“Finally, completing the trilogy, you’ve also got Stansted Airport which is not going to be seeing the Stansted Express this weekend.”
But why this has happened?
Simon explained: “In 2016, Network Rail did a proper investigation and concluded that public holidays are absolutely the time to do it because, of course, you’ve got fewer commuters.
“Then Covid happened, and now we’re in a position where leisure travel at weekends and particularly over the holidays is vastly higher than normal commuting.”
