Peakwalking Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Sheffield, the largest city in Europe...without its own airport or any electric train services. Is this good, bad, or ugly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernboy Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 There are plenty of airports nearby, and a train to London takes just over 2 hours, so overall I'm fine with it. Wouldn't particularly want a large airport right on my doorstep (pollution, traffic etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogwai84 Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 I see absolutely no point in having a small/med airport which only flies to a handful of places it's unlikely I'll be going to. We are well served with several medium sized airports, a large airport (Manc) just over an hour away, and pretty good links to Heathrow. Within 2 hrs drive (or public transport) you can get to Manchester, Liverpool, East Midlands, Doncaster, Leeds, Birmingham. That'll do me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyofborg Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Sheffield, the largest city in Europe...without its own airport or any electric train services. Is this good, bad, or ugly? but we have Meadowhall instead and people seem to that instead of an airport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onthetyne Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Sheffield, the largest city in Europe...without its own airport or any electric train services. Is this good, bad, or ugly? It used to have an electric train service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Question asked before: http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=986169 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmourDesign Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 (edited) Sheffield is more of a town with huge suburbs than a conventional city. Meadowhall has halted the natural expansion of the city centre. Where cities like Leeds and Manchester has seen rapid development over the last 10-15 years. Meadowhall has been great for South Yorkshire but a lead weight to Sheffield. Edited September 29, 2015 by AmourDesign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Sheffield is more of a town with huge suburbs than a conventional city. Meadowhall has halted the natural expansion of the city centre. Where cities like Leeds and Manchester has seen rapid development over the last 10-15 years. Meadowhall has been great for South Yorkshire but a lead weight to Sheffield. Manchester has the Trafford centre....doesn't seem to have stopped the city improving.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drummonds Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Manchester has the Trafford centre....doesn't seem to have stopped the city improving.. that's because it has an airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Manchester has the Trafford centre....doesn't seem to have stopped the city improving.. Maybe Manchester City Centres's Arndale centre, which according to wikipedia is bigger than Meadowhall, has helped to keep on bringing people into their city centre? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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