Airport funds free bus travel to reduce congestion
Two people stand beside a large bus outside London Luton Airport. One person is showing something on a smartphone screen while the other person, who is carrying a backpack and holding the handle of a wheeled suitcase, looks at the device.
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Passengers need to show a valid printed or digital boarding pass for a flight from London Luton Airport to the driver to qualify for free travel next month
ByMatthew Lockwood
Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire
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Holidaymakers travelling to one of the UK's busiest airports are being encouraged to leave their cars at home.
London Luton Airport (LLA) said it is funding free bus travel to the terminal from locations in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire during August, in a bid to reduce congestion and help families save money.
It is expecting its busiest August ever, with 1.9 million passengers - a 5% increase on last year.
Alberto Martin, chief executive of LLA, said: "This initiative demonstrates our commitment to reinvesting in transport options that benefit both our passengers and the communities we serve."
Some of the services taking part in the month-long scheme, external will run 24 hours a day.
LLA said the initiative complements the Department for Transport's free summer bus travel, external scheme for children aged five to 15 in England.

Even more direct - a new line from Nailsea & Backwell, up Brockley Combe. 

CfN. 

Wrington was on the Wrington Vale Light Railway which left the Strawberry line at Congresbury and went to Blagdon, it closed to passengers in 1931.  Realistically a brand new railway from Yatton or Flax Bourton would be better, and cheaper, than trying to reuse this alignment.

There was.  It was still I thing in summer 1975, I feel sure.  I signalled the down service at Bruton 'box, which was opened to reduce the section for all the extra trains on Saturdays in summer, but, by then, mostly was switched-out

EDIT TO ADD

This service came to an end after the 1979 summer timetable, I've found out with a bit of Grok's help

Indeed / I can sympathise.    Newquay, Exeter, Bristol airports ... none has a rail connection.   I still fancy the idea - pink flying elephant time - of the Strawberry line re-opening to Wrington and then extending into an underground station at Lulsgate / Bristol Airport.   Four trains an hour - to Cornwall (Falmouth?), to Cardiff via Bristol, to Minehead via Taunton, and to Swindon via Bath Spa.

My memory tells me there used to be a Summer Saturday Falmouth - Paddington (& return) express.

Four trains an hour - to Cornwall (Falmouth?),

Living in the far West, unfortunately mostly it's a car.

Do you really believe the public transport options for getting to/from Gatwick Airport are inadequate?

From The BBC


OK - that's an example of the very worst, but I would much rather leave my car at home and take the train and/or bus to the airport or seaport

An unauthorised car park near Stansted Airport has grown by nearly two-thirds since it was served with an enforcement notice to shut, a BBC investigation has found.

The facility was set up in early 2025 at New Farm, near the village of Elsenham, Essex, offering an alternative, cheaper option to nearby Stansted Airport.