new cardiff airport train station wales' best kept secret
04.06.05
A new £17m rail scheme to link Cardiff Airport with the rest of Wales has received scathing criticism, just weeks before the new station is due to open. Local papers suggest that the link could be undermined because the station is a mile from the terminal, and have also dubbed it 'Wales' best kept secret.'
A new Cardiff airport rail link to is due to open on June 12, but those critical of the scheme say that there are a number of reasons why tourists and businessmen will be put off using the much-delayed scheme, which cost £17m of taxpayers' money.
The Western Mail newspaper lists the top 4 reasons. There is inadequate information about the link, confusion over the airport station's name (Rhoose train station, rather than Cardiff Airport train Station), the airport station resembles a bus stop, and the door-to-door every-half-hour bus service already linking the airport to Cardiff is, at least on paper, quicker and more frequent!
Even the airport's managing director, Jon Horne, is dismissive of the new link. 'The initial service will have a limited impact [on the airport], because of the frequency of train services,' he said.
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