Published on: Monday, 29 February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday, 5 October 2016
Abellio Greater Anglia is investing in providing additionalseating capacity on Stansted Express trains on weekends from this Easter.
From Good Friday, 25 March 2016, most StanstedExpress services between London Liverpool Street and StanstedAirport will beincreased to eight coaches, thereby doubling the numberof seats on the majority of services and creating over 40,000 additional seatseach weekend.
The Stansted Express train service continues to grow in popularity, withweekends becoming an increasingly busy time for the train operator.
Rail passenger numbers were up over 20% in 2015 - to 4.7 million - with Stansted Express’s fast, frequent and value for moneyservices cited as the reasons that people choose to travel to Stansted Airportby rail – so the extra capacity on train services at weekends will help tofulfil this increased demand.
Lee Smith, Abellio Greater Anglia’s AreaCustomer Service Manager, commented, “Stansted Airport is one of the UK’s largestairports with passenger numbers continuing to grow, many of whom use theStansted Express train service. I am pleased that we have been able to investin extra carriages on all our weekend services to provide extra seating and abetter journey for our customers.”
With trains every 15 minutes between LondonLiverpool Street and Stansted Airport, and the station just a 2-minute walk tocheck-in, the Stansted Express not only offers customers a fast, frequentservice, but also travel on one of the most modern train fleets in the country,which includes free Wi-fi, free plug points, unlimited luggage allowance and anat-seat trolley service of drinks and snacks.