Originally Posted by
Runway 32/14
you would think that a rail link would/should be built at the same time!! all this if it even happens is 20 years to late!!
What makes you say that? Do you think 3 miles of road by-passing a couple of junctions at Rawdon and Yeadon would have made a fundamental difference to the airport's routes and traffic? I think it's useful at the margin having sat in the traffic queues all the way down Kirkstall Road (both car and bus).
As for rail, it's an absolute non-starter, sorry Stuart Andrew MP. The Atkins Report shows what the capital and net operating costs would be. You'd be lucky to get 1000 a day on the train up there ; the operating ratio would be less than 10% and that's without the capital.
The airport is a very useful asset to the region but perspective is required when it comes to public money. Of course if the owners wished to buy and run a railway, that might be different, but somehow I think they will pass on that attractive possibility.