Car Parking charges

[dcd]

What is the most expensive station parking?

I discovered this week that to park for the day at Southampton Airport Parkway is an astonishing £14.

 

[starrymarkb]

What is the most expensive station parking?

I discovered this week that to park for the day at Southampton Airport Parkway is an astonishing £14.

That'll be the Airport's Rate I expect if the Car parks are shared. Bristol Airport is £18 per day! Discounts tend to be for stays of a week or more (ie It cost me more to Park at BRS for 3 days then it would have done for a week)

 

[jopsuk]

At these high-cost car parks... are they generally rather busy?

 

[route:oxford]

What is the most expensive station parking?

I discovered this week that to park for the day at Southampton Airport Parkway is an astonishing £14.

Oxford station car park is £29 per day if you are not a rail user.

This is a planning requirement to mitigate against displacement of users from the City Council operated car parks which charge between £24 & £32 a day.

The main car parks in Oxford charge more on a Saturday to discourage shoppers and visitors brining cars into the town.

 

[GB]

The main car parks in Oxford charge more on a Saturday to discourage shoppers and visitors brining cars into the town.

...and then complain when the high street starts to decline.

 

[PeterC]

Oxford city centre is still hellishly busy - probably down to the best urban bus service in the region and five park and ride car parks.

 

[route:oxford]

...and then complain when the high street starts to decline.

There has never been more than one empty unit on The High for the entire length of the recession.

 

[swt_passenger]

That'll be the Airport's Rate I expect if the Car parks are shared. Bristol Airport is £18 per day! Discounts tend to be for stays of a week or more (ie It cost me more to Park at BRS for 3 days then it would have done for a week)

The car parks at Southampton Airport and the station aren't physically shared, but they've always had very similar pricing to avoid one filling up with the other's customers.

But it still seems to be quite full most weekdays, they recently expanded it to a fairly massive multi-storey.

As is the next stop along the line at Eastleigh at the relative bargain of £8.00...

 

[richw]

That'll be the Airport's Rate I expect if the Car parks are shared. Bristol Airport is £18 per day! Discounts tend to be for stays of a week or more (ie It cost me more to Park at BRS for 3 days then it would have done for a week)

I'm leaving my car at Bristol Airport in a fortnights time for 4 days - They quoted me £48. My Ryanair flight only cost £49!
I paid less in the end though as through work we can get discount from "holiday extras"

 

[Antman]

...and then complain when the high street starts to decline.

Not in Oxford, excellent park & ride services, why does anybody need to bring a car into the city centre?

 

[Andrewlong]

Reading Station car park is £20 for 12 hours

 

[bnm]

St Pancras International £36.00 for 24hrs

 

[Rich McLean]

Not in Oxford, excellent park & ride services, why does anybody need to bring a car into the city centre?

If I go into Oxford City Centre, I always take the bus. Parking charges mean there is no other option.

The bus service is good anyway

 

[CyrusWuff]

Up to 3 hours in the Short Stay car park at Leeds, Liverpool Lime Street or Manchester Piccadilly is £35.00, then £20.00 per hour thereafter.

 

[infobleep]

Surprised they don't knock down the city centre car parks in Oxford and build on them.

 

[Kite159]

I think the 'short' stay carparks in the London terminals well probably be high on the list. Although they are designed for staying for a short period rather than all day.

 

[starrymarkb]

I'm leaving my car at Bristol Airport in a fortnights time for 4 days - They quoted me £48. My Ryanair flight only cost £49!
I paid less in the end though as through work we can get discount from "holiday extras"

Pretty much - IIRC a week in the Silver Zone (Furthest Long Stay from Terminal) is £29 - but you can't use it if staying less then a week!

 

[route:oxford]

Surprised they don't knock down the city centre car parks in Oxford and build on them.

Well there is just the one multi-storey in the centre and it is being knocked down within a few months.

It's a 1200 space car park and is being replaced with a 1000 space underground car park with a new John Lewis on top.

