On 07/09/2011 10:03, 1506 wrote:
On Sep 6, 10:46 am, "Peter wrote:
"Mizter wrote

The Sunday Times newspaper reported Mr Hammond was considering building a
new railway station at Heathrow that would see up to four shuttle services
per hour from Reading.

The most sensible thing would be to use the HEx station at T5. This would
enable
4 tph Paddington - T123 - T4 - Staines (HEx) using a bit of the Airtrack
plans.
4 tph Crossrail - T123 - T4
4 tph Crossrail - T123 - T5 - Reading.
I would run the Reading trains on the Relief Lines, calling at Slough and
Maidenhead. Paths should be available, as Crossrail will only run 4 or 6 tph
down the GWML west of Hayes and Harlington.

Apart from saving the cost of another Heathrow station, this would enable
trains from Reading to serve T123 as well as T5, and via a cross-platform
change at T123 to reach T4.

Extending HEx to Staines would give most of the advantages of Airtrack (by
connection at Staines) without the disadvantage of additional trains over
congested level crossings.

That would certainly be the case. Since there is a track bed to
Staines, it would seem the logical place to end Heathrow Connect.
Such would give a very good connection to a large swathe of SWT
territory.

It is a pity no one service can reach all Heathrow Terminals.
Heathrow really needs an internal transit system, like Atlanta
Hartsfield-Jackson.

It has one but not obviously.

--
Graeme Wall
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