WRLtH

(Western Rail Link to Heathrow)

The Department for Transport has announced plans to invest £500m to build a new rail link from Reading to Heathrow Airport. The proposed rail link has been adopted by Network Rail and could open by 2024. Passengers using the new rail link will no longer have to travel to London Paddington to reach the airport. In the meantime RailAir offers regular coach services from Reading to Heathrow (Journey time approx 50 mins).

What WRLtH delivers for Reading:

• 28 minute journey time
• 4 trains per hour, direct
• Up to 200,000 fewer car journeys
• Up to 12,000 jobs created