What is the point of ‘Leeds Bradford Airport Parkway’ ?

With proposals of access improvements to Leeds Bradford Airport to be debated at a meeting of Leeds City Council Cabinet on Tuesday 7th January 2020, including a proposal to construct a new parkway station to serve this airport, just what is the point of this new station ? [1] Under the current plan a new...

Should Leeds Bradford Airport be allowed to expand?

A new proposed link road to Leeds Bradford Airport that has previously been the subject of a protest by extinction rebellion has been scrapped. [1] Not because it encourages those travelling by plane to commute by car but because of air travel itself! Interestingly it appears that no-one has asked the fundamental question, should Leeds...

Should ‘Doncaster Sheffield Airport’ have a STOP on HS2?

The Sheffield City Region has published its own ‘Integrated Rail Plan’.[1] This plan proposes many improvements to the rail network from upgrading rail lines to tram trains and brand new stations, in particular the much aspired station at Doncaster Sheffield Airport, served by a link from the East Coast Mainline. Although this may sound like...

Does Manchester Airport really need a HS2 Station ?

With around £1.8 billion to be spend on sending HS2 via Manchester Airport, in comparison to the alternative ‘Mersey and Tunnels’ approach that approaches Manchester from the West. [1] Just who is expected to use this new Airport station ? Manchester Airport already has a dedicated railway station that opened in 1993 the same year...