Train passenger numbers to bucket and spade resorts up by as much as 52 per cent this year compared to pre pandemic levels, i investigation reveals
If that was not enough, extreme heat caused further extensive disruption last week, and falling commuter numbers mean. However, other factors may be starting to play in their favour.
Caption: The beach at Bournemouth, Dorset, early 20th century. As seen from the pier. Photographer: Print Collector Provider: Print Collector/Getty Images Source: Hulton Archiveasked train operators around the country for comparative passenger numbers for 2022 and 2019 from a list of 23 resorts. Figures were supplied for 16 seaside towns, and 13 of these have experienced a rise in numbers.
“People might go for a week or two to Spain or Greece this summer, but hopefully they’re also thinking, ‘You know what, we had a cracking time in Scarborough so we’ll go there for a long weekend or a minibreak as well’.” The line benefits from the high-speed tracks built for Eurostar and the summer services are seen as the successors to trains that ran decades ago for hop-pickers from London, who would visit Kent for summer holidays to pick hops for the brewing trade.
Mr Prentice argues good rail access has helped Kent’s coastal towns transform their reputations and strengthen local economies. Caption: UNITED KINGDOM – MARCH 09: London & North Eastern Railway poster advertsing rail services to the Lincolnshire resort of Skegness. Artwork by Greenup. Photographer: Science & Society Picture Librar Provider: SSPL via Getty Images Source: SSPL Copyright:
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