Originally Posted by mpr27
Why are they bothering with HUY when they could use Doncaster Sheffield?
DSA has far better facilities, and is much closer to centres of population such as Sheffield and Leeds, as well as Doncaster, Barnsley, Rotherham etc.
I know HUY is only a few miles away but people from, for example, Sheffield, won't travel to HUY when they can just as easily get to MAN. DSA however is very centrally situated and has a potentially massive catchment area. It's underutilised at the moment because people perceive it as difficult to get to (which it isn't) but all that will change when the motorway link road is opened, possibly followed by a rail link from the nearby East Coast Main Line.
A lot of customers I deal with who live in that area would far rather travel from DSA, LBA, EMA or HUY over Manchester. It's usually cheaper for car parks and less packed than MAN