HEATHROW SOUTHERN Investor and Partner RAILWAY Transforming Rail Access to Heathrow Airport An innovative, privately financed new railway expanding train connections across and southern England

AIRPORT ACCESS CONGESTION BUSTING CONNECTIVITY Fast, easy and convenient access Removes motorway and local A new route between , Old to and from Heathrow Airport for road traffic whilst reducing rail Oak Common and London for travellers and staff overcrowding commuters

VALUE THE ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITY FRIENDLY Exceptional value for money, at no Contributes to improving air quality Construction has minimal impact cost to taxpayers, aiming to open as a result of transfer of 3 million whilst creating new opportunities for between 2025 and 2027 road journeys per year to rail employment and skills About the project Improving access to Heathrow Airport by train is an important environmental objective. Far too many passengers arrive at or depart from the terminals by car, contributing to congestion and notoriously poor air quality in the area

With the proposed third runway at Heathrow alternative London terminal to Waterloo and homes and 65,000 new jobs. having secured support in a parliamentary with the Elizabeth Line providing excellent ■ Continuation of a fast Heathrow – vote, there is a growing expectation of a connections to the West End, the City and Paddington service offering similar journey substantial increase in flights and passenger Docklands. times to the current Heathrow Express. numbers. This will make improving the ■ Direct trains from Surrey and ■ Heathrow Southern Railway also provides proportion of surface access journeys made to Old Oak Common, providing a ‘one stop’ crowding relief to the South Western main by train an even more urgent priority. The connection to High Speed 2 and access line and the network Government has made Heathrow expansion to the proposed major development site, at Waterloo for onward journeys. conditional upon an increase in the proportion supporting plans to create 23,500 new of passengers using public transport to reach the airport from 39% today to 50% by 2030 and 55% by 2040, whilst Heathrow Airport Proposed Ltd have committed to ensure landside airport related road traffic is no greater than today. route Although rail connections from the Airport Our proposed route to central London are good – with Heathrow starts at the west end of Express, the and, from 2019, Heathrow’s Terminal 5 the Elizabeth Line – rail services from the station, and is intended south are non-existent. We aim to change all to run mainly in tunnel to that. Our scheme would serve the following minimise environmental major markets: impact. It rises to the ■ Fast, direct and frequent rail access surface to connect to to Heathrow from the important airport the existing railway near catchment areas of Surrey and Hampshire, Staines and near Chertsey currently not served by rail. or Virginia Water. ■ Operation of a frequent service from Heathrow to Waterloo, with direct trains serving Staines-upon-Thames, Richmond, Hounslow and Putney, giving major connectional opportunities to south London, and through Clapham Junction and Waterloo East. ■ Direct trains to Paddington from Surrey and Hampshire via Heathrow, creating an

“The DfT’s call for private companies to come forward with ideas to deliver a new southern rail link to Heathrow is a great step forward in transforming rail connectivity to Heathrow and Funding train paths. The Train Operating Companies providing our passengers and which will provide passenger rail services over A new company – Heathrow Southern the new infrastructure will pay access charges colleagues - particularly those living Railway Ltd (HSRL) – will build and own to HSRL, the framework for which will be to the south and west of the airport the infrastructure, the capital cost of which regulated by the ORR. The Train Operating with... more reliable, sustainable is estimated to be between £1.3billion and Companies will retain revenue risk, and our £1.6billion, depending on which route option business case does not rely on premium fares and accessible choices for travel is chosen. being charged. helping us take cars off the road The scheme will be privately financed and will Our forecasting shows that the new to rail and improving local air quality for be licensed by the Office of Rail and Road revenues which arise from the new services (ORR). HSRL will be at risk for the costs of to / via Heathrow will be sufficient to cover our neighbours.” development, construction and availability the operating costs and access charges of of the new railway, in return for contractual the new railway, meaning that the scheme Heathrow Airport Limited commitments from the Department for in operation once mature is not expected to Transport to underwrite a defined quantum of require subsidy from taxpayers. Service opportunities Heathrow Southern Railway will create new routes into central London for airport passengers and commuters providing an enormous increase in rail connectivity

Basingstoke/ – Woking – Heathrow continue to Old Oak Common and Paddington Thames, creating four high capacity, direct – Paddington creating new connections to HS2 and the trains per hour between London Waterloo Trains would operate every half hour from Elizabeth Line. and Heathrow, half via Richmond and half Basingstoke, Farnborough, and Guildford, and via Hounslow. The addition of a bay platform every 15 minutes from Woking, to Heathrow, Heathrow – Staines - Clapham Junction - would potentially allow the extension of with journey times faster than road. Heathrow Waterloo Elizabeth Line services from Heathrow Terminal Southern Railway is more than just an airport Services would be fully integrated with the 5 to Staines-upon-Thames. rail link as after Heathrow these trains would South Western network via Staines-upon-

