On Wed, 21 Sep 2016 08:39:02 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On Wed, 21 Sep 2016 08:35:52 +0100
Neil Williams wrote:
On 2016-09-20 22:07:54 +0000, Recliner said:

Huh? Luton is hardly any further out than Gatwick, and Newark is the
nearest trans-Atlantic airport to Manhattan.

A lot of people are put off Luton by the bus connection, sufficiently
so that LBC are looking at building some kind of rail shuttle thing.

LBC? Wow, Global Radio really are expanding their remit

Not sure how a rail shuttle would work unless its a cog railway given how
much higher the airport is compared to the MML.

https://www.theguardian.com/business...ds-bus-transfe
s-fast-track-rail-link

"a £200m light rail link"

"The 1.3-mile link will be funded by Luton borough council"

Where exactly is a local council going to find 200m from these days? Either
they've got some private investment lined up or its pie in the sky BS.o

Also its somewhat iconic given how luton couldn't wait to rip up the railway
to Dumpstable and install some mickey mouse busway in its place. I'm guessing
the leadership must have changed.

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Spud