Take a heritage tube train to Heathrow …. for £28.50

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• Richard Peters says:

  31 May31 May 08:58

  For me the ease of connection outweighs the hassle of transferring and going through security and the prospect of a nice experience in the potentially better lounges. Last visit service in Cathay Pacific restaurant was dreadful,

• Gavin says:

  31 May31 May 10:21

  I did a couple of journeys on the Isle of Wight railway line a few years ago which used refurbished London Underground 1938 rolling stock until 2020. Like another comment says, the current Bakerloo Line trains (1972 stock) are now the oldest trains running standard passenger service in the UK, and apparently they are expected to stay in service until the late 2030s or early 2040s…!

  • Andrew. says:

    31 May31 May 11:09

    Even then, there are plenty of services run by locos or stock that aren’t that far behind them.

    The elderly ScotRail HSTs that wheeze their way between civilisation and the Scottish Highlands (when they aren’t breaking down), are almost 50 years old. The locos that haul the Caledonian Sleepers north of Edinburgh are 60 years old.

    The Pendolinos hit 21 years old this year.

    • BA Flyer IHG Stayer says:

      1 Jun1 June 01:47

      But they have all been well maintained as well as refurbished.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    31 May31 May 19:07

    You’ll be shocked by how old some planes are if you’re worried about 1970’s trains

• James S says:

  31 May31 May 10:40

  The QF lounge is totally overrated. Bad food, bad service and I’d easily put the BA T3 lounge over it.

  • His Holyness says:

    31 May31 May 11:45

    AA F lounge is underrated, tasty food, nice friendly service and fancy crisps.

    • His Holyness says:

      31 May31 May 12:47

      Rib-eye last week.

      Of course it can never be as good as BA- A British Original, if you’re enough lucky to score a Club ticket in the Luxury Sale that is.

    • Rhys says:

      31 May31 May 13:40

      …but hard product is nowhere near the same level as Cathay, or even Qantas.

    • Track says:

      31 May31 May 22:04

      AA F lounge is decent and super quiet!

      Waiter service if you like, just ask for things and they will be happy to oblige.

      • BA Flyer IHG Stayer says:

        1 Jun1 June 01:48

        AA F also has a sweet counter!

  • Londonsteve says:

    31 May31 May 20:26

    Did we visit the same lounge? I’ve repeatedly had better service in the QF lounge at T3 than I have in most 5 star hotels I’ve visited. The food also was excellent and would hold its own compared to a quality restaurant. The BA T3 lounge is self service offering an array of perfunctory buffet dishes with little flavour while alcohol is self pour and therefore offers none of the fancy cocktails that QF do (unless you’re happy to raise eyebrows by making it yourself from the available bottles). Even the sparkling wine is crappy prosecco from Bottega compared to the much superior Australian Croser in QF.

• Paul says:

  31 May31 May 13:38

  Not sure where or why the is criticism of the T3 QF and CX lounges. In comparison to any thing BA operates they are on a different level

  • Londonsteve says:

    31 May31 May 20:30

    +1. Like night and day. I’m not sure if people’s expectations are either reasonable or realistic if they’re complaining about either the QF or CX lounge unless (perhaps) they’re constantly travelling through the dedicated facilities for First passengers at Frankfurt, Paris or Doha.

• RussellH says:

  31 May31 May 15:06

  The 38 Tube Stock – in my opinion still the one of the best looking trains ever, from the outside.
  Not one of the most comfortable to travel in, of course.
  In my childhood these were the ‘new’ trains on the Piccadilly line, plenty were still 1923 Standard Stock.
  It was a very different world then – I used to travel on my own at the age of 6 or 7 from Hammersmith to Oakwood or Cockfosters, and back again a few days later, albeit in the nominal care of the guard whose door control panel was inside the passenger area. On at least one occasion I closed the doors for much of the journey; I could not open them, as that required the pressing of two separate, well spaced buttons and my hands were not big enough.

• Stuart says:

  31 May31 May 18:45

  Travelled through T5 last Wednesday, arriving on a domestic flight at around noon. There was literally no seats at all in the North lounge and it was the cafeteria seats we got in the South. We were short haul business so didn’t want to venture to T5B but then our flight actually departed from T5C without any prior warning to the ‘go to gate’ message

  • Londonsteve says:

    31 May31 May 20:35

    I recently visited the ‘business lounge’ of MAV, the Hungarian state railway company at Keleti station in Budapest. Although it didn’t offer free alcohol (available at low cost, including most excellent Hungarian sparkling wine), in every other respect it was superior to any of the BA Galleries lounges at LHR. It was a beautiful space with table service and a wide array of free catering choices. The lavatories were cleaner and significantly smarter too.

• Bernard says:

  31 May31 May 19:50

  Congratulations to TFL for finding a train which is older than some of the BA 777s, and has more reliable controls than BA’s IT.

• chris says:

  1 Jun1 June 22:30

  People hold QF F in T3 on a pedestal and I dont know why!
  Food hasn’t been good for a long while, service painful. Maybe people do not know what 5 star hotels and good restaurants are?
  Id take CCR anyday

  • Rob says:

    1 Jun1 June 22:45

    Qantas isn’t an F lounge, its a Business Class lounge.

    As there is no CCR in T3 you don’t have the option anyway!

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