"David Randles" wrote in message
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In article ,
maf wrote:
How difficult would it be to achieve a Heathrow-Croydon-Gatwick rail
connection ? It would reduce M25 load, wouldn't it ?

Quite easy via Ealing Broadway, Kensington Olympia, Clapham Jc and East
Croydon. All that is required is a short length of electrification between
Acton Main Line and Acton Wells Jc. However as discussed here several
times before, the amount of Heathrow-Gatwick traffic is very small and
would almost certainly not justify a regular direct train service.

Judging from the traffic generated by Virgins trains when they were allowed
to run, traffic for that line is there, although most of it takes the
Guildford route now. A cross-platform link with a Heathrow service at Ealing
Broadway, or Hayes and Harlington, would achieve the same objective.
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