Honest drive time from ashford station?
Bearing in mind the fast rail link to Ashford rail station, the 70 miles between Lydd and central London have been squeezed in recent years - however, what is the real world, door to door taxi drive time between Ashford rail station and the front door of the proposed new terminal?
I reckon it has to be 25-30 minutes?
Accordingly, what's the real commute from say north of the river, (W1, SW1?) to the check-in desk of the new terminal?
With Southend's new rail station a few minutes walk from their terminal and a forty-something minute run from Liverpool street, has london got two new 'London' airports in 2010 that actually give Luton, Gatwick, Stansted and Heathrow a bit of a run for their money on regional routes?
What need anymore for second runways at Stansted and Heathrow now Lydd and Southend are moving forward?