I sure have lots of questions :blush

I will be arriving at Gatwick on 26Dec 7:00am. And I am planning on taking the Victoria Express. Now my question is I will be travelling with about 4-5 big suitcase, a pram and an 8mo old baby. Do you think, I would have suffecient time to load/unload all this on the train? How much is the train fare per adult? Is it extra for luggage?

Also, does Gatwick airport provide any kind of storage, and if yes, how much is it for storage?

Thanks

Is there anyway to pare down your luggage. Can you "backpack" the baby and
leave the pram home? Can you limit yourself to one suitcase for yourself
and one for the baby? Food and diapers are certainly available in London.
If you need more clothing for the baby, buy it in London where they have
lovely things.

Hopefully someone will be helpful but that isn't always the case.

Barbara in CT
"EmmaInUSA" wrote in message
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    > I sure have lots of questions :blush
    > I will be arriving at Gatwick on 26Dec 7:00am. And I am planning on
    > taking the Victoria Express. Now my question is I will be travelling
    > with about 4-5 big suitcase, a pram and an 8mo old baby. Do you think, I
    > would have suffecient time to load/unload all this on the train? How
    > much is the train fare per adult? Is it extra for luggage?
    > Also, does Gatwick airport provide any kind of storage, and if yes, how
    > much is it for storage?
    > Thanks
    > --
    > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

"EmmaInUSA" wrote in message
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    > I sure have lots of questions :blush
    > I will be arriving at Gatwick on 26Dec 7:00am. And I am planning on
    > taking the Victoria Express.

You have got a serious problem, I'm afraid. The British railway network
closes on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. To the best of my knowledge and
belief, the Gatwick Express is not an exception. I very much hope that I am
mistaken, but do seriously advise you to check whether or not the service
will be operating on that day.

Alan Harrison

On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 23:50:23 +0000 (UTC) Alan Harrison
said...

    > > I will be arriving at Gatwick on 26Dec 7:00am. And I am planning on
    > > taking the Victoria Express.
    >
    > You have got a serious problem, I'm afraid. The British railway network
    > closes on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. To the best of my knowledge and
    > belief, the Gatwick Express is not an exception. I very much hope that I am
    > mistaken, but do seriously advise you to check whether or not the service
    > will be operating on that day.

Gatwick Express services are running both on Christmas & Boxing Day, at a
30-minute interval frequency. Details at:

http://212.87.65.227/bin/newquery.exe/en

--
Phil Richards
Stroud Green, London, N4

"EmmaInUSA" wrote in message
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    > I sure have lots of questions :blush
    > I will be arriving at Gatwick on 26Dec 7:00am. And I am planning on
    > taking the Victoria Express. Now my question is I will be travelling
    > with about 4-5 big suitcase, a pram and an 8mo old baby. Do you think, I
    > would have suffecient time to load/unload all this on the train? How
    > much is the train fare per adult? Is it extra for luggage?
    > Also, does Gatwick airport provide any kind of storage, and if yes, how
    > much is it for storage?
    > Thanks
    > --

try www.baa.co.uk for most of the answers. But you will have time to load
the luggage on the train.

In article ,
Phil Richards wrote:
    >On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 23:50:23 +0000 (UTC) Alan Harrison
    > said...
    >> > I will be arriving at Gatwick on 26Dec 7:00am. And I am planning on
    >> > taking the Victoria Express.
    >> You have got a serious problem, I'm afraid. The British railway network
    >> closes on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. To the best of my knowledge and
    >> belief, the Gatwick Express is not an exception. I very much hope that I am
    >> mistaken, but do seriously advise you to check whether or not the service
    >> will be operating on that day.
    >Gatwick Express services are running both on Christmas & Boxing Day, at a
    >30-minute interval frequency. Details at:
    >http://212.87.65.227/bin/newquery.exe/en

I'm not sure that 'railtrack' site is correct. If you enter, say, Portsmouth
to London Victoria it gives train times for both 25th and 26th December.
Even though there are certainly no trains from Portsmouth on either of
those dates.

phil

Philip George wrote:
    >
    > I'm not sure that 'railtrack' site is correct. If you enter, say, Portsmouth
    > to London Victoria it gives train times for both 25th and 26th December.
    > Even though there are certainly no trains from Portsmouth on either of
    > those dates.

The site is all over the place! I've just checked two routes with which
I'm familiar, Walsall to Birmingham and West Drayton to Paddington for
25 December. The latter correctly indicates no service, but Walsall
allegedly has one train to B'ham on both Xmas Day and Boxing Day, at
20.50.

I tried the GE website, http://www.gatwickexpress.co.uk/ , but didn't
find it terribly informative. The "Contact us" button didn't work.

Alan Harrison

I think you may need to stand near someone helpful-looking on the
station, you should be OK. Your real problem will be at Victoria -
this is far too much to manoeuve through the Tube on your own. You
will need a taxi and you may have to wait a while: there won't be a
rush hour, since the 26th is a public holiday - and nothing moves on
the 25th, so things are slow starting up on the 26th.

Can't help on Gatwick storage, try http://www.baa.co.uk and look for
the Gatwick links. You might find it worthwhile searching the message
boards at www.fodors.com for information about travel options from
Gatwick that people have found helpful.

PJW



On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 17:52:51 +0000, EmmaInUSA
wrote:

    >I sure have lots of questions :blush
    >I will be arriving at Gatwick on 26Dec 7:00am. And I am planning on
    >taking the Victoria Express. Now my question is I will be travelling
    >with about 4-5 big suitcase, a pram and an 8mo old baby. Do you think, I
    >would have suffecient time to load/unload all this on the train? How
    >much is the train fare per adult? Is it extra for luggage?
    >Also, does Gatwick airport provide any kind of storage, and if yes, how
    >much is it for storage?
    >Thanks
    >--
    >Posted via http://britishexpats.com

"Alan Thomas Harrison" wrote in message
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    > I tried the GE website, http://www.gatwickexpress.co.uk/ , but didn't
    > find it terribly informative. The "Contact us" button didn't work.

It did work when I tried again using IE at home. I telephoned the contact
number, but the recorded announcement didn't go far enough ahead to indicate
what if any service would operate on Christmas Day and/or Boxing Day.

Alan Harrison