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Article: Gatwick Express rail service spared the axe ; BUSINESS
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 5, 2007
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The loss-making Gatwick Express is to be spared the axe under a
deal which will see the service integrated into the much bigger
Southern franchise and an extra 12,000 seats added to trains.
The decision, announced yesterday by the Department for
Transport, means that there will continue to be a dedicated, non-
stop service every 15 minutes between the airport and central
London.
It marks a victory for Gatwick's owner, BAA, which had argued
that the airport would be placed at a serious disadvantage if it
lost its high-speed connection with the capital. The alternative had
been to scrap the service and increase the number of commuter trains
on the busy London-Brighton line.
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