criticism for cardiff airport's new train station
04.06.05
A £17m rail scheme to link Cardiff Airport to the rest of Wales has received scathing criticism just weeks before it is due to open. Local papers suggest that the link could be undermined because the station is a mile from the terminal and have dubbed it 'Wales' best kept secret.'
A new rail link to Cardiff airport 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. There is inadequate information, 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, on paper, quicker and more frequent!
Even Cardiff airport's managing director, Jon Horne, was dismissive of the new link. 'The initial service will have a limited impact, because of the frequency of train services,' he said.
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