Despite Oxford hating the car, city centre parking is absolutely necessary for the city's income.

£24x800*x360 is just under £7M per year (*averaging 2/3 full)

 

[SephenWorceste]

All this makes £8 at Birmingham International seem like a bargain. Good for the NEC and airport too.


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[Kite159]

One thing which always bugs me is how SWT charge for full weekday rates on bank holidays. In general it's a Saturday service on bank holidays so why not charge the Saturday rates?

 

[Moonshark]

I think as train travel is relatively environmentally friendly and an opposition to pollutive car travel, car parking charges should be VERY expensive, at least £7.80 per 2 hours. Why should the planet suffer because someone is so lazy and selfish that they drive on their butt in their car and pollute the planet?

 

[Carlisle]

I think as train travel is relatively environmentally friendly and an opposition to pollutive car travel, car parking charges should be VERY expensive, at least £7.80 per 2 hours. Why should the planet suffer because someone is so lazy and selfish that they drive on their butt in their car and pollute the planet?

Ok when you've invented an affordable and workable zero pollution zero accident risk replacement for the car get back to us and we'll all get shot of ours and you can retire a multi billionaire

 

[Moonshark]

Ok when you've invented an affordable and workable zero pollution zero accident risk replacement for the car get back to us and we'll all get shot of ours and you can retire a multi billionaire [/QUOTE

It would always be nice to be a billionaire

 

[richw]

Pretty much - IIRC a week in the Silver Zone (Furthest Long Stay from Terminal) is £29 - but you can't use it if staying less then a week!

So is the trick to tell them you want a week and leave early. Or will they issue a railway style penalty fare for misusing cheap "advance" tickets?

 

[starrymarkb]

So is the trick to tell them you want a week and leave early. Or will they issue a railway style penalty fare for misusing cheap "advance" tickets?

In the Silver Zone you have to hand over your keys and the car is moved Airside (usually on one of the old Taxiways) - they won't get it out until a couple of hours before your booked flight lands.

I've not tried it with the self park Long Stay - Generally I'm either staying for a day, 2 nights (Self Park Long Stay) or a full week (Silver Zone). I wouldn't be surprised if the gates don't let you out without a visit to the Payment Portakabin

 

[PeterC]

@Carlisle
I think you are missing the point of why people want to use station car parks.

 

[Carlisle]

@Carlisle
I think you are missing the point of why people want to use station car parks.

I guess folk use them for pretty much the same reasons they always have, but charges have certainly risen significantly seems impossible to believe It used to be totally free at weekends at many Network Southeast stations not too long ago

 

[infobleep]

Well there is just the one multi-storey in the centre and it is being knocked down within a few months.

It's a 1200 space car park and is being replaced with a 1000 space underground car park with a new John Lewis on top.

Despite Oxford hating the car, city centre parking is absolutely necessary for the city's income.

£24x800*x360 is just under £7M per year (*averaging 2/3 full)

Wonder if the new car park will smell of urine. Parts of the current car park do.

 

[Starmill]

Parking is free in PTE areas at Metrolink stops (where the land is sometimes owned by TfGM) and Northern managed stations (usually - sometimes land at these stations is not railway land and so varies). Stockport [Virgin Trains], Wakefield Westgate [East Coast] and suchlike are always rather expensive, and Network Rail at Leeds and Manchester Piccadilly has already been discussed - painfully expensive!

 

[Crossover]

Parking is free in PTE areas at Metrolink stops (where the land is sometimes owned by TfGM) and Northern managed stations (usually - sometimes land at these stations is not railway land and so varies). Stockport [Virgin Trains], Wakefield Westgate [East Coast] and suchlike are always rather expensive, and Network Rail at Leeds and Manchester Piccadilly has already been discussed - painfully expensive!

Wakefield Westgate on a weekend is £5 for up to 24 hours, which considering the type of car park (although seemingly no longer manned 24 hours) isn't *too* bad - even better when you utilise 18 of those hours :P. During the week it is a fair bit more though