the train goes straight into Liverpool Street
vs
the train goes straight into Kings Cross
Hmmmmmmm.....
And do bankers want to go to Middlesborough anyway? No flights from LCY to Newcastle, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool. Why should Tees-side be different?
If a Southend link worked it could only be as a feeder into the forthcoming Easyjet flights to short-haul destinations in Europe. But if you have to pay someone like Eastern to get to Southend you may as well get on KLM direct to Amsterdam for a much wider choice of connecting destinations.
Oh, there's a straw! Damn, missed it again....
NS