Originally Posted by
Steviec9
Expressflight - thanks.
Here's hoping for SEN - with a bit of good
PR to promote London Southend as a no-hassle airport only 40 or so mins away from Liverpool Street, it should have a fighting chance.
I don't know where the idea that it is 40 minutes away from Liverpool Street comes from. The airport station clearly will not generate enough traffic for extra dedicated trains to London, but would be a stop for the current train service.
At present these take, using the morning rush hour 0800-0900 as an example, 59-61 minutes from Prittlewell, and 4 minutes less from Rochford, so from a station between the two would take 57-59 minutes.
That is from departing, sat in a train, from the station platform. There is then the distance from the aircraft to be bridged, and waiting for the next train. It seems reasonable to allow 30 minutes for this, so the airport will actually be around 1.5 hours from Liverpool Street.