CONSTRUCTION work has begun on the £225million rail link that will connect Luton Airport with Luton Airport Parkway railway station.
The Luton DART (Direct Air-Rail Transit) will be a double-shuttle, fully-automated people-mover, capable of operating 24 hours a day.
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It will be a cable-driven system offering a journey time of less than four minutes and connections to central London in 30 minutes – faster than Liverpool Street to Stansted and comparable with Victoria to Gatwick.
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The 1.3 mile (2.1km) route will run between two purpose-built stations at Bartlett Square (next to the station) and the airport terminal, crossing a ‘gateway’ bridge over Airport Way.
Read more in the May issue of The RM – on sale now!