Road, Rail & Access Issues

[SNOWMAN]

hi all
LBA bean counters strike again this just puts £4 per round trip for local people to fly from there local airport,these are the ones who put up with noise and traffic. could the next charge could be 20p to have a pee
regards
sm1 :whiteflag: .

 

[bobleeds]

It's 40p to use the public conveniences "landside" at Leeds Rail station! Also short-stay drop-off charges are:
Up to 20 minutes 60p
40 minutes £2.60
1 hour £4.50
2 hours – £12.50
3 hours – £35
and each additional hour £20. No free waiting with shuttle bus in long stay either.

Puts a degree of perspective on things.

 

[Tarn Spotter]

SJK charge us £4 to the airport at the moment is this going to result in a 50% increase if they recover the car park fee. The walk from the drop off car park is the major factor for us old people, we have to take someone with us to take our cases into the terminal, we cant manage them ourselves.
Not sure some of these decisions are made taking the old and infirm into consideration.
When we arrived at 5am recently could not find a wheel chair for love or money.

 

[SNOWMAN]

It's 40p to use the public conveniences "landside" at Leeds Rail station! Also short-stay drop-off charges are:
Up to 20 minutes 60p
40 minutes £2.60
1 hour £4.50
2 hours – £12.50
3 hours – £35
and each additional hour £20. No free waiting with shuttle bus in long stay either.

Puts a degree of perspective on things.

hi bobleeds
60p for 20mins sounds ok to me to drop off & pick better than £2 pound, 15 mins free at Donny.
sm1

 

[lbaspotter]

Just thought I'll change the subject a little, Yorkshire Tiger bus company will next week take delivery of its 5x new single decked Optare Versa vehicles which were ordered for the New enhanced 757 (Leeds - Leeds Bradford Airport) service which commences from Sunday April 27th. They will wear a new dark blue livery and branded as "The Flying Tiger".

The good news is that the older single deck Scania Omnicity vehicles currently used on the 737 & 747 Airport (Harrogate & Bradford) services will also recieve this new branded livery as and when they go for refurbishing.

 

[lbaspotter]

I see the airport now has its own Tour de France webpage now http://www.leedsbradfordairport.co.uk/tourdefrance.

 

[lbaspotter]

I see the airport now has its own Tour de France webpage now advising travellers & workers about the possible road closures and public transport disruption. http://www.leedsbradfordairport.co.uk/tourdefrance.

The following PDF is downloadable which shows the airports advised alternative routes. http://www.leedsbradfordairport.co.uk/~ ... s%20v1.pdf

 

[lbaspotter]

And here it is! This is of 1 of the 5 new single decker "Flying Tiger" branded buses for Yorkshire Tiger's re-launched 757 Leeds to Leeds/Bradford Airport service which has an enhanced (20 mins Mon-Sat Daytime & new daily early morning & late buses) timetable commencing on Sunday.

Also if anyone need it, Here the new timetable: http://yorkshiretiger.co.uk/uploads/757.pdf

 

[User0001]

Interesting article in the y e p today. Absolutely critical for LBIA to get this. Even if initially it is a station on the Harrogate line.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Is the link in the previous post just senior government politicians getting out and about before next year's general election or is LBA really one of 'the six national congestion hotspots most in need of investment' and likely to get some? I wonder where the other five are. I note the minister is reluctant to mention a time scale.

I notice that the minister describes the airports facilities as 'phenomenal'.

 

[Aviador]

Is the link in the previous post just senior government politicians getting out and about before next year's general election or is LBA really one of 'the six national congestion hotspots most in need of investment' and likely to get some? I wonder where the other five are. I note the minister is reluctant to mention a time scale.

I notice that the minister describes the airports facilities as 'phenomenal'.

When he said facilities were "phenomenal", personally I think he was being sarcastic. The bits that have been improved look reasonably good considering the pounding they've taken during the busy summer periods however, much of the terminal is still looking like it's in disrepair.

So far as LBA getting politicians to take note, they (the politicians) have been making the same noises for years and nothing ever gets done. Once the local elections are out of the way we wont hear anything again until the next election.

 

[White Heather]

I agree. They will probably throw more money at Manchester, or even DSA. Why an airport that carries very few passengers such as DSA needs a new road link whilst LBA that has considerably more passengers is left without a decent access road leaves me wondering what the criteria is for making these decisions. Equally, I find it incredible that the much vaunted trolley bus scheme for Leeds goes to ASDA at Holt Park and doesn't come to the airport. Considering there is supposed to be a push to improve public transport to LBA, it seems ridiculous that it goes to Holt Park and then stops when it could have been extended to include the airport.

 

[a300boy]

You would expect that any new transport system would connect the airport to the city centre plus both the bus and rail stations wouldnt you.

 

[rmac]

I agree that you would expect a new system to connect the airport to the centre especially at Leeds, and being relatively close to the proposed route of the Supertram seems strange it does not include the airport. It looks reasonably feasible to continue on to the airport, much as Edinburgh's new tram continues on to the airport and is about to commence operations (at last!)

 

[TheLocalYokel]

I agree that you would expect a new system to connect the airport to the centre especially at Leeds, and being relatively close to the proposed route of the Supertram seems strange it does not include the airport. It looks reasonably feasible to continue on to the airport, much as Edinburgh's new tram continues on to the airport and is about to commence operations (at last!)

I wrote in another thread on Forums4Airports how society never learns the lessons of history and consequently keeps reinventing the wheel.

The tram is a case in point. Post WW2, towns and cities all over the country (and around the world to an extent) were falling over themselves to be done with trams and trolley buses. Now the trend is reversed and many places that would like a tram system struggle to come up with the finance.

I was in Edinburgh a few weeks ago and the tram was already in operation although only for staff training. The system cost around three quarters of a billion quid. Somewhat perversely Edinburgh does have an excellent, almost on-demand, bus link between airport and city centre.

 

[Tarn Spotter]

There are surely so many options for a good transport link. we should be spoilt for choice. We could build a new station just north of Horsforth on the existing line and just develope a link like between Birmingham airport/rail station and the NEC, or similar between North and south terminals at gatwick.
Technology as advanced hugely since these developments 20 years ago or more.

 

[adam]

Eventually horsforth is gonna get a 15 mins daytime frequency one idea would be a shuttle train like Heathrow Ctl to T4. Or a tram/maglev like Gatwick every 15/30 mins

 

[Tarn Spotter]

For the about 1 mile distance a moving walk way would do, or even a covered walkway that LBA love to have, we could butt it on to the existing walkway.

 

[adam]

Until it breaks and you've to walk

 

[Seasider]

I agree. They will probably throw more money at Manchester, or even DSA. Why an airport that carries very few passengers such as DSA needs a new road link whilst LBA that has considerably more passengers is left without a decent access road leaves me wondering what the criteria is for making these decisions. Equally, I find it incredible that the much vaunted trolley bus scheme for Leeds goes to ASDA at Holt Park and doesn't come to the airport. Considering there is supposed to be a push to improve public transport to LBA, it seems ridiculous that it goes to Holt Park and then stops when it could have been extended to include the airport.

I believe the road at DSA you mention is the Finningley & Rossington Relief road needed for the regeneration of that area. I think that the new road stops 1.5 miles from the Terminal and traffic will continue on the present road.