Windsor Royal railway station

Windsor Royal was a proposed railway station in Windsor and part of the Windsor Link Railway, which would have seen Windsor & Eton Riverside and Windsor & Eton Central, replaced by one station which would link to Heathrow Terminal 5.

Plans

In June 2013, the company announced that Network Rail had given the green light to go ahead to the next phase of development and seek private investment.[1]

On 11 December 2013, the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead received 1,423 signatures in support of the project.[2] This resulted in the project being discussed at full council on 25 February 2014. A unanimous motion was passed in support of the project, noting the petition, encouraging WLR to engage in the planning process and looking forward to further submissions.[3][4]

In August 2014, WLR announced that it had retained Turner & Townsend to run a competition to select an investment partner.[5]

In November 2014, a working group of the local planning authority, the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead, recommended support of the proposals in the borough local plan, provided no substantial harm to heritage assets was verified.[6] This was confirmed by the borough's cabinet on 26 February 2015.[7]

Also, the local neighbourhood plan[8] included the associated regeneration of the Windsor riverside area in its 'vision day'.[9] The Windsor Observer reported on 31 July 2015 that plans for a public consultation on the Windsor Link Railway had been delayed. This was to allow the rail link to be considered in the wider context of a "Windsor regeneration project".[10]

The WLR plans to link the two stations were rejected in early December 2018 by the Department for Transport.

References
  1. "Windsor press cuttings". The Windsor Link Railway.
  2. "RBWM council receives petition signatures". The Windsor Link Railway.
  3. "Local press reports on WLR council motion". The Windsor Link Railway.
  4. "02/25/2014 Council - Minutes | the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead". Archived from the original on 27 September 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  5. "Turner & Townsend appointed to run competition". The Windsor Link Railway.
  6. "Windsor Link Railway scheme could be included for exploration in Royal Borough Local Plan". Royal Borough Observer.
  7. "02/26/2015 Cabinet - Minutes | The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead". www.rbwm.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
  8. "Windsor 2030".
  9. "Plans to enhance and improve the centre of Windsor go on display with more people urged to comment". Royal Borough Observer.
  10. "Plan for public consultation over Windsor Link Railway delayed after cabinet paper pulled". Royal Borough Observer.

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