Recliner wrote:

JonD wrote:
Just reading in the Standard about the possible expansion of Luton Airport

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/trans...t-8224387.html

This mentions Crossrail 2, which has always been the proposed
Chelsea–Hackney line AFAIK. The proposed Crossrail 2 mentioned in the
article appears to run from Luton Airport to Euston then presumably under
London and to the South.

Anyone know any details, or is it just a figment of the architect's imagination?

It sounds like the latter -- there appear to be no other supporters, not
even Luton Airports's owners.


The quote in the article is not from Luton Airport's owners (Luton
Council) but the private operator contracted by the owners, London
Luton Airport Operations Limited (LLAOL).

The council is keen to see the airport expand and proposed a second
runway as early as 2001 and again in 2007. The operator LLAOL is
however opposed to major capital investment and merely wants to
optimise the airport around the existing single runway.

Even before the operator had been chosen, the LLAOL team were opposed
to a second runway, let alone a four runway hub airport. LLAOL
reluctantly agreed to study the council's second runway proposal if
they were given the contract tom operate the airport.

LLAOL got the contract and "evaluated" the 2007 proposals in a short
time. Unsurprisingly the proposals were rejected. The council
reluctantly withdrew them.

LLAOL would have to be bought out of their contract or given a new one
if plans for an additional runway or runways came to fruition.