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Heathrow Airport: Railways

Asked by Mr Tanmanjeet Singh DhesiLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 11 April 2025UIN 44012

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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

Answered by 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.

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