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<p> </p><p>The programme to increase passenger capacity on the Windsor to Waterloo
railway by 25% is now under way and will be completed in early 2015. 60 additional
carriages are being incorporated into an extended and refurbished fleet of trains
to operate as a maximum 10 carriage train length. The first additional vehicles are
now in service. From May 2014, platform 20 of the former Waterloo International station
will be brought into use for scheduled services. Construction of Crossrail is now
half completed and electrification of the Great Western Main Line is also under way;
the Slough to Windsor & Eton Central line will be electrified by 2019. The Highways
Agency is welcoming preliminary comments on the M4 Smart Motorway scheme between Junction
3 (Hayes) and Junction 12 (Theale) until the end of April 2014, and will conduct a
formal public consultation on the scheme in the autumn. Subject to development consent
and the final business case, construction could start in spring 2016.</p>
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