Tom Anderson wrote in message ...
On 30 Nov 2004, David E. Belcher wrote:

"R.C. Payne" wrote in message ...

I'd have thought that the easterly connections with Crossrail, linking
with the current Thameslink services would provide most of the
inner-suburban connectivity for such a route, and the number of people
going between far Essex and East Anglia and Sussex, for whom an extra
connection is offputting are few in number.

To build on the last-mentioned point, surely a lot of air travellers
from Essex & East Anglia would be better off going from Stansted rather
than Gatwick?

Depends where their flight goes from!


Very true - as far as I know Stansted doesn't cater much - if at all -
for longer-haul inter-continental runs (e.g. Australia or the USA).
But for a lot of European destinations it makes sense.

David E. Belcher