Airports rated for transport links- SOU top SEN bottom
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Airports rated for transport links- SOU top SEN bottom
Airports rated worst in survey of public transport links demand Government action | News & Advice | Travel | The Independent
More details here about how the results were calculated. http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/...-a6778126.html
No Bournemouth listed.
Airports rated: the lower the score, the better
1 Southampton 7
2 Birmingham 7.5
3 Manchester 8
4 London City 8.5
5 Heathrow 9
6 Aberdeen 9.5
7 Newcastle 10
8 Belfast City 10
9 Edinburgh 11
10 Glasgow 11
11 Leeds/Bradford 12
12 Bristol 13
13 Liverpool 14
14 Exeter 15
15 Inverness 15
16 East Midlands 17
17 Belfast International 17
18 Prestwick 17.5
19 Cardiff 18
20 Gatwick 21
21 Luton 21
22 Stansted 24
23 Southend 26
More details here about how the results were calculated. http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/...-a6778126.html
No Bournemouth listed.
Airports rated: the lower the score, the better
1 Southampton 7
2 Birmingham 7.5
3 Manchester 8
4 London City 8.5
5 Heathrow 9
6 Aberdeen 9.5
7 Newcastle 10
8 Belfast City 10
9 Edinburgh 11
10 Glasgow 11
11 Leeds/Bradford 12
12 Bristol 13
13 Liverpool 14
14 Exeter 15
15 Inverness 15
16 East Midlands 17
17 Belfast International 17
18 Prestwick 17.5
19 Cardiff 18
20 Gatwick 21
21 Luton 21
22 Stansted 24
23 Southend 26
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Shouldn't the thread title be changed to "public transport links"?
And why the tube for LHR and not "Heathrow Express"?
Would be interesting to see where SEN would be if they'd chosen Southend rather than London as the destination!
And why the tube for LHR and not "Heathrow Express"?
Would be interesting to see where SEN would be if they'd chosen Southend rather than London as the destination!
Generally, I respect Simon Calder, but this is a meaningless exercise. I mean, how many of Southend's passengers originate from Central London?
Likewise, Liverpool serves the whole northwest, and Belfast the whole of Northern Ireland, not just the named city.
Likewise, Liverpool serves the whole northwest, and Belfast the whole of Northern Ireland, not just the named city.
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Surprised Gatwick is very low on the list, well served by train I think.
On a few occasions the entire line was not operating for one reason or another. Twice, in getting to LGW I had to go out a share a taxi with others to ensure catching a flight. The lack of information is deplorable and you can't take a chance that the service "might resume in an hour or so".
A train service connecting to an airport needs to be reliable. From my experience the Gatwick Express is not so I rarely fly from there anymore.
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Southampton is almost certainly the best connected airport in the UK, being located close to the intersection of the M27/M3, and with a railway station serving probably more direct destinations than any other airport railway station in the UK. Direct trains run from SOU to Southampton, Bournemouth, Brighton, London, Reading Oxford, Coventry, Birmingham, Manchester, Derby, Sheffield, York, Salisbury etc. Fast trains link SOU to London Waterloo at least three times per hour, and unlike Southend for example, these continue into the wee small hours, making it a very viable 'London' airport!
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ABZ has a lousy bus service and no Metro or rail connection - Newcastle has a good bus service and a Metro that connects to a very large part of the populated area but ABZ outranks NCL
must be the cycle path into town that does it..............
must be the cycle path into town that does it..............
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But the train costs 40 pounds. A bit too much to make flying from SOU competitive.
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When I visited Gatwick last year we went to London and we Didn't use Gatwick Express cause it was expensive. I've also done trains from East Croydon a lot as well in the past. No delays though, all was OK.
Meanwhile although Liverpool South Parkway station is connected by bus to the Airport, Merseyrail always operate a good service
Meanwhile although Liverpool South Parkway station is connected by bus to the Airport, Merseyrail always operate a good service
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The criteria includes the leading form of transport from the given airport, price of ticket, distance, travel time and frequency of the day time service.
Regarding the Brighton Mainline, its also very slow. It takes around 1 hour to get from St Pancras to Gatwick sometimes - its extremely frustrating. Because its the busiest set of track in the country, congestion is common and trains cannot get to their top speeds.