Originally Posted by
IOMX
The best way of ensuring the service is maintained is for people to use it. The more people talk about and promote the service the better in my view. A lot of travellers to London only ever think of Gatwick as a route in and don't understand that the end to end travel time for those going into central London is significantly longer and more expensive around £40 return compared to £6 on the DLR. I can generally do IOM to central London in 3 hours on BA via LCY but it takes 4 hours going via LGW and EZY. Also the times of the BA are much better.
If I want to go to London, one month from today, (to chose a future date at random) I can get to LGW for under £30, and get to any central London station, using my Oyster or contactless card for another £10. BA to LCY is £111.
Scale that up by my party size, and BA/LCY is simply too expensive for many people to even consider.