Direct rail link between Glasgow Airport, Paisley and the city centre announced

THE £144m Glasgow Airport Access Project, which is the flagship project for the £1.13 billion Glasgow City Region City deal, will strengthen the city region’s link to the world, positioning it as an attractive place to do business and helping to create jobs within the area. 

Journeys to and from the airport would be transformed as a state-of-the-art system would carry passengers on specially designed tram-trains using both the existing railway network a new light rail spur from Paisley to the airport.

Go Holiday news : www.govillasandcottages.co.uk

All your holiday needs: IN PRINT - ON-LINE - DiGiMAG - SMARTPHONE -TABLET - BLOG - TWITTER - G+ - FACEBOOK

Luton airport reveals plans for £200 million passenger transit system

A £200 MILLION mass passenger transit system linking Luton Airport with the existing rail link to London has been unveiled. The aim is to provide a direct journey time between London St Pancras and the airport terminal of under 30 minutes via Luton Airport Parkway station.

The 1.36-mile, 24-hour light rail link could be operational by 2020, according to plans announced by the airport’s owner, London Luton Airport Limited.

The company’s chairman, Andy Malcolm, said: ‘The scheme we are announcing today will provide a seamless five-minute transfer time between Parkway station and the airport terminal.’

Construction is already under way on the airport’s separate £110 million re-development plans to increase capacity by 50% to 18 million passengers by 2020.

Go Holiday news : www.govillasandcottages.co.uk

All your holiday needs: IN PRINT - ON-LINE - DiGiMAG - SMARTPHONE -TABLET - BLOG - TWITTER - G+ - FACEBOOK

Fast track from Oxford Airport

OXFORD AIRPORT passengers will soon get faster access to London when a high speed rail service linking Oxford Parkway Station with the capital is launched on October 26.

The station is a five-minute drive from the airport. It will serve Marylebone Station in London in under one hour – shaving approximately 15 minutes off the total journey time from the airport.

The high speed trains will run from Oxford Parkway every 30 minutes.

Go Holiday news : www.govillasandcottages.co.uk

All your holiday needs: IN PRINT - ON-LINE - DiGiMAG - SMARTPHONE -TABLET - BLOG - TWITTER - G+ - FACEBOOK

Luton Airport’s plan for high speed London rail link

A PLAN for a fast rail link is reportedly being prepared by Luton Airport to give passengers access to the centre of London within 20 minutes.

Passengers currently take a 20-minute train to Luton Airport Parkway station, but the total journey time to the can be more than doubled by having to change, wait, and travel the last mile by bus.

Nick Barton, Luton’s chief executive is working on a plan to get the airport connected properly to the rail network.

‘The bus service meets the basic criteria,’ he told The Times. ‘The plan is to come up with a long-term solution. The options are a mass passenger system which could be light rail or heavy rail. We know the need. Connectivity is the priority.

‘The ownership [and funding] of a rail link would have to be something we work out. But everyone knows a better link is in everyone’s interest.’

The airport has started a £100 million project that will increase its passenger capacity by 50% to 18 million.

Go Holiday news : www.govillasandcottages.co.uk

All your holiday needs: IN PRINT - ON-LINE - DiGiMAG - SMARTPHONE -TABLET - BLOG - TWITTER - G+ - FACEBOOK

Summer deal on the Heathrow Express

HEATHROW EXPRESS is boosting its summer offering for leisure travellers with its duo saver, which saves couples £20 when travelling together on a return journey.

For couples travelling with children under 16 – who can now travel for free on #HeathrowExpress – it means that a return journey for a family between Heathrow and Paddington is just £50 if booked online at heathrowexpress.com/duo-saver.

Children can also eat for free in selected restaurants at Heathrow Airport.

Fraser Brown, director of Heathrow Express said: ‘Our summer deal, which runs alongside our permanent kids-go-free policy and the airport's kids-eat-for-free offer, means that Heathrow has never looked so family-friendly.’

Go Holiday news : www.govillasandcottages.co.uk

All your holiday needs: IN PRINT - ON-LINE - DiGiMAG - SMARTPHONE -TABLET - BLOG - TWITTER - G+ - FACEBOOK

Picture Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/90617638@N04/8356188348">Paddington Station</a> via <a href="http://photopin.com">photopin</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">(license)

Top marks for the Heathrow Express

HEATHROW EXPRESS has received an excellent overall satisfaction rate of 94% from a poll of UK rail passengers, compared to the national average of 80% and a London & South East average of 78%.

The air-rail link, which connects London Paddington and Heathrow in 15 minutes, has consistently received overall satisfaction ratings of more than 90% for the last three years.

Of the 23 train operating companies surveyed, #HeathrowExpress came top in the following categories: comfort of seating area (95%); cleanliness both inside (96%) and out (95%); sufficient room for passengers to sit and stand (93%) and top for upkeep and repair of the train (96%). It shared a joint first for speed with Merseyrail (96%), overall satisfaction with the station with East Coast and First Hull (90%) and again with First Hull (94%) for personal security on board.

Go Holiday news : www.govillasandcottages.co.uk

All your holiday needs: IN PRINT - ON-LINE - DiGiMAG - SMARTPHONE -TABLET - BLOG - TWITTER - G+ - FACEBOOK

Picture Credit: "Heathrow Express P1180327". Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons