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<p>On 25 October 2016, this Government announced that a Northwest Runaway at Heathrow
Airport, combined with a package of supporting measures, was its preferred scheme
to deliver additional airport capacity in the South East of England. The supporting
measures would include improved rail access to the airport and we are actively looking
at what we could do to accelerate these.</p><p> </p><p>The next step for the proposed
Southern Rail Access is a GRIP 1-2 study to permit informed option appraisal. This
is being considered alongside the detailed development of Western Rail Access plans
for the airport, in order to ensure that we provide maximum benefit for airport and
non-airport passengers and exploit the new journey opportunities this may provide.</p>
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