And nor does Gatwick's North terminal have a station but that does not seem to do it any harm.
I seem to remember having to catch some sort of train to get from the piers to the terminal at Stansted which involved a long wait in a long queue but that was in the days when Stansted was popular.
Luton’s standard daytime rail service to and from London is 7 trains per hour.
1 non stop,
4 semi-fast (stops twice)
2 all station stopping service.
The advantage of Gatwick and Luton is the vast number of stations served directly without having to change trains or hop on the underground. I stopped counting when I got to 80 stations with various train companies that serve Luton directly.
I have no doubt that the only reason Easyjet have moved part of their Stansted operation to the inconvenience of London’s east coast airport and a rail service that runs only 18 hours a day in each direction is that savings were to be made. Time will tell if they stay there when the discounts end and no doubt Stansted’s new owners will be keen to get easyjet out of Southend.
Last edited by LTNman; 31st Dec 2012 at 19:43.