TUESDAY 6 AUGUST 2019

Can I cover 140 miles in 3

hours and catch my flight?

You may need to make a dash to the Victoria line at Euston (Simon Calder)

Q Can I possibly leave the Birmingham NEC at 11am tomorrow and hope to catch a Ryanair flight from
Stansted to Carcassonne at 2.10pm?

Shari R

A I hope so. Covering the 140-mile rail distance between the West Midlands exhibition centre and the
Essex airport in time for the flight is feasible – but only just. You will need to carry only cabin baggage
(there will not be time to check in luggage), organise your train ticket in advance and to hope the trains
behave.

Take the 11.20am Virgin Trains departure from Birmingham International to London Euston, where it is

Section 2 /Ask Simon Calder