I guess the parking is ok overall but there are one or two issues
- large sections of the car parking area can be blocked off making it difficult to find a space
- depending on how far you drove into a parking zone, to get out, you can have a long drive back and forth along all the rows remaining in that block. The 'Exit' is not clearly signposted and there isn't a throughway at each end of a row, only every alternate, opposite end - hence the irritating drive back and forth - especially irritating when you are tired after a long haul flight.
On the plus side
- the system of paying in advance and number plate recognition at the barrier (albeit with a ticket issued by the machine at the barrier) works well and saves money
- the buses are big enough to take nearly everyone waiting at the bus stops - at some airports you have to wait for the little bus to go round again
- the buses go round frequently, or at quiet times, if not circulating continuously, will come immediately if you call using the telephone in the bus shelter
- the drivers are very friendly
- the staff in the office/cabin at the exit are efficient and helpful if you have to pay or sort out a problem.
So full marks to staff and buses, the payment system, and entry & exit mechanism, but the design layout of the parking sectors could be improved, as could operation of the overall car park in deciding whether to open or close individual sectors.
10 years ago
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