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Does Greengauge know where Heathrow Airport is?!

Peter Fuller, Morpeth
05 March 2010
Peter Fuller wonders why Heathrow Airport has been mysteriously relocated north of the Great Western Main Line in Greengauges recent report about how the airport could be served by high-speed rail
Peter Fuller wonders why Heathrow Airport has been mysteriously relocated north of the Great Western Main Line in Greengauges recent report about how the airport could be served by high-speed rail

 

Greengauge 21 makes a persuasive case for serving Heathrow directly by high-speed rail and avoiding an interchange.

But in a map in their report they make the case easier by moving Heathrow from its current site to a new location north of the Great Western Main Line so that it lies on their proposed network of interconnectors (see illustration – Ed). 

If they plan to relocate Heathrow, why not site it directly on High Speed 2? I believe a site midway between Coventry and Birmingham...

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