Britains largest rail station could be built at Heathrow

[Pesmo]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle5439472.ece

Frankly I doubt it will need to be as large as they say, but a decent station that allows Heathrow to be served from multiple directions and has high speed TGV links to the Midlands and south west would definately be a good idea.

Now I just want to see plans for Stansted to be served by an East-West line and for Luton to actually get a proper rail station at its airport rather than the current cobble up.

[DSY011]

Pesmo, The link you have given comes up with a 404 error.

[swisstrains]

I can believe the bit about Heathrow getting a third runway but not the rest of it.
In the U.K. stories about national rail infrastructure improvements on this scale normally start with "Once upon a time"

[Pesmo]

It doesn't produce a 404 error for me, how strange.

Here is the link again.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle5439472.ece

[Bubblewrap]

Bigger than Waterloo or Clapham Junction is there room for it?

[DSY011]

Thanks Pesmo, works fine on the second link.
By the time they have built the third runway the government will have found enough reasons not to build the station. I think that London has enough stations where as city's outside of London are far more in need of new and or additional stations. (with high speed connections).

[John H-T]

Sounds too good to be true. Some joined up thinking at last. Hope it does happen!

Best wishes,

John H-T.

[Pesmo]

Small amount more in the Telegraph.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/41...-rail-hub.html


It kinda reads like they are thinking of a new west coast main line that goes via Heathrow. Hopefully it will be viaHeathrow and not from Heathrow as a new line starting in Central London would make more sense.