Yesterday, at its cabinet meeting, the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead decided to approve two neighbourhood plans areas for Windsor. This comes after a six week consultation period. An inner plan, covering the main business, visitor and shopping areas of central Windsor, was approved as a business area […]
Romans of Windsor have given their assessment of property prices in Windsor. They say: Windsor is regularly voted one of the top places to live and work in the UK. The Telegraph, Metro, ThisIsMoney and Country Life have all placed Windsor within their top 20s and many more recommend it for its vibrant lifestyle […]
French Brothers supports the Windsor Link Railway. The company provides river trips and boats and therefore has a keen interest to ensure that the riverside environment is preserved and enhanced. Chris French says: French Brothers, established in 1798 and continuing as a family run business is an important part of Windsor’s heritage. As with any other local business, better transport links are essential for our continued success. This is why we support the Windsor Link Railway, which will dramatically improve the experience for visitors [...]
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. […]
Ice, a brand experience agency based in Windsor, supports the Windsor Link Railway. Geoff Knapp, Chairman, says: A good transport system is key to the economy and prosperity of any town and although Windsor is one of the UK's greatest historical towns our rail network unfortunately belongs to Victorian times. The Windsor Link railway will open the door to our economic future in the 21st Century and make the town more attractive and successful for the benefit of residents, businesses and tourists alike. As [...]
A Windsor resident, and member of the Windsor & Eton Society, has kindly written to RBWM about the Windsor Link Railway. WLR suspects that this explanation, including some FAQs, would be useful to many other people and so (with the writer's permission) these are reproduced there. Roy Edwards writes: Dear Councillor Kellaway On 17 November 2013 I emailed a few of my friends in Windsor a brief introduction to Windsor Councillor George Bathurst’s proposal to shut down Windsor’s two existing railway stations and build [...]
The Windsor Link Railway was featured on the Andrew Peach show and BBC Radio Berkshire this morning. […]
Earlier this week, the company gave a presentation to the RBWM Highways & Transport panel and today we gave a very similar presentation to the Windsor & Eton Society. It was gratifying today to see such a packed meeting and to get so many intelligent questions from many people who clearly care deeply about Windsor. As the projector couldn't show all the detail, some people have asked for a copy of the presentation. This was very similar for both meetings. To see it click [...]
A big thank you to the 681 people, at pixel time (14 Nov), who have signed our petition asking the council to do more to support the Windsor Link Railway. […]
WLR has been featured in this week's edition of the Windsor Express for its upcoming presentation to the Windsor & Eton Society. The other day, WLR met the Central Windsor Neighbourhood Plan group and they voted to support the project. This meeting continues WLR's consultations with local people as part of the company's plan of involving as many local people and groups as possible early in the design of the railway. If you can't make it, please do sign our petition online.
