Originally Posted by
wowzz
Call me simple, but how many extra pax are likely to be attracted to DNS by a rail station, when the airport has so few operators ? As someone who lives only 30 miles away, I'd dearly love to use DNS to fly to the Med, but apart from a few Flybe flights, there is no choice. Sure, Tui fly from there, but they are only interested in package holiday flights.
Just as one example CWL has a railway station, that isn't at the airport or within walking distance, and on a rural branch line and it makes diddly squat different when there are express buses operating from Cardiff's central rail/bus station delivering pax PDQ to the airport doorstep.