(14 Jan 2026, 11:38 am)Nerd4321 wrote Is there anything in the North East you dont winge about. Its a free park and ride site. Doesn't really affect you if you dont use it. Airport got this going and so what. Its a free shuttle. Its doing no harm to anyone but yeah let's winge about something thats free and think yeah how can I benefit about talking about this. 

Your complaining about a "FREE PARK AND RIDE SHUTTLE TO AND FROM A SHORT STAY CAR PARK AT THE AIRPORT" does not affect you in any sort of way whatsoever

Interesting discussion on the subject in hand. 

Also for the record it replaced an existing car park which was within walking distance from the terminal so there's absolutely nothing positive about this. Something I've used in the past so it does affect me.

A 30 minute bus service is not a like to like or remotely close replacement. A 12 minute Metro service is a reasonable compromise though.