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WLR urges master plan approach to Windsor

2020-10-12T05:33:24+00:00October 12th, 2020|Tags: , |

The Windsor Link has been contributing to the examination of the RBWM Borough Local Plan. The examiner is currently considering whether the plan is 'sound' in a legal sense and hearings are underway. The Windsor Link has been keen to encourage the council to take a masterplan-led approach to Windsor, as it has done for Maidenhead and Ascot. Windsor Express reports: Patrick Grincell representing the Windsor Link Railway said he did not think [the increase in Green Belt building to the west of Windsor] [...]

Windsor Link Back on Track – Daily Telegraph

2020-01-29T12:05:23+00:00January 28th, 2020|Tags: , , , , |

The Daily Telegraph has featured the Windsor Link. Under Mr Grayling, the DfT invited engineers to submit privately funded solutions to upgrade the railways in 2018. The so-called “market-led proposals” encouraged many in the City, with infrastructure investors eager to put millions of pounds to work. However, the programme was quietly mothballed as ministers grappled with a string of problems on the railways. The Windsor Link project would connect Eton and Windsor Central railway station, on the Great Western network, with Eton and Windsor [...]

Transport Strategy for the South East

2019-11-18T08:11:44+00:00November 18th, 2019|Tags: |

A new body called, Transport for the South East has launched a consultation on improving transport across the region. Their consultation event last Saturday at Gatwick included a wide range of consultees from bus network advocates to Friends of the Earth and Vision Zero (for zero deaths on the roads). Windsor Link's initial view is that the strategy is long on aspiration and short on specifics. It's a good start, however: for example, they propose putting an end to 'predict-and-provide' and building ever-more roads. [...]

Government announces new policy for Heathrow connections

2019-11-09T07:50:02+00:00November 8th, 2019|Tags: , |

Getting the announcement out just before the election period, the government has announced a new policy for connecting Heathrow Airport to the south. The Southern Rail Link to Heathrow (SRLtH) acronym is gone, replaced by a more general Southern Access to Heathrow (SAtH). The change seems to be that whereas the former presupposed the solution, a single, expensive, heavy rail link from Terminal 5 to the south via Staines, a 'silver bullet' in their words, the latter is more open. The government says: The [...]

Is rail spending balanced between north and south?

2019-08-21T16:40:01+00:00August 19th, 2019|Tags: |

The Infrastructure Projects Authority doesn't think so. Perhaps this is why there’s a Windsor Link in Manchester but as yet no Windsor Link in Windsor. The Windsor Link in Manchester is a relatively cheap missing link in the network that gives rail users new journey opportunities, reduced journey times and improved reliability. Like the nearby Ordsall Chord (pictured), it fixes historical anomalies and it’s been a great success. As HS2's future is cast into doubt, it’s time, however, to ask about the long-term costs [...]

Windsor featured in New Civil Engineer

2019-07-31T08:37:15+00:00July 17th, 2019|Tags: , , , , |

The New Civil Engineer covers the Windsor Link Railway today. The Windsor Link also has the best case of any rail scheme for Heathrow for reducing emissions, running parallel with the most congested section of the M25, serving our health and our planet better too NCE also reports on the government's new 'net zero' carbon emissions target by 2050 (which has already become law). This requires all schemes currently in progress, including the proposed western and southern rail links to the airport, to adapt [...]

New Windsor Link video

2019-03-19T10:33:41+00:00March 19th, 2019|Tags: |

Click to see our new video giving an overview of WLR phases 1 and 2, Phase 1 connects the M4 and M3 corridors enabling much faster orbital journeys around the west of London, as well as faster journeys to Waterloo and Paddington, with more choice. It also creates an opportunity to improve the Windsor riverside better than could be achieved with individual land owners, such as the council, operating alone. Phase 2 connects Heathrow to the west and the south, saving £3 billion compared [...]

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