Thread: "Heathrow and Gatwick airports: Ministers mull rail link" (twixt the two)
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Old October 11th 11, 10:42 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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On Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:18:56 +0100, Roland Perry
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In message , at 09:13:16 on Tue, 11
Oct 2011, Richard J. remarked:
So why does it have "08L" at the west end and "26R" at the east end? It
may not be a very good runway, but it IS a runway, and is shown as such
on pilots' charts.

It's best to describe it as an alternate runway, not a second runway.

Successive flights alternate between them ?
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