Forgot them, when will the operator be announced?

Not sure, but if it WILL start next year then i#m sure we’ll see an announment about the Autumn time.

EZE would be my best bet too

London link could well be popular. I’m not sure on the accessibility of the area by car/train but I’m sure it would be great news for the local area & tourism.

Well you have 5 direct trains a day from London to North Wales, with 4 heading to Holyhead, and 1 heading to Llandudno. There are plans to increase this in 2008.

Roads are a problem. The main link thru the National Park, i.e the A5, has been severely affected by a 1 mile road closure at Maerdu, which means an extra 45 min journey to get to honeypot locations like Betws-y-Coed, which is my nearest village from mine and this closure has no estimated time of repoening, which is worrying many buinesses here. Other trunk routes are the A55, which link up with the M56, and ultimatley the M6.

So if, and i say if a LON link was to be started, it would be a welcome addition, but i think a number of people here are even sceptical that the CWL link will start!

Why? Anglesey has a population of about 4. I bet it closes after about a year. Another Manston i think

Taking the pee? Or just being plain ignorant?

This service is NOT for Anglesey, its for the North Wales corridor.
The Assembly are expanding their offices to a number of sites here in North Wales, with the biggest in Llandudno Junction, about 15 miles from where i live, and about 30 miles from RAF Valley, via the A55 or North Wales Coast railway line.

The whole point of this link if for these workers to commute from the North to South, missing out on what feels like the longest road in the world, the A470, trust me, its long, or missing out on a 5 hour direct train link, which takes you mostly thru the Marches and over the border into England, and runs every 2 hours, with the 1st train not getting into Cardiff Central till after 9am!

Also it offers other buisness people the chance to do a day’s work in Cardiff, and be back home for the evening or weekend. I know at least 10 people who does this every 2 weeks, and for them, a 30 min airlink to CWL would mean a lot less hassle.

It would also improve the intra-Wales infrastucture, which as i pointed out to you, is not the best in the world. Thats due to the fact that there is a great peice of soil and rock going right thru the heart of Wales, which cannot be removed, and i don’t want it to be removed 😀

It might be just a TAD expensive for my wallet for a short trip anyway, but the fact is, it IS needed, and RAF Valley is the only option, but the best, as it has radar coverage, ample runway length, and an excellent rail and road network right next door!

Not sure if DUB would be a success, as Stena and Irish Ferries are really strugling with Pax numbers at the moment.

But if RYR do up their interest in a STN rotation, then the local area might be rewarded very nicely. Do remember, there is massive demand for transport to the Snowdonia National Park,i know as i work for them, and an airlink to London, would increase the number of visitors even more, and keep me in a very nice job 😀

P.S And were not the back of beyond either

LOL maybe not yet, but RYR have expressed an interest in operating a STN service there 🙂