How to reach East Hampton

By rail :
Train via Basingstoke, Guildford and Woking, change at Surbiton for train direct to Hampton Court, then short flat walk across river bridge to Thames entrance with steps and ramp access.

District line from Paddington, change at Earls Court on to District line to Richmond, then R68 bus direct to Hampton Court.

By Air :
To get from the Hamptons to anywhere in the New York State area, consider Air Hamptons. This airline offers helicopters and small airplanes to get business and leisure travelers wherever they need to go.

Best Buying East Hampton

Near Airport

In high season, East Hampton Airport has to be one of the most active small, local airports in the country. It is for this very reason that, every summer, residents within the noise radius of airplane and helicopter engines begin to complain. They bought a house in East Hampton for some peace and quiet, but because of the airport (which they may well have used to get here), they hear the buzz of helicopters every ten minutes instead.

Valid arguments are made on both sides of the issue. In support of the airport, helicopters and private planes bring in the largest supporters of our economy. And for those who want quiet, it's probably best not to buy a house near an airport.

But this endless drama has kept the East Hampton Airport in the public eye and on the desks of public officials who have been doing everything they can to remedy the problem. Very quietly, however, amid the controversy, an extremely interesting situation has arisen at the airport that has gone largely unnoticed by the general public.

Near Railway Station

To access it, in 1896, he formed a small logging railroad, the Loup Creek and Deepwater Railway (LC&D). In 1898, he filed a new charter for the LC&D to become the Deepwater Railway. It was originally planned to run only a short distance. In 1902, the Deepwater Railway charter was amended again to provide for the short-line railroad to connect with the existing lines of the C&O along the Kanawha River at Deepwater and the N&W at Matoaka. After the extension provided by the 1902 amendment, the total distance involved, all within West Virginia, was about 80 miles (130 km).

By planning interchange points with the two large railroads, Page could anticipate competition and negotiation of fair interchange shipping rates with the only two big railroads nearby. Or, perhaps one or the other would feel it desirable to purchase the short-line railroad, a business tactic Henry Rogers had earlier used successfully with other short-line railroads in West Virginia.

As Col. Page developed the short-line Deepwater Railway, he ran into an unexpected brick wall when attempting to negotiate with either of the larger railroads. He realized they had considered the territory to be potentially theirs for future growth. But he got nowhere with either of them when attempting to negotiate rates to interchange his coal, nor was either interested in buying him out.

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