London To Novara
I flew from between London City and Milan Linate airports and then it was a coach and train to Novara.
These are the various legs of my journey.
Home To London City Airport
I took the following route.
- A two-minute bus ride to Dalston Junction station.
- East London Line between Dalston Junction and Shadwell stations.
- Docklands Light Railway between Shadwell and London City Airport station.
It took just fifty minutes.
It is my closest airport.
London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport
I flew with British Airways Cityflyer.
- The Airport was busy and there were delays at security.
- We left a few minutes late.
- The plane was an Embraer 190 SR.
- I had a default aisle seat, but the guy in the window seat didn’t come, so I had room to spread about.
- Some got a free snack, but they had no gluten-free, so BA gave me an extra water from Thirsty Planet.
I took these pictures during the flight.
The flight was more expensive than easyJet or Ruanair, but more refined and not as expensive as British Airways from Heathrow.
It was a route, I’d use again.
Milan Linate Airport To Milan Centrale Station
This was a five euro transfer in a coach from the airport to Milan Centrale station.
As I’d bought the ticket for the bus from a guy by the baggage reclaim, it was a painless business.
Wikipedia says this about Milan Central station.
Milano Centrale has high speed connections to Turin in the west, Venice via Verona in the east and on the north-south mainline to Bologna, Rome, Naples and Salerno. The Simplon and Gotthard railway lines connect Milano Centrale to Bern and Geneva via Domodossola and Zürich via Chiasso in Switzerland.
The station is also an important stop on the Milan Metro.
Looking up on Loco2.com, it would appear that most major cities in Italy have an hourly direct service to and from Milan Central.
Many are high speed trains, like the French TGV, which are called Freciarossa.
My journey between aiirport and station took forty minutes.
Unless I need a specific train, I rarely buy a ticket until I get to the station in Italy.
You can either go straight on to your destination on the next train, or dump your luggage in the left luggage lockers and take a couple of stops on the Metro to the cathedral to have a quick look at Milan.
Milan Centrale Station To Novara Station
To get to Novara station, I used the hourly express commuter service, that goes to Turin.
Note.
- The hour’s journey took about an hour and cost me five and a half euros.
- My train ran to the timetable.
- Usually, you can board a train about fifteen minutes before it leaves.
- The Italians paint a lot of rails white. It keeps them cool!
I arrived in Novara about five hours after I took off from London City Airport, so the total journey time coul;d have been under seven hours.
The Anonymous Widower 
This was definitely a better bet than coming to see what the new timetable up here is doing. Because it isn’t doing! Hundreds of cancellations each day, total chaos. People not getting into work until half way through the morning. And they are predicting it will be like this until at least July.
Comment by nosnikrapzil | June 2, 2018 |