WLR is pleased to be speaking at the IET event in High Wycombe on Tuesday 13 May. This is being held at 7 for 7.30 pm at the New Bucks University. For directions click here. Attendance is free and you don't have to be a member of the IET but registration is requested. WLR will be talking about the project engineering of phase 1 in Windsor as well as the future link, such as re-opening the line from Maidenhead to High Wycombe.
A survey by the Central Windsor Neighbourhood Plan has found that respondents supported further work on the Windsor Link Railway by a ratio of almost two to one. […]
The government today has announced that Crossrail will be extended to Reading. This will mean not only improved services but also some cost savings as less work will be required at Maidenhead. WLR is always very supportive of a more efficient railway and better services, so welcomes these improvements. What we need to see next is the Heathrow branch of Crossrail extended to Ascot and Bracknell, which would be facilitated by WLR phase 2.
The Windsor Express Reports: The Eton Community Association holds its annual meeting at the Council Offices in the High Street on Tuesday, March 18 – and the whole town is invited. It starts at 6.30pm. […]
Railfuture have done a great graph illustrating how rail usage, at the Windsor Riverside, Datchet, Wraysbury and Sunnymeads stations, has almost doubled in the last ten years. […]
WLR is pleased to have been invited to speak at the Rotary Club of Windsor St George at their weekly dinner on Tuesday 11 March at 7.30 pm at the Manor Hotel, Datchet. If you'd like to attend the dinner or join the Rotary Club, you should get in touch with them.
The local press have published articles on last week’s full council meeting with the motion on WLR in response to the petition. […]
Last night, the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead Council gave its response to the petition on WLR. It resolved: This Council: (a) notes the petition and the case made for the Windsor Link Railway, and (b) encourages the WLR team to engage fully in the planning policy processes, feeding into the emerging Borough Local Plan and Central Windsor Neighbourhood Plan, and looks forward to the further submissions and discussions in these regards with all relevant Members and Officers. George Bathurst, introducing the petition, [...]
Two petitions with a combined total of 1,423 signatures in support of better parking, transport and the Windsor Link Railway will be discussed at the Full Council meeting of RBWM tonight. Agenda here.
The Windsor Observer has reported on the Windsor Link Railway and the options for a westerly link to Heathrow. They reported, "Last week, Secretary of State for transport Patrick McLoughlin agreed to look into speeding up the delivery of WRatH at the request of Slough MP Fiona Mactaggart". WLR is grateful that he has not agreed to short-cut the due process. The rail industry is tasked not only with delivering specific outcomes but also with improving its efficiency and value-for-money, which in turn reduces [...]
