HEATHROW Southern Railway Ltd, the private venture hoping to build a rail link from the Staines area into Heathrow Airport, has welcomed the inclusion of the proposal in the Mayor of London’s new Spatial Development Strategy. HSRL chief executive Chris Stokes said: “We congratulate London Mayor Sadiq Khan for recognising the strategic need to resolve the decades-long issue of a southern rail link to Heathrow Airport. A link to Heathrow remains essential if congestion and air quality issues aretobe addressed.”