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Title:

AIRPORT ACCESS TO HEATHROW AIRPORT, LONDON

Accession Number:

00241457

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

AT PRESENT HEATHROW IS THE MAJOR AIRPORT SERVING LONDON, AND IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT BY 1970 ITS TRAFFIC WILL BE 30,000,000 ANNUALLY, MORE THAN DOUBLE ITS PRESENT VOLUME. UNLIKE GATWICK, WHOSE RAIL LINK HANDLES 40% OF ITS PASSENGERS, HEATHROW IS SERVED ONLY BY (OVERLOADED) FREEWAYS AND PUBLIC ROADS. A 1966 O&D STUDY SHOWED THAT ABOUT HALF OF THE PASSENGERS (CHIEFLY INTERNATIONAL) USED PUBLIC TRANSPORT (CHIEFLY BUSES) TO REACH HEATHROW. IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DECIDED TO EXTEND A RAIL SERVICE FROM CENTER CITY TO THE THE AIRPORT. ASPECTS OF THE DECISION ARE DESCRIBED. TWO QUESTIONS REMAINING FROM THE ANALYSIS ARE: (1) SHOULD PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVING A LARGE AIRPORT BE VIEWED AS A SYSTEM DESIGNED AROUND THE NEEDS OF THE AIR PASSENGER, OR SHOULD IT BE PART OF THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT AIR PASSENGERS CAN USE IF THEY SO DESIRE? (2) WILL AIR PASSENGERS OF THE FUTURE EXPECT, IN ADDITION TO TOWN TERMINAL FACILITIES AND ASSOCIATED CHECK-IN AND BAGGAGE- HANDLING SERVICES, AN EXCLUSIVE TRANSPORT SYSTEM TO THE AIRPORT THAT THESE REQUIRE, OR WILL THEY BE PREPARED TO USE THE COMMON SYSTEM THAT THE PUBLIC USES TO REACH THE AIRPORT?

Supplemental Notes:

Paper sponsored by Committee on Passenger Transportation Economics and Special Committee on International Cooperative Activities and presented at the 49th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

Monograph Accession #:

00044065

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Hole, George

Pagination:

pp 13-15

Publication Date:

1970

Serial:

Highway Research Record

Issue Number: 330
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Identifier Terms:

Gatwick Airport; Heathrow Airport

Geographic Terms:

London (England)

Subject Areas:

Aviation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Apr 25 1982 12:00AM

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