Hs2's Western Approaches

摘要

The nice thing about joining at this stage', Andrew McNaughton said when discussing his secondment from Network Rail to High Speed 2rnon February 9, 'is that none of the options are ruled in or ruled out.rnThe only given is that this bit starts in London, finishes in the West Midlands and includes Heathrow'.rnAsked by RBI how the problem of serving the UK's major airport might be addressed when it does not lie on a direct line between central London and Birmingham, McNaughton replied cautiously 'I would draw your attention to the quite careful wording of the ministerial announcement which was about an interchange with Crossrail somewhere on the Great Western Main Line so that Heathrow is served'.