Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 44012

Heathrow Airport: Railways

Tabled: 3 April 2025

Answered: 11 April 2025

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of constructing a western rail link to Heathrow Airport on (a) railway capacity on the Great Western Mainline between Paddington and Iver, (b) pa

Answer

Lilian Greenwood

Any assessment of the impacts described would need to be carried out by the promoters of the Western Rail Link to Heathrow if it were to be required to support the expansion of the airport.