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Old 28th Jul 2016, 09:52
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Originally Posted by Mr A Tis
The Station to T3 shuttle bus ran when the terminal was mainly BA and under utilised, now T3 is at max capacity with Intercontinental and European flights and is withdrawn.
But did many people use it when it was there? You can lead a horse to water...

I suspect that the nature of MAN's catchment area plays a part - a lot of pax are coming from leafy Cheshire etc, and even if buses were free they probably wouldn't be used. LHR and LCY (to take a couple of examples) are different as a lot of their pax are coming from within the Greater London area (it being so huge) and so it makes more sense for them to use public transport, especially as the concept will be more ingrained due to the congestion integral to driving anywhere in that area.
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