BAA HEATHROW has published its draft master plan for the world”s busiest international airport running to 65 pages and shown on the web. The scheme notes land earmarked land for a potential third runway and the so-called T6 and notes a further ”3bn investment over the next ten years, beyond T5. The it also shows for the first time an indication of how the airlines will be redistributed with regard to T5 but there is a long way to go in order to satisfy the requirements of each individual airline. The plans note that the Heathrow Express would no longer go to T4 an idea opposed by the prospective tenants and also illustrates an extension of the railway from T5 to Staines for which platform capacity has been provided for. No comment has been made regarding incorporating Heathrow Express into Crossrail, which is thought to be opposed by BAA. For whatever reasons the BAA has not briefed the media individually or in a group, on either T5 or the master plan.
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