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Old 16th May 2018, 19:53
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DaveReidUK
 
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Originally Posted by LGS6753
Quite wrong, I'm afraid. LHR handles around 70m passengers per year - that's just under 200,000 per day. of those at least half use public transport to get in/out of the airport, so 100,000 per day.
Wrong.

CAA stats show 61% of LHR pax don't use public transport. The proportion of those who do is rising, but only slowly - from 33% to 39% over the last 25 years. At that rate, it will be another 40 years before the public transport modal share reaches 50%.
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