Heathrow Airtrack

This article is about a future railway line. For present-day Heathrow Airport rail services, see Heathrow Express and Crossrail.

Heathrow Airtrack (proposed)
The current Terminal 5 station which would have formed part of Airtrack
Overview
StatusProposal only
OwnerHeathrow Airport Holdings (railway tracks around Heathrow Airport)
Network Rail (remainder of the network)
LocaleLondon, England, UK
Termini
Stations13
Service
TypeUrban rail / Airport rail link proposal
SystemNational Rail
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Route map

Legend
 Waterloo National Rail London Underground London River Services
Clapham Junction National Rail London Overground
Richmond National Rail London Underground London Overground
Richmond Railway Bridge
over River Thames
 Twickenham
Feltham depot
 Feltham
Staines
Heathrow Terminal 5 National Rail Elizabeth line London Underground
Chertsey
M25 motorway
 Woking National Rail
Guildford National Rail
Staines Railway Bridge
over River Thames
M25 motorway
 Bracknell
Wokingham
M4 motorway
River Loddon
River Kennet
 Reading National Rail Elizabeth line
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Heathrow Airtrack was a proposed railway link in the United Kingdom which would link Heathrow Airport in west London to London Waterloo railway station in Central London.

The line, as proposed by BAA, would run from Heathrow Terminal 5 across the suburbs of southwest London to Waterloo, with additional direct rail services from the airport to Reading and Guildford. Airtrack would provide an alternative route into London to the existing rail routes from Heathrow, Heathrow Express, TfL Rail and the Piccadilly line.

The scheme has been estimated to cost £673 million.[1] In April 2011, BAA announced that it would not proceed with the project,[2] citing the unavailability of government subsidy and other priorities for Heathrow.[3]

Various alternate forms have since been proposed, including a revised plan Airtrack-Lite put forward by Wandsworth London Borough Council in 2011.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference est-costs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Heathrow Airtrack Waterloo rail link shelved by BAA". BBC News London. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  3. ^ Samuel, A. (11 April 2011). "Heathrow: 'No option but to withdraw proposed Airtrack link to Staines'". Rail News from Rail.co. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference WandworthAirtrack was invoked but never defined (see the help page).