This website belongs to the AirTrack Forum, an association of organisations which support in principle the creation of a new direct rail link connecting Heathrow to the South West Trains rail network to the south and west of London.

On this site you can find information about the background to and history of the AirTrack concept and the work of the AirTrack Forum since its inception.

Since 2006, BAA/HAL (Heathrow Airport Ltd) have been developing a specific and detailed scheme proposal - "Heathrow Airtrack", which substantially reflects the scheme concept championed by the AirTrack Forum, but now includes some important revisions. 

In July 2009, HAL submitted an application to the Secretary of State for Transport for an order under the Transport and Works Act 1992, seeking powers to construct, maintain and operate the railway and to acquire the necessary land and associated planning consents.  Full details of Heathrow Airtrack and the application, are available via BAA's Heathrow Airtrack web page.

The AirTrack Forum has no responsibility for the content of the HAL application to the Secretary of State. The initial period of formal consultation on that application ran from July to September 2009 and is therefore now closed. Objections to the scheme were required to be lodged during that period, though it is understood that expressions of support can still be received by the Secretary of State.

Any expressions of support or other representations about the proposals in the current application should be sent to the Secretary of State for Transport. For further information, please follow the link below to BAA's Heathrow Airtrack web page:

Click here to view the BAA Heathrow Airtrack page.