Southend Airport Railway Station officially opened

Minister for Transport, Theresa Villiers MP, joined Stobart Group CEO Andrew Tinkler, COO William Stobart and Stobart Air Managing Director Alastair Welch at Southend Airport week to officially open a brand new railway station.

Operational since July the station is on the Southend Victoria to London Liverpool Street line, offering up to eight services to London per hour and taking passengers from the airport into the City of London in just 53 minutes, or to Stratford – venue for the Olympics in 2012 – in 44 minutes. 

The new railway station represents an investment of £16m by Stobart Group which includes a new terminal building, runway extension and realignment, and a new hotel.  Running more or less parallel all developments should be completed early next year, well in time for the London Olympics, Southend the only airport with direct frequent train services to the main Olympic site. 

Currently Aer Arann is the only airline with daily service at Southend.  In April of next year they will be joined by easyJet who are basing three aircraft and offering flights to Amsterdam, Alicante, Barcelona, Belfast, Ibiza, Jersey, Malaga and Mallorca, with more to come as the new operation matures. www.southendairport.com

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