WLR in the media today
The Windsor Link Railway has been featured today in the Daily Telegraph, BBC Berkshire, the Windsor Observer and the Windsor Express. […]
Britain’s Golden Age of Rail Starts in Windsor – Reaction
UK politics website, Reaction, features WLR. Britain’s rail buccaneers are back, and hopefully soon in business. Ambitious plans for the first privately-funded railway line to be built in Britain since the First World War will tonight (Tuesday) be submitted to the government for approval. It’s taken seven years of blood, sweat and tears but engineer, George Bathurst, has finally won his battle to put forward his proposals for a new £1bn project – the Windsor Rail Link – to the Transport department. The proposed [...]
New Civil Engineer features WLR ‘Market-Led Proposal’
The Windsor Link Railway has been featured in New Civil Engineer magazine. WLR is responding to the government's call for Market-Led Proposals and submitting a bid by the deadline of 31 July 2018. This will cut the cost of links to Heathrow by half and be self-funded, reducing ticket prices as well as making non-Heathrow journeys easier. Article PDF
New Civil Engineer reports on WLR’s ‘two-for-one’ solution for Heathrow
New Civil Engineer magazine reports (£) on WLR's two-for-the-price-of-one proposal, combining works from west and south of the airport. Windsor Link Railway (WLR) has put forward a proposal to roll the WRLtH and SRLtH schemes into one, dramatically reducing the cost of the works estimated at £2.3bn by Network Rail. WLR managing director George Bathurst told New Civil Engineer how its proposal to link up sections of existing track could cut the combined price tag of both projects in half. “We’ll be bidding to [...]
WLR in Windsor Express
The Windsor Link Railway has been featured in the Windsor & Eton Express. Update: article now online here. Government encourages private investment for new southern rail link to Heathrow Airport https://t.co/oGqinmaThg — SloughWindsorExpress (@ExpressSeries) March 25, 2018
Heathrow rail link set to be first entirely backed by private cash
The Daily Telegraph reports on the Secretary of State’s announcement yesterday on ‘market led proposals’ for rail: […]
A new railway model
WLR’s letter to the Daily Telegraph was published on Saturday (£). […]
Competition Fix for Britain’s Railways
The Spectator Magazine has published a policy brief on how a more market-led process can improve Britain’s railways. […]
WLR featured in Daily Telegraph
The Windsor Link Railway has been featured in the Daily Telegraph. More privatisation could be the best way to save the rail industry […]
WLR featured in the Spectator
The Windsor Link Railway has been featured in the Spectator magazine. […]