Network Rail staff working on the Western Rail Link to Heathrow have been moved on to other projects with no sign of the mothballed scheme restarting any time soon. NCE last month. Network Rail has now confirmed that staff working on the scheme have been moved on to other projects, until Heathrow Airport Ltd (HAL) is able to commit to its share of the project’s funding. HAL is currently unable to commit any funding to the project due to its precarious financial position as a result of passenger decline due to Covid-19. In February HAL announced a £2bn loss for the financial year, with passenger numbers down 22M in 2020 compared to the year before.