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BBC - HS2: Heathrow spur plans dropped by transport minister
Presumably Higgins will suggest an alternative use for the paths this frees up, extra classic compatibles to destinations in the North one imagines?
Chris
An inevitable, common sense decision - the high cost, limited frequency and wasteful use of paths for the likely traffic was never going to be justified.HS2: Heathrow spur plans dropped by transport minister
Plans for a new rail link to Heathrow Airport as part of the HS2 high-speed network have been ruled out by the transport minister Patrick McLoughlin.
He was responding to a question by MP Dominic Grieve about the Heathrow spur.
Mr McLoughlin said: "I would now like to make clear that we do not intend to build the spur as part of Phase 1 or 2 of the HS2 scheme".
Paul Prentice, assistant news editor at Rail magazine said it was a "very sensible decision. Bearing in mind there is already a spur tunnel to Heathrow and another western link being built".
Presumably Higgins will suggest an alternative use for the paths this frees up, extra classic compatibles to destinations in the North one imagines?
Chris
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