Projected Rail Journey Times enabled by Heathrow Southern Railway

develop market-led proposals for a new rail England whilst also transforming connectivity What happens next? link connecting Heathrow Airport from the across the whole region. We want to put Graham Cross, Chief Executive of Heathrow south with Waterloo and Surrey/ Hampshire. many more communities within easy reach Southern Railway Limited (HSRL), writes: HSRL made a major contribution to the of the UK’s only hub airport by train, enabling “The pace of development is accelerating Government’s Market Sounding exercise over them to reap economic benefits whilst at the since the invitation from Transport Secretary the summer of 2018 and is looking forward same time reducing road congestion and Chris Grayling on 20 March 2018 for private to submitting its proposal to the Department improving air quality.’ sector investment proposals for southern rail for Transport, with a view to becoming the access to Heathrow.” exclusive developer of a Southern Rail Link to HSRL’s scheme for southern rail access Heathrow. to Heathrow is well developed, and the Mr Grayling stated that southern access extensive technical and financial work carried to Heathrow is one of the first projects HSRL’s position was encapsulated as follows out by AECOM and the rest of our expert for which the UK Government is seeking by our Chair, Baroness Jo Valentine: team confirms it is viable, deliverable and market led proposals for improving the main ‘We welcome the Transport Secretary’s affordable. Provided good momentum is line rail network in Great Britain. On 8 May invitation and stand ready to fulfil this once in maintained we expect the new rail link will be 2018, the Government took the next step by a generation opportunity to open up Heathrow open to passengers between 2025 and 2027. issuing a Prior Information Notice seeking to to train services from London and the south of We’re striving to meet all stakeholders to describe the HSRL scheme and understand how we can work together to share the benefits with communities and businesses

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e understand how some organisations cannot explicitly endorse a particular solution for southern rail link to Heathrow but have still welcomed the developing process. This is helpful to us in keeping the machinery of government focused on achieving authorisation for W a southern rail link project as soon as possible.

“Hampshire County Council remains very keen to in the area and the M25 corridor, and we are keen Heathrow Southern Railway Ltd as an innovative support any feasible southern rail access scheme to work in conjunction with developers so both the privately funded solution to the Government’s call for that can provide our residents with fast, direct rail Strategic Road Network and emerging public transport new rail investment. services to Heathrow and ideally also improve wider schemes function in the most optimum way.” Dale Keller – Chief Executive, BAR UK connectivity, including a direct link to HS2. With this Highways England mind we will seek to work with our neighbouring “Heathrow Southern Railway is an important project authorities and through Transport for the South East “….your central case has assumed trains running that would help to deal with the long term problem to keep up the pressure.” from Basingstoke and Guildford, via Woking, to of rail inaccessibility to the Airport from Surrey Hampshire County Council Heathrow Airport and Paddington with a call at Old and South West London. There are huge potential Oak Common, on paths operated by Heathrow economic and environmental benefits from this “Enterprise M3 LEP fully support any rail schemes Express. As regeneration agency for the Old scheme across the region but especially for Woking that would provide a step change in airport surface Oak Common and Park Royal Opportunity Area, which will gain from transformed connectivity to access quality at Heathrow. Hence a Southern Rail the opportunity to boost rail accessibility further Heathrow, Old Oak Common and Paddington.” Access to Heathrow which would improve access to is something of interest to us….If HSR can be Jonathan Lord MP (Conservative, Woking) the south-west into Surrey, is supported by the LEP. brought in via the GWML platforms… this could We believe that such a scheme has the potential to cement Old Oak and Park Royal’s position as the “The lack of transport links [to Heathrow] results in support the delivery of homes as well as bring new most connected location and station on the UK’s large numbers of people still coming in not by public jobs and facilities to boost the local economy….We rail network. Notwithstanding our future detailed transport but by car…..That’s not just passengers - acknowledge there are a number of possible options consideration of your preferred route options, I it’s the huge workforce…..What I’m interested in is being promoted by various interested parties….but am happy to offer OPDC’s in-principle support for just the potential that there is for a solution to that the LEP is particularly supportive of those where the HSR…” problem and I think this could be the solution.” impact goes beyond local access to the airport. The Old Oak Common & Park Royal Development Co. John McDonnell MP (Labour, Hayes & Harlington scheme could clearly make a significant contribution and Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer) towards economic growth if from the outset it opens “Efficient and affordable surface access is vital up new travel opportunities by rail that are currently to the successful operation of any airport, and is “One thing that everybody agrees on is that investing not possible.” particularly relevant at Heathrow with the prospect in our railway, making it easier to get to our key hub Enterprise M3 Local Enterprise of expansion looming. However, rail connectivity airport is really valuable….It will help to tackle some Partnership to airports in the UK has often been through spur of the issues around air quality and, as the Transport developments that do not integrate adequately Select Committee concluded, this is something that’s “There is a clear need for better rail connections to with existing networks and are costly to airlines desirable with a two runway airport – it will probably Heathrow, particularly from areas south and west and passengers. Airlines have their own fleets be absolutely essential with a three runway airport.” of the airport. This scheme would provide those and infrastructure to invest in and are reluctant Lilian Greenwood MP (Labour, Nottingham South connections and, in doing do, would help reduce to support surface access schemes where an and Chair of the House of Commons Transport traffic levels, congestion and air pollution which are excessive or disproportionate cost falls to airport Committee) currently causing so many problems in and around users through airport charges collected in the the Heathrow area.” airfare. Airlines therefore support improved surface “I am extremely supportive of schemes like this Heathrow Association for the Control of Aircraft connectivity with through running train services that which improve the public sector infrastructure and Noise (HACAN) provide far greater benefits and spread the cost take people out of their cars. To me this is a totally over more passengers on a user pays basis. The laudable scheme.” “Highways England is in agreement that potential Board of Airline Representatives in the UK – the Baroness Jenny Randerson (Liberal Democrat southern (and western) rail access proposals will industry association for airlines operating to the Principal Spokesperson on Transport) bring wide benefits to public transport provision UK – therefore welcomes the scheme promoted by

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