| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:All Day Flights ‘Worse Than Third Runway’ | |
| Posted by: | David Farmery | |
| Date/Time: | 22/10/08 16:18:00 |
| The Thames estuary is the middle of Europe! It's half way between Glasgow and Lyon, Bristol and Amsterdamm. Crossrail could go to Maplin, Eurostar could go to Maplin, and it's nearer to the city than Gatwick. Maplin would make a London radial high speed rail link connecting all 4 airports viable. Final approach would be over the sea rather than a densely populated urban area, but so it is at Chep Lap Kok and Osaka. Passengers don't like terminals 1-4 at Heathrow and don't trust the baggage handling at T5. London is moving east with the Olympics legacy at Stratford and the Thamesgateway on stream. Think 2020 or 2050. Shall I go on? |