Once and possibly future mayor Ken Livingstone would consider a new Tube link for Hounslow if re-elected.
Ken made the remarks during the Hounslow instalment of his pre-election tour of the boroughs. Quoth the red-one:
Union members at Heathrow have asked about reviving District line services to Hounslow West, which it used to serve some 40 years ago, and that's something we've said we'll look into.
The station currently welcomes Piccadilly Line trains on the route to/from Heathrow. The District extension would see a green tentacle extend down from Acton Town, in parallel to the Piccadilly.
The project would presumably feed into the Heathrow Integrated Rail Strategy, which seeks to improve rail connection in the area around the airport.
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