- Environmental Responsibility
- Air Quality
- Noise
- Climate Change
- Improving Public Transport
- High Speed Rail
Improving Public Transport
Significant improvements to public transport
at Heathrow are underway or being planned. These developments
will help reduce the number of car journeys to and from Heathrow and
mean the airport can expand without a significant increase in congestion
on local roads.
Heathrow Airtrack
- BAA is funding an application to build a new, direct rail link between Heathrow and the rail network to the South and West of England.
- This would mean that for the first time, commuters from Reading, Guildford and London Waterloo could have a direct rail link into Heathrow.
- Its construction could significantly ease congestion, taking around 800,000 cars of the road and carrying 3.2m passengers per year.
- Find out more about Heathrow Airtrack here
Crossrail
- Crossrail is a rail route crossing London from Maidenhead and Heathrow in the West, to Essex and Kent in the East.
- It will cut journey times between Heathrow and Canary Wharf to 45 minutes.
- Crossrail is scheduled to be running by 2017, at least three years before a third runway would be operational.
- Find out more about Crossrail here
Piccadilly Line upgrade
- Transport for London is investing to transform the Piccadilly Line, including its links into Heathrow.
- By 2014, there will be a 25% increase in capacity and journey times will be reduced by up to 19%.
- Find out more about the upgrade work at www.tfl.gov.uk.
Heathrow Express
- The Heathrow Express rail link provides a fast, reliable service between London Paddington and Heathrow Airport.
- The journey time is less than 15 minutes.
- The Heathrow Express service replaces approximately 3,000 car journeys every single day.