The first picture above shows the Cathedral in Palma, Majorca. What’s interesting from a WLR perspective are the other pictures which show the car park that serves it. Locally planners have cleverly used the sea defence to house an underground car park. […]
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), a Thatcherite think tank, has strongly criticised the government’s plans for HS2, the proposed high-speed rail link between London and the north of Britain. The trouble with the IEA’s paper is that it criticises how HS2 is being procured but does not make a positive case for reform. […]
Get Reading has today reported: The first privately promoted and funded railway project for more than 100 years, was given the go ahead to raise investment by Network Rail. […]
The Windsor Express has featured the news this week that the Home Secretary, Rt Hon Theresa May MP, has added her support to the project. […]
With submissions to the Davies Airport Commission coming in thick and fast some readers have been in touch to ask what Heathrow's expansion plans or even its closure would mean for the Windsor Link Railway. Expanding Heathrow to the South-West This is Heathrow Airport Limited's favourite option. Many people, however, think this is difficult because it would involve moving or over the M25. Interestingly, from a rail access point-of-view, it would also take the new runway over the existing Windsor line to Waterloo. This [...]
Theresa May, the MP for Maidenhead, has added her support for the Windsor Link Railway. She says: Good train services from Maidenhead and Twyford to London are crucial, both for commuters who live in the local area and for local businesses. That’s why I welcome proposals from the Windsor Link Railway company, which could potentially provide much quicker journey times to south London and Waterloo. These have the additional advantage of being privately-led, reducing the burden on taxpayers as well as offering a new [...]
The Rail Minister, Simon Burns MP, gave a speech at the Rail Improvement Conference last week in which he summarised the current government’s approach to rail with three planks: […]
For those who couldn’t get the Windsor & Eton Express* or the Royal Borough Observer at the weekend, these are the cuttings featuring the Windsor Link Railway. These stories are also online. […]
The TaxPayers' Alliance features the WLR. It says: The Government has recently set aside £500 million to build a rail link between Heathrow and The West and is likely to agree a similar figure for a line running south from Heathrow. But Windsor Link Railway, a private company, is competing to build the route and for a fraction of the cost. It is proposing the first wholly privately funded new rail line in over 100 years. [More...]
See the Windsor Link Railway covered in today's local media: The Royal Borough Observer The Windsor Express BBC Radio Berkshire [no longer available but media here] and BBC Online.
