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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 [...]

WLR in Modern Railways

2018-09-28T07:13:28+00:00September 27th, 2018|Tags: , , , , , , |

The Windsor Link Railway has been featured in Modern Railways magazine. This would make rail a more attractive option for visiting Windsor from the capital. At present, the town is in danger of being strangled by the traffic problems presented by the seven million visitors that come each year to see the castle and other attractions. Tourist coaches, in particular, are a nuisance: they line up in serried ranks in a coach park alongside the Great Western viaduct. On my visit, one of the [...]

Telegraph reports on Windsor link to Heathrow

2018-05-15T10:37:02+00:00May 14th, 2018|Tags: , , |

The Daily Telegraph reports today: Five bidders are in the running to build the first railway line under new government proposals aiming to fund new tracks entirely with private cash… Bidders were invited to submit proposals in March as part of plans by ministers to inject extra cash into the railways. Chris Grayling, the Transport Secretary, has been vocal about his desire for rail access to Heathrow from the south, as improved transport links bolster the argument in favour of the third runway expansion [...]

Alignment Options

2017-06-01T14:14:32+00:00December 7th, 2016|Tags: , , |

The Windsor Link Railway has been working with engineering consultants Pell Frischmann as well as Network Rail on completing formal project milestones (GRIP). We are on target to have feasibility (GRIP 2) for the tunnel in Windsor completed by early 2017. The aim is to give a number of alignment options and to demonstrate compliance with railway standards for operability and safety. Also important for this next level of work will be confirmation of current cost and revenue estimates to ensure that value for [...]

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