Network Rail proposals to build a new rail link to Heathrow Airport from the west have received overwhelming support.
Some 72% of respondents to a statutory public consultation carried out earlier this year agreed with plans for the link, which would enable passengers to travel directly to Heathrow from Reading, Maidenhead and Slough without having to change at London Paddington.
The new four-mile connection would leave the Great Western Main Line between Langley and Iver, before descending beneath the main line and into a cutting. It would then enter a tunnel under Richings Park and Colnbrook, before merging with existing lines near to Heathrow Terminal 5.
NR estimates that journey times could be reduced to as little as 26 minutes from Reading, and six to seven minutes from Slough - easing congestion on surrounding roads including the M4 and M3 and reducing C02 emissions equivalent to 30 million road miles a year.
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AndrewJG8918 - 12/12/2018 21:21
I think it should happen. Plus with a underpass or flyover over the GWML fast tracks similar to Heathrow Junction west of Hayes & Harlington. And to operate a new service from Reading to Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 that could replace the direct shuttle bus that operates between Reading and Heathrow Airport that goes via the M4 motorway.
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Nathan Gemmill - 14/12/2018 17:27
In Langley we're opposing this with all we've got as it will meen the permanent closure of a vital road and never ending gridlock on the only alternative, the high street or iver night street . There is also absoulty no benifet to Langley as it doesn't stop here.
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Nathan Gemmill - 14/12/2018 17:33
We're fighting this in Langley with all we've got as it will meen the permanent closure of a vital road and never ending gridlock on the only alternatives Langley high street or iver high street. We already have to few days to cross the railway and the canal . There is absoulty no benifet to Langley as it dosnt stop here anyway.
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