On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:15:15 GMT, "Alan Holmes"
 wrote:

>
>"Graeme Wall"  wrote in message 
>news:d3a83284f%rail@greywall.demon.co.uk...
>> In message <uLcKi.5333$X%4.1099@newsfe4-win.ntli.net>
>>          "Alan Holmes"  wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>>
>>> Public transport cannot handle 100 per minute.
>>>
>>
>> Rubbish, it does so regularly.
>
>I've never seen a bus which holds 100 people, or see them at intervals of 1 
>minute!
>

But you had never heard of the Heathrow express either which has a
capacity of 416 Pax per train, four trains per hour*. 

*16 minutes to Paddington at a max speed of 100 mph.

Is there anything at all that you know about Heathrow that is right?

DG

"Derek Geldard"  wrote in message 
news:q10of39err2jjq1sse0otsaar3ksskkgmv@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:15:15 GMT, "Alan Holmes"
>  wrote:
>
>>
>>"Graeme Wall"  wrote in message
>>news:d3a83284f%rail@greywall.demon.co.uk...
>>> In message <uLcKi.5333$X%4.1099@newsfe4-win.ntli.net>
>>>          "Alan Holmes"  wrote:
>>>
>>> [snip]
>>>>
>>>> Public transport cannot handle 100 per minute.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Rubbish, it does so regularly.
>>
>>I've never seen a bus which holds 100 people, or see them at intervals of 
>>1
>>minute!
>>
>
> But you had never heard of the Heathrow express either which has a
> capacity of 416 Pax per train, four trains per hour*.

So that is the capacity of two planes every 15 minutes.

How often is it full?

What happens to the passengers of the other 10 planes?
>
> *16 minutes to Paddington at a max speed of 100 mph.