Originally Posted by
RoyalSwazi
I do do find it odd that one of Europe’s busiest airports doesn’t offer trains more often - look at Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Zurich or Oslo for inspiration.
Certainly with AMS the airport is now on the main railway line that lots of trains to various places have to go through anyway but rail services didn't arrive at AMS until 1978 (the year after the Piccadilly line reached LHR) and the direct service to Amsterdam Centraal only started in1986
With LGW the station was already on the Brighton Mainline so it was easy to stop trains there from London to many South Coast Destinations so again has a good service. The only specific service (the Gatwick Express) is only every 15 minutes which is the same as the HEX frequency.
Whereas LHR had no such existing services for it to be linked to