Responding to Network Rail’s consultation on Western Rail Link, which closes today, Heathrow has restated its support for the project and has called for Network Rail and the Government to accelerate the timeline for this project.
Heathrow claimed Western Rail Link will provide a vital service, directly connecting passengers and businesses from the west and south west to the UK air hub.
Chris Joyce, head of Surface Access at Heathrow, said: “Given the potential of Western Rail Access and the wave of support behind it, we urge Network Rail and the Government to work with stakeholders to deliver this vital link so that the economic and environmental benefits it can create are secured, and delivered as soon as possible.”
The proposed project will tunnel a link of 3.8km from a junction on the Great Western Main Line east of Langley, near Slough, and will service four trains per hour between Reading and Heathrow.
Over the next 10 years this link, along with HS2 via Old Oak Common, Crossrail and Southern Rail could see Heathrow Airport add a further 3 million annual passenger journeys by public transport by 2020 and eventually treble its rail capacity by 2040.
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