In message , Clive Page
writes

In message , Paul Terry
writes

It should do - direct services will run every 10 minutes for much of
the working day, which is a better frequency than any of the Heathrow,
Stansted or Gatwick expresses (and every 14-16 minutes before 9.30 or
after 16.30).

Yes, but it's not an express. So a fairer comparison would be the
total number of trains. From Gatwick there are 12 trains/hour to
London, from Luton Airport Parkway to London around 7 trains/hour, so
both have a higher frequency.

If frequency is the deciding factor, LCY will actually be getting 12
trains an hour - 6 direct, and 6 involving a change at Canning Town. In
a few more years the latter will provide interchange with a large number
of other mainline and tube services crossing London, including the
Central line, CTRL, (eventually) Crossrail, and SET at Woolwich. Its
likely that the LCY will thus become increasingly useful for a growing
number of people.

I've used LCY several times and like the airport, but the new service
will only change it from being extremely hard to get to, to being very
hard to get to. That's an improvement, but not much.

Surely that depends on where you are coming from? A colleague of mine
who lives in Limehouse and flies frequently from LCY will find it a huge
improvement. On the other hand, I live close enough to Heathrow to find
LCY pretty much of an irrelevance.

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Paul Terry