Planes, Trains OR Automobiles - (1) Speed

I completed the set of travel options from Letchworth to Basel today with a train journey via Paris. Unsurprisingly the quickest route is still the direct flight option (especially when leaving via Luton, a mere 20 minutes from home in the UK), taking around five and a half hours door to door. Of course, where there is Easyjet (or any airline really) there are potentially delays but these seem to affect Stansted flights more. Driving took a whopping 14 hours with minimal stops and using the ferry to Dunkerque rather than the expoensive Eurotunnel to Calais. Finally the train journey entered in at just under 10 hours travel time but this will be down to nearer 8 hours when the new TGV EST line is opened from Paris to Strasbourg in June 2007. So no surprises in the quickest route but there are other factors to take into account.......