If newcastle cant hold on to a stansted service with 120000+ pax a year then what hope carlisle to southend?
Newcastle lost the Stansted service as they couldn't compete with the fact that once you've factored in checking in and then getting from Stansted into London the train was a lot quicker. I'm not sure how quick the train service from Carlisle is but it would certainly prove a tough rival for flights going into Southend once you've factored in the travel from there.