Western Rail Approach to Heathrow

Western Rail Approach to Heathrow

map showing route of proposed link to Heathrow

Map of the proposed rail link
Overview
Type Commuter rail Airport rail link
System Great Western Main Line/
Elizabeth Line/Heathrow Express
Status Proposed
Locale Heathrow Airport, West London
Termini Langley
Heathrow Terminal 5
Website networkrail.co.uk
Operation
Owner Network Rail
Character Railway spur in tunnel
Heathrow area rail services
 mi 
Crossrail (under construction)
London Underground Circle line (London Underground)Hammersmith & City Line│Bakerloo LineCircle line (London Underground)District Line

0⅓ Paddington National Rail London Underground

Heathrow Connect

Heathrow Express
4¼ Acton Main Line starts 2019
London Underground Central line (London Underground)District Line
5⅝ Ealing Broadway National Rail London Underground
6½ West Ealing National Rail
7¼ Hanwell National Rail
9⅓ Southall National Rail
10⅞ Hayes & Harlington National Rail
London Underground Piccadilly Line

11⅛ Airport Junction

Great Western Main Line
to Slough and Reading
Hatton Cross London Underground

Heathrow Junction closed 1998

London Heathrow Airport Heathrow Airport:

Terminal 4London Underground Airport interchange

16⅜ Terminal 4(
shuttle from
Heathrow C.
) Airport interchange

Terminals 2 & 3 London Underground Airport interchange

14½ Heathrow Central Airport interchange

16¼ Terminal 5 London Underground Airport interchange
Western Rail Approach (proposed)

The Western Rail Approach to Heathrow is a proposed rail link which would start at Heathrow Terminal 5 station, and run via a tunnel to a junction east of Langley station on the Great Western Main Line.

The project was announced by the Department of Transport in July 2012,[1] and this government backing allocates £500 million in public funds, subject to a satisfactory business case.[2]

Network Rail estimates that the project could be finished by 2024.[3][4]

Route

The currently proposed route is a new 5.5 kilometres (3.4 miles) railway line that would leave the Great Western Main Line between Langley and Iver before entering a new tunnel. The tunnel (composed of two smaller tunnels) would pass under Richings Park and Colnbrook and then join existing rail lines at Heathrow Terminal 5.[5]

Four access buildings will be built along the route to provide emergency access to the tunnels, with two additionally providing ventilation.[5]

Realignment of the existing tracks will also be required between Langley and Iver.[5]

Services

It is envisaged that there would be a service of four trains an hour from Heathrow to Slough and Reading,[5] with some also calling at Maidenhead.[6]

Heathrow Express have offered to run services to Reading stopping at Slough.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "£500m Heathrow link to cut times on Great Western line". BBC News. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Western Rail Access to Heathrow". Slough Borough Council. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Improving Rail links to Heathrow". Network Rail. Retrieved 29 January 2017. – via Internet Archive (original page has been moved and revised)
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Consultation: Improving rail links to Heathrow airport". Network Rail. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "What WRLtH delivers for Maidenhead". Thames Valley Berkshire LEP. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Ambition for Heathrow-Reading Express service unveiled". Heathrow Express. Retrieved 10 March 2014.

Coordinates: 51°29′08″N 0°31′13″W / 51.4855°N 0.5204°W / 51.4855; -0.5204

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