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Opinion between cities on the Great Western line and Eurostar trains at the Heathrow Hub station, without the need to travel through central London on the Underground. The crucial advantage of the scheme is that a direct line offers a much higher frequency of service than a branch line, whether high speed or not. It is the reason why other airports, including Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Paris, have rail lines running directly through the airport. And it is the most important argument for implementing the Heathrow Hub concept, whether or not the airport expands. If Heathrow remains a two-runway airport, passengers could travel direct to the airport in less than two hours from most key cities, and much less when the second phase of HS2 is complete. This could free up much-needed capacity by replacing domestic flights on a number of key routes. And if politicians rediscover a modicum of courage and take the decision to allow an extra runway, the rail scheme could help to support further longhaul routes, by ensuring that a greater proportion of hub traffic arrives and departs Heathrow by rail rather than air. The one downside of the proposal is that it adds a few minutes onto the HS2 journey time. But it could potentially be delivered at £2-3 billion less than the combined cost of the current HS2 and western access plans. For the passenger, the connectivity benefits could be enormous, with trains departing Heathrow every 15 minutes to almost every city in the country. Combined air and rail tickets The gains from integrating the physical rail and airport infrastructure will be limited if the ticketing infrastructure is left unchanged. In Germany, Deutsche Bahn and Lufthansa offer combined air and rail tickets on certain routes. And this will also be needed in the UK. These combined tickets should be similar in price to indirect flights and allow travel on any relevant rail service, whether or not the plane lands early or late. The Airports Commission has a unique opportunity to look at rail and air together, not separately. And the signs are that it will do just that. Changing the route of the southern end of HS2 after so much work has already been done may seem like an admission of failure, and there are bound to be protests far beyond the Department for Transport. But in reality, it is key to making both high speed rail and aviation a success. Corin Taylor is a senior economic adviser at the Institute of Directors (www.iod.com) TrainFX www.trainFX.com enquiries@trainFX.com 01332 366 175 The multi-taltent in railroad construction. With 1.350 blows per minute the ideal tie tamper. Just one click to the no. 1 choice: www.wackerneuson.com Contact: +44 (0) 1992 707 200 TrainFX is a UK-based Rail Technology Company who specialise in the design and supply of leading edge technologies including ... PRM / TSI compliant Passenger Information Systems, PA, Crew Communications, Emergency Call For Aid with Talk Back, SM[ART]SEAT technologies including Near Field Communications and Occupancy Sensors, Media and Communications Systems to our Rail Sector Clients HEAD OFFICE 15 Melbourne Business Court, Millenium Way, Pride Park, Derby DE24 8LZ Part of the Changzhou Evergreen Group of Companies Page 24 July/August 2013
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