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Increased Train Usage at SEN
A report by Airport World says that 47% of passengers going through SEN between December 3 2019 and January 6 2020 used the train.
Of the remainder 24% were dropped off by friends/family and just 17% drove and parked at SEN. I suspect that the introduction of three Wizz destinations has contributed to the numbers using the train as this has increased from 33% a year earlier. The addition of early and late trains to the schedule will also have helped drive this increase.
A report by Airport World says that 47% of passengers going through SEN between December 3 2019 and January 6 2020 used the train.
Of the remainder 24% were dropped off by friends/family and just 17% drove and parked at SEN. I suspect that the introduction of three Wizz destinations has contributed to the numbers using the train as this has increased from 33% a year earlier. The addition of early and late trains to the schedule will also have helped drive this increase.
I wonder if the methodology used is quite right, given the gap is so large? Have they taken all passengers through the terminal and all users through the airport station? Not all station users will be airport passengers, there might be a fair number of employees and commuters too. Even if there are relatively few in number if the average computer is doing 4 journeys a week that will soon mount up - especially over a short sample period.
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Sort of indicates that the airport does not have good road access but passengers using the train is better than using the car. Gatwick is around 32%. Luton is around 16% but aims for the Gatwick figure.
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Thats quite a high number. I think thats highest of any UK airport by quite a distance. At Heathrow 28% use rail and 13% bus/coach, 59% car or taxi. I think MAN is something like 30% for all public transport modalities combined (Train, Tram and Bus/Coach). Well done to SEN if they have achieved such a high proportion of train use, butWhat have they done differently to other airports which also have rail & bus interchanges on-site? Are there lessons which can be learned?
I wonder if the methodology used is quite right, given the gap is so large? Have they taken all passengers through the terminal and all users through the airport station? Not all station users will be airport passengers, there might be a fair number of employees and commuters too. Even if there are relatively few in number if the average computer is doing 4 journeys a week that will soon mount up - especially over a short sample period.
I wonder if the methodology used is quite right, given the gap is so large? Have they taken all passengers through the terminal and all users through the airport station? Not all station users will be airport passengers, there might be a fair number of employees and commuters too. Even if there are relatively few in number if the average computer is doing 4 journeys a week that will soon mount up - especially over a short sample period.
The lack of coach links probably pushes more people towards the train than other airports where there is more alternatives.
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That would make sense, I forgot about LCY. I wonder if there is a difference in public transport use by Frequent Flyers, Short Haul, Long Haul, IT Charter and LCC passengers. I can see multiple ways to argue who would be more likely to use a given mode of transport. My guess is that single travellers are more likely to use public transport and families of 3+ less likely to use public transport, because fares mount up, when charged per-person. Parking and Taxis are more competitive as the party size increases.
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The Rodez flights are Monday and Friday from 3 July until 28 September. I started looking to see how these will fit into the schedule and find that there is no Monday SEN-DUB from 6 July until 28 September - very odd.
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Trains
I looked at options to fly to London Southend this weekend only to find for the 3rd consecutive time that trains are not running due to engineering works.
Can I ask to those that know, are there engineering works every weekend or have I just been unfortunate on 3 ocassions?
The second time this happened I emailed the airport and they said you'd need to contact the railway company.
This used to happen at Stansted years ago, so much so I just never bother using STN. SEN can be a pleasant change to LHR & LGW...and often at very competitive prices.
Can I ask to those that know, are there engineering works every weekend or have I just been unfortunate on 3 ocassions?
The second time this happened I emailed the airport and they said you'd need to contact the railway company.
This used to happen at Stansted years ago, so much so I just never bother using STN. SEN can be a pleasant change to LHR & LGW...and often at very competitive prices.
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I looked at options to fly to London Southend this weekend only to find for the 3rd consecutive time that trains are not running due to engineering works.
Can I ask to those that know, are there engineering works every weekend or have I just been unfortunate on 3 ocassions?
The second time this happened I emailed the airport and they said you'd need to contact the railway company.
This used to happen at Stansted years ago, so much so I just never bother using STN. SEN can be a pleasant change to LHR & LGW...and often at very competitive prices.
Can I ask to those that know, are there engineering works every weekend or have I just been unfortunate on 3 ocassions?
The second time this happened I emailed the airport and they said you'd need to contact the railway company.
This used to happen at Stansted years ago, so much so I just never bother using STN. SEN can be a pleasant change to LHR & LGW...and often at very competitive prices.
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[QUOTE=aurigny72;10687832]The engineering work will finally finish on the weekend of March 21/22, although there will be one further weekend of final closure on April 18-19 for drainage purposes. Thank goodness for that.[/QUOTE
Sorry, it won't .
The routine work that every railway requires is now carried out during weekend shutdowns because this is so more cost effective than getting a small army of people to do the work between the last train and the first train next day and reduces the risk to the contractors of penalties for overrunning works. It's a scandal that's been going on for the last 10-15 years with the excuse they are "upgrading the network"
Sorry, it won't .
The routine work that every railway requires is now carried out during weekend shutdowns because this is so more cost effective than getting a small army of people to do the work between the last train and the first train next day and reduces the risk to the contractors of penalties for overrunning works. It's a scandal that's been going on for the last 10-15 years with the excuse they are "upgrading the network"
Thats quite a high number.
I wonder if the methodology used is quite right, given the gap is so large? Have they taken all passengers through the terminal and all users through the airport station? Not all station users will be airport passengers, there might be a fair number of employees and commuters too. Even if there are relatively few in number if the average computer is doing 4 journeys a week that will soon mount up - especially over a short sample period.
I wonder if the methodology used is quite right, given the gap is so large? Have they taken all passengers through the terminal and all users through the airport station? Not all station users will be airport passengers, there might be a fair number of employees and commuters too. Even if there are relatively few in number if the average computer is doing 4 journeys a week that will soon mount up - especially over a short sample period.
