Originally Posted by
Andy_S
Trouble is, Manston isn't actually on the railway. You would either need to build a spur from the Canterbury-Ramsgate line (a mile or two I would guess, depending on start / finish point) or build a new rail / road freight interchange on the existing line and truck the freight a short distance to the airport before unloading it again. Perhaps not the most efficient way of doing things.
In any case, is there really a market for rail / air freight transfer? My feeling is that the two modes of transport serve quite different freight markets.
The County Council were committed to building an airport parkway station back in 2013, funded by S106 contributions from local housing developers if my memory serves me correctly. I think the parkway station was in the County strategic plan.