The Windsor Link Railway is featured in the latest issues of Modern Railways (£). The article focusses on solutions for a western rail link to Heathrow, one of which is the Windsor Link and the other is Wandsworth’s proposal for ‘Airtrack Lite’ (£). These two proposals dovetail very well and are mutually supportive. The Windsor [...]
Last week engineering work started. This is feasibility work, looking at whether the the proposed tunnel through Windsor can be built at a reasonable cost. It is being done by one of the largest and most respected rail engineering firms in the country. Once this is complete, the next step will be to do initial demand [...]
Yesterday, the high speed link to the north (HS2) and Crossrail projects were confirmed by the Chancellor. We hope to hear next week from the Secretary of State on the fate of Airtrack. A reader, however, as emailed to ask how the Windsor Link would connect to HS2 and what would be the best option for local [...]
Windsor Link presented at the end of last month at the Rail Summit. We had pride of place, speaking immediately after the Transport Secretary, Theresa Villiers, and Network Rail Director, Paul Plummer. If you missed it, please get in touch for a copy of the presentation.
Welcome to our new website. If you’ve visited our old site you’re notice that a lot more has changed than just the graphics. The content has now been updated to reflect the current focus on the project. Initially the Windsor Link Railway was conceived as a project for ulitmately connecting the Midlands to the south [...]