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just a bit tedious. The reason they don’t want Gatwick to expand is because the only people who will benefit are their competitors. Gatwick has better links to public transport than Heathrow (I live in Norfolk and it’s a much easier journey to LGW than LHR), better on-site hotel facilities and the potential to become a major long-haul hub. If BA’s Alex Cruz is basing his arguments on a belief that “there is no business case for a second runway at Gatwick”, and “experience shows that the majority of long-haul airlines that start operations at Gatwick either quit and leave London altogether or go to Heathrow as soon as possible”, he’s living in the past. If the second runway is built Gatwick will very rapidly become a major long-haul hub. The problem is BA want everything their way. They want airport expansion at Heathrow and London City but don’t want to pay for it. At the same time they don’t want Gatwick opening up hundreds of new long-haul slots to their competition.
GOVERNMENT INSISTS RAIL LINK WILL BE BUILT TRANSPORT SECRETARY CHRIS GRAYLING says rail travel has doubled in 20 years, but it will not double in the next 20 unless the population doubles. The graph is flattening out. A new government may see zero value for money in the project and drop it.
HS2 has not even been
properly designed yet. It is to merge with HS3 with no details yet released. The
eastern section of the ‘Y’ will not be built, because modern trains on the East Coast Mainline, when the bottlenecks are removed, can make Leeds in the same time from London as HS2.
No need to lay new HS2 track north of Crewe, as Alstom tilting HS2 trains can make the trip to Manchester from London only a few minutes less than HS2 using existing track from Crewe. Why aren’t Liverpool, Birmingham and Leeds screaming at the Department for Transport to join up the commuter lines entering the city centres in new tunnels under those centres, forming proper metros? This is where money should be spent – where people see benefit day-by-day. Modern train technology has overtaken the need to build new high-speed tracks.
IS YOUR BUSINESS TRAVEL POLICY STUCK IN THE PAST? TRAVEL POLICY NEEDS TO BE MADE with agreement and collaboration between purchasing and travellers. Usually travel policy is made by those that don’t have to suffer from the consequences of their decisions.
80 PER CENT OF UK RAIL TICKETS BOUGHT OFFLINE AS A REGULAR TRAIN USER, IT HAS BECOME CLEAR that there is no advantage in buying in advance online. On many occasions I have found that the price at the desk on the day is either the same or, in some cases, cheaper. So, unless the rail companies offer actual price reductions for advance sales online, then no change.
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