Originally Posted by
Buster the Bear
The DfT has rejected a call from the owner of Luton Airport for more East Midlands trains to call at Luton Airport Parkway station.
The station is currently served by Thameslink trains and just one East Midlands Trains service an hour. The airport wanted the DfT to increase East Midlands train services to four an hour in the new franchise, which is due to commence in August 2019.
Excellent news - absolutely the right decision. East Midlands Trains carriages (with single doors at either end) are not particularly suitable for airport traffic where passengers often have large bags, whereas the Thameslink vehicles with double doors and wide vestibules are much better. Furthermore, East Midlands Trains journey times have recently been lengthened following the Thameslink upgrades and additional stops at Parkway would have just added insult to injury for its customers.