Heathrow And The High-Speed Rail Alternative

EDM number 1873A2 in 2007-08, proposed by David Wilshire on 03/07/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Aviation and Railways.

leave out from `June;' to end and add `notes that, even if UK domestic passengers switched to rail travel, Heathrow would still be operating at 90 per cent. of capacity and still need a third runway; further notes the example of Japan, where high-speed bullet trains co-exist with one of the world's busiest domestic flight networks, France, which has been a long-time leader in European high-speed rail, and which has a hub airport at Paris with twice as many runways as Heathrow, and Spain which has invested heavily in high-speed rail and has also doubled the number of runways at Madrid Airport from two to four; and therefore believes that rail complements air travel but cannot replace it, and that high-speed rail is not an alternative to a third runway at Heathrow.'.

This is a ammendment to 1873.

This motion has been signed by a total of 1 MPs.