The West London Orbital Consultation is coming to a close and if you have concerns or issues regarding the loss of access, whether personally or for your business you need to ‘Have your say’. I have with Dr Rupa Huq’s permission, pasted her letter to W4 residents which includes three different ways you can give your feedback. Note: Whilst Rupa is the MP for Ealing Central and Acton, the LibDem councillors for Southfield Ward and Bassam Mahfouz, the London Assembly Member for Ealing and Hillingdon all believe that the West London Orbital should enhance connectivity and accessibility, but not by reducing it for local communities.  Access is important so be quick and give your feedback. Dear W4 constituent, Proposed new rail-link service, and resulting road disruption, in Acton and Chiswick I am writing to inform you of Transport for London’s proposed “West London Orbital” line and wider local implications. By connecting Hounslow to Hendon, it has many potential benefits: it would utilise existing, underused rail lines in West London to connect areas which are proximate to each other geographically but currently hard to get between, taking in South Acton and Acton Central stations en route. It’ll dramatically reduce journey times to places like Brent Cross, and TfL claim it would create 11,500 new jobs and over 25,000 new homes. However, local road layouts would have to change to allow this. The current proposal would see the permanent closure of the Richmond/ Mildmay line (southmost) level crossing on Bollo Lane, as maintaining two level crossings on Bollo Lane presents a significant logistical barrier to increasing train service in the area. The barriers on both level crossings would need to come down for a train passing on either line; ultimately, the increased frequency of train crossings as a result of the West London Orbital service would mean that the level crossing barriers would need to be lowered for up to 75% of the time, for up to 11 minutes at a time – a breach of current regulations. The “Kew line” (northmost) level crossing would remain open in order to avoid disrupting the 440 and 70 bus routes. However, the change could have serious traffic implications locally, particularly piling on pressure to the roads around Acton Lane, which already has E3 buses and would become the main north-south route. Luckily, TfL are currently consulting on these proposals until 18 November 2026. You can feed your views in online at: https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/west-london-orbital, by email at westlondonorbital@tfl.gov.uk or by telephone on 020 3054 6037 (leave your name and phone number with the reference “West London Orbital”, and they will call you back). It’s important W4 folks’ views are heard! TfL are also running drop-in events to hear from residents directly. The remaining ones are all in quite far away locations (https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/west-london-orbital/news_feed/drop-in-events) but they are nonetheless an option. I went to one in NW10. In the meantime I continue to run a weekly advice surgery, trips to Parliament and newsletter updates of my work as your MP – let me know if you wish to avail yourself of any of these! Yours sincerely, Dr Rupa Huq Member of Parliament for Ealing Central and Acton

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
Closure of Bollo Lane and Churchfield Rd Level Crossings - 18 November Deadline	13/11/26 13:53:00	Maureen Joyce
Re:Closure of Bollo Lane and Churchfield Rd Level Crossings - 18 November Deadline	13/11/26 15:50:00	David Lesniak
Reply	13/11/26 16:01:00	Paul James
Re:Reply	13/11/26 17:03:00	Paul James

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