The idea is the trains would fit into spare slots in the current schedule, but there is some question about whether this can actually work. There have been weasle-words about whether all the airtrack trains will be extra or whether some will replace existing stops or services, but so far no suggestion that other trains will be delayed.
On the other hand the line will be working much nearer to its capacity so exactly as Heathrow is prone to delays because it has no spare capacity to accommodate minor problems, inevitably that will happen on the train line too.
The real issue for Egham is that there are Three airtrack lines: Heathrow -Reading, Heathrow - Guildford, Heathrow - Waterloo. But all the westbound trains have to go through Egham's four level crossings before the lines for Guildford and Reading divide, so we go from 8 trains an hour to 16, with the crossings closed for between 2 and 3 minutes every time.
This forum won't allow me to post links but if you google airtrack egham you will find a website where you can download a letter, put your name and address at the top, and email it off. Petitions are no good, no matter how many signatures a petition has, it is counted as One objection.
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