http://www.dft.gov.uk/consultations/...faceaccess.pdf

I was browsing the surface access study published by BAA for the
building of a third runway at Heathrow.when I came across Table 38 in
Chapter 6 - page 92. which appears to suggest that the premium pricing
models for transport to Heathrow should not be applied to either
Crossrail or Airtrack. Is it not time for all the rail infrastructure
at Heathrow to be handed over to people who understand (a) railways
(b) West London's transport needs rather than the BAA?

My personal view is that expanding Heathrow displays a blind alley
mentality that tinkers with the symptoms and not the causes. It has
outlived its purpose and that like Paris or Hong Kong the need is to
build a brand new airport that does not impose such environmental
burdens on the community. With the new HS1 route now in place and
Crossrail to be built into the Thames Gateway both north and south of
the river - surely it is time to revisit the case for a new airport
to be built in the Thames estuary.