Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 8889

Heathrow Airport: Railways

Tabled: 14 October 2024
Answered: 22 October 2024
Named Day

Question

Dr Ben Spencer

ConservativeRunnymede and Weybridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact on (a) local traffic and (b) air pollution of a direct rail link from Egham to Heathrow.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
A direct rail link from Egham to Heathrow is not currently being developed by the Department for Transport. Heathrow Southern Rail Ltd (HSRL) is developing proposals for a southern rail link to the airport, and I would expect impacts on local traffic and...

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