Originally Posted by
fergusd
It may also surprise the tireless pro-train brigade to know that very few people hold meetings in railway stations . . . and very few businesses are walking distance from said railway stations.
Edinburgh's main conference and financial centre is a few minutes walk from Haymarket station. Hence the rapid rise in passengers there, and the fall in use of the plane. The train service from Manchester has been a mess recently, but when all the new trains are in use, I wouldn't be surprised if the EDI service stops, as the Glasgow service already has.