F Great Eastern
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This week Greater Anglia have announced that they are going to be providing extra service to Southend Airport, at first glance this seems great news for those departing on early services and late arrivals and would be a welcome achievement.
However it has now been revealed that following the agreement between the airport and Greater Anglia, the commercial bus service provided by Ensignbus, which services a number of locations that the train does not, will no longer be allowed to serve the airport.
Some digging around the web has suggested that this is because of the fact that Greater Anglia are paying a large slice of revenue to Southend Airport, who want to force people to use the train to line their own pockets, whilst claiming they are doing it to improve services.
This leads me to think, is there any other location where buses have been prevented from serving an area once served due to commercial deals with another transport mode that are purely for profit rather than in the customer interest?
However it has now been revealed that following the agreement between the airport and Greater Anglia, the commercial bus service provided by Ensignbus, which services a number of locations that the train does not, will no longer be allowed to serve the airport.
Some digging around the web has suggested that this is because of the fact that Greater Anglia are paying a large slice of revenue to Southend Airport, who want to force people to use the train to line their own pockets, whilst claiming they are doing it to improve services.
This leads me to think, is there any other location where buses have been prevented from serving an area once served due to commercial deals with another transport mode that are purely for profit rather than in the customer interest?