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Old 20th Mar 2013, 11:42
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dead_pan
 
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But in answer to the comments made about oxf . Lba, As said above there is no direct train. Better still get a heathrow rail link into oxf. National rail . Direct to heathrow abd perhaps make some smaller airports eg huy or randomly for example dtv or even syy a quick link into heathrow. No slots affected. Make the rubway bigger adx ils nexpand the apron. Might sound pie in the sky but the direct and properly timed no stop service tk heathrow could make a great feeder inti lhr .
Despite the fact a main rail artery runs close to OXF's eastern perimeter there are no plans to put any station thereabouts AFAIK. Chiltern are going to put a parkway just south of the A34 but this is some distance from the airport i.e. will still require a bus or taxi journey. FYI Oxford to Paddington currently takes c.50 mins so an OXF-LHR link is really too far to be viable (may as well run a link from LHR to SOU - at least SOU has its own station).

The lack of publicity is killing Minoan's new service IMO. Where's the billboards, newspaper & radio ads etc etc?
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