Originally Posted by
SWBKCB
Cardiff-Manchester is only just over 3 hours by direct train.
My thoughts exactly. That's city to city too. Is there really enough business/leisure traffic to support 2 return flights per day?
Connectivity wise, what could MAN offer CWL?
There is of course Atlantic connections, but not sure MAN is a big enough HUB.
We have QR to the east so why dilute that?
Flybe use CWL as a mini hub for some connections, so why take that away from CWL. Other connections using BE via MAN seem pointless given that it's in the wrong direction to connect to where anyone would want to go.
If this was a standalone route then crack on and good luck. But no way should this be funded. If any money was going to go into connecting MAN it should go on improving train capacity as this can be a busy route.