London Gatwick Airport has outlined plans to increase its rail capacity by the end of 2020, which include new services and an improved infrastructure.
Works under the infrastructure improvements include Brighton Mainline re-signalling and junction replacements, as well as upgrades to the M25 and M23 motorways.
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Gatwick will operate new carriages on the dedicated non-stop Gatwick Express service to London Victoria in 2016.
New trains will also be put into service on Thameslink services through Gatwick to London Bridge, Blackfriars, Farringdon and King’s Cross/St Pancras’.
In addition to new trains, the airport will construct new platforms at East Croydon and Redhill, as well as new track to separate fast and slow trains.
Gatwick will link to Crossrail at Farringdon, HS2 at Old Oak Common and Crossrail 2 at Clapham Common over the next coming years.
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By GlobalDataLondon Gatwick senior transport advisor Hugh Sumner said: "Gatwick will be road and rail-ready for a second runway by 2021 with no additional cost to the taxpayer. The ease at which these improvements can be delivered adds yet more weight to the obvious case for a new runway at Gatwick.
"Gatwick already has the highest proportion of passengers travelling by public transport and these improvements will help encourage even more. We want 60% of our customers to use public transport, comparable with the best globally and better than any UK airport."
Image: Gatwick Airport’s north terminal building and transit station. Photo: courtesy of Dbx54.
