Despite his evident enthusiasm for high-speed lines, the Financial Times published on October 31 a letter from Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon refuting claims made by his Conservative shadow Theresa Villiers in the previous day's edition that high-speed rail could avoid the need for building a third runway at Heathrow.rn'Capping capacity at Heathrow as she proposes will not reduce the number of people flying. On many short-haul flights to Heathrow from other UK airports the statistics show that most passengers are connecting to otheT destinations', he wrote.
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