Originally Posted by
golf yankee one one
I have a thought about the "masterplan" which I would only ever share annonymously.
If HS2 and the Birmingham Interchange do happen as planned it is predicted that the journey time to London Euston may fall to as little as 38 minutes. This would make BHX an attractive option for some people travelling to central London, and BHX would, in a way, become one of London's airports.
The airport and the city and the region would then have two options, either to market that new connectivity in some way, or to continue to market BHX solely as a gateway for Birmingham and the midlands region.
it would be comparible to Gatwick and quicker than Heathrow if travelling via the Piccadilly line.
The marketing team could be clever in selling the airport as a London terminal but that would surely annoy people in the midlands.
another factor would be the cost of travel on the new trains. Price it too highly and it will be carrying air.
I know that you can purchase rail air fares from wherever to London Euston via BHX so wonder if airlines worked with the rail companies more, more people would fly via BHX. However the uptake of these fares are low. I’ve never seen one.
38 mins is nothing. At the moment the train takes 1hour10 mins and there are A LOT of season ticket holders travelling between these stations and a few who use BHX as their airport of choice.
(I now work for the railway hence in the know)