tickets are not that flexible as a Business Premier Class ticket
Standard Classic, A normal way of travel, you can buy your own food and you also can travel to London for as little as ¤ 50,00 for a single trip.
Group B:
At 12.05 they boarded the sprinter from Tilburg Reeshof to ‘s-Hertogenbosch arriving at 12.30.
After 8 minutes they took the Intercity from ‘s Hertogenbosch to Schiphol and arrived at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport at 13.44.
The flight was also delayed by 23 minutes so at 16.23 they left the gate.
The normal flying time to London Heathrow is 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Due to a lot of traffic at London Heathrow, they landed at 17.03 (UK Time) on the Runway.
London Heathrow is a huge airport and the travel time to pass security and find your way to the London Tube, took them 1 hour and 22 minutes.
They arrived at 18,25 UK time at the Heathrow London Tube station to get the underground to Westminster.
At 18.33 they found there way to Westminster arriving 40 minutes later at Westminster and ended up with a 3 minutes walk to the meeting point.
Total travel time 8 hours and 12 minutes. arriving at 19.17 UK Time.
The team found there travel trip very stress full, especially the long time it took to get from the airplane to the London Tube.
Heathrow is too big and you have to walk a long distance before you have left the airport.
There was also a long line at the security area at Schiphol Airport and they had to remove belts and shoes.
Who is the winner for us the Train or the Plane ?
The train is 1 hour and 56 minutes faster than the airplane, to get to the Big Ben in London.
The return ticket price for Standard Premier ( Business Class ) was ¤ 214,00.
For the Business Class flight with KLM, it was ¤ 441,53.
And most imported the train trip was more relaxing as the flight with the plane.
So the winner is the Train for the destination London