May 25th 17, 06:06 PM
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Crossrail access to Heathrow still not settled
"Ding Bat" wrote in message
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On Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 4:01:07 PM UTC+5:30, tim... wrote:
"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at
05:59:21 on Wed, 24 May 2017, Ding Bat
remarked:
If construction is allowed in this pipe-dream, then the plan is to
extend the line through Terminal 5 towards Slough.
Ah, so there's such a thing already in the works! Thanks for the
information.
The underground portion of that line will be from T5 to Langley,
according
to this:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-berkshire-35803950
Projects like that are a minimum of five years late, so if it was
suggested they might start tunnelling soon, don't hold your breath
until
2016 + 5 years work + 5 years standard delay for an actual service.
Has it even been approved yet (genuine question).
As I have posted before,
I started my career working at Feltham and there was a proposal then for
(what is most recently called) "Heathrow Airtrack " to connect to (what I
will call, for the benefit of our obviously American friend) London South
Western lines to Reading/ Woking and beyond, which would be built within
5
years.
I am now with 5 years of retirement, and it is still nothing more than a
proposal and even further away than 5 years from ever being built
Extending the track to T4 further beyond would seem to take it to Feltham;
it looks like a natural route on the map.
Bloody good job I didn't stay living in Feltham on this basis of this
"promised" new service.
What's wrong with living in Feltham without this new service?
It's a ****-hole
tim
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