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West Ham Away - London Stadium to Gatwick Airport


MotherwellEagle Flag 20 Dec 16 11.05am

Looking for a bit of advice before I book my travel for the West Ham game.

We have 2 options for travelling from Glasgow on the day. First option is flying to Gatwick, with the return flight being 19:35. The second option is the train from Euston at 18:30.

Does anyone have any idea on what option is the better of the 2 for making sure we get home?! The other option is staying overnight but ideally looking to do the trip in a day if possible.

Any help is appreciated.

Cheers,

 
kenners46 Flag sydenham village 20 Dec 16 11.45am

I dont like flying so easy one for me....by train to Gatwick from West Ham takes about 90mins and to Euston 30mins without any delays. Plane would be far quicker to get home if theres not much in it moeny wise go for the plane option.

 
npn Flag Crowborough 20 Dec 16 11.57am

Any way you could get a flight to London City? You could practically walk from there (slight exaggeration but it's very close - I can see both the ground and the airport from my office window)

 
We are goin up! Flag Coulsdon 20 Dec 16 11.59am

Takes absolutely ages to get out of the ground by all accounts.

 

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MotherwellEagle Flag 20 Dec 16 12.07pm

Originally posted by npn

Any way you could get a flight to London City? You could practically walk from there (slight exaggeration but it's very close - I can see both the ground and the airport from my office window)

Looked at the option of City but no flights to Glasgow in the evening or that would've been the logical choice.

My concern is the delay getting out of the ground, especially given the reports from other clubs. Not wanting to take the risk of the half 6 train and away fans are kept back meaning we miss the train. Similarly, not wanting to book a flight if it means not getting to Gatwick until the last minute and missing the flight!

 
Old Chap Flag Orpington 20 Dec 16 12.14pm

Travel info says "The quickest way to get to the stadium is to walk from Stratford Station"

You can get the DLR direct to Stratford from London City airport (only about 15 minutes) so like npn says it would be simple. But if there are no flights have you looked at Stanstead?

 

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DutchEagleJohan Flag Vlissingen, Netherlands 20 Dec 16 12.42pm

I would go for the Euton option, Gatwick is right out there and Southern trains at the moment are a total mess. Though you have other options I am pretty sure you will be quicker at Euston then Gatwick.

Originally posted by MotherwellEagle

Looking for a bit of advice before I book my travel for the West Ham game.

We have 2 options for travelling from Glasgow on the day. First option is flying to Gatwick, with the return flight being 19:35. The second option is the train from Euston at 18:30.

Does anyone have any idea on what option is the better of the 2 for making sure we get home?! The other option is staying overnight but ideally looking to do the trip in a day if possible.

Any help is appreciated.

Cheers,

 
Rudi Hedman Flag Caterham 20 Dec 16 12.50pm

David Gold owes me a favour so it's helicopter straight there.

 

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pgw152 Flag Midlands, Ireland 10 Jan 17 10.35pm

went in with Citeh to see wham dispatched in the cup.

queues for transport at Straftford were horrendous after, even one hour after final whistle!

went for a pint and didn't bother with tube until 2 hours after the match

you'd probably be better off walking to Mile End or Homerton (for overground to Highbury & Islington + tube to Euston then)

It's only 8 minutes from Homerton to H&I, then about the same on the tube to Euston.

Walk via Hackney Wick to see the queues there. If not bad, jump on there.

Hackney Wick/Homerton to H&I runs every 10 minutes. If you could get to Homerton and on a train by 5:45pm, you'd be more than fine for your train.

Don't rely on this information!, but I guess the main queues are for Stratford station (well, that's what I saw cos that's the direction I went)... you might check the spammers website, see if they find Homerton/Hackney Wick a good option...

 
MabbsWasKing Flag 11 Jan 17 11.04am

I would take the train to Euston, have a beer opposite, and then walk to St Pancras from where I would get the high speed link to Stratford. I think it's about 7 mins to Stratford.

 

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