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<p>Network Rail are funded by the Department for Transport to submit the Development
Consent Order for the Western Rail Link to Heathrow. The 2013 Aviation Policy Framework
clearly sets out that developers should pay the costs of upgrading or enhancing road,
rail or other transport networks or services where there is a need to cope with additional
passengers travelling to and from expanded or growing airports.</p><p> </p><p>The
Western Rail Link to Heathrow has a wider range of beneficiaries, and the Government
will consider, along with other relevant stakeholders, the need for additional public
funding. The quantification of non-airport benefit is dependent on agreement of the
final design and decisions on the train operating company. This is expected in Summer
2019. The airport contribution would be subject to a negotiation, and review by regulators.</p><p>
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