Old Oak Common Railway Station

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The Old Oak Common railway station is a planned rail transport hub of the British regional and long-distance transport in the British capital London . The opening of the entire complex is Template: future / in 5 yearsestimated at 2025 .

In addition to Stratford International, Old Oak Common will open another rail transport hub outside of central London.

location

The station is planned to be south of Willesden Junction, northwest of the city center, in the Hammersmith & Fulham borough , and Kensal Green Underground / Overground station and Kensal Rise overground station are in the vicinity. At the site there is now a depot for railway companies that use Paddington station, as well as the North Pole Junction block station , where a currentless connecting track leaves the West London Line and joins the Great Western Main Line .

construction

The station is designed as a tower station. The high-speed trains of the High Speed ​​2 are to stop in a tunnel station, while Crossrail and the trains of the GWML stop on the surface of the earth.

traffic

According to the project published in 2010, Old Oak Common will become one of the most important train stations in the UK and will feature almost all British train categories, from high-speed trains to suburban trains for British Rail, Crossrail and London Overground, as well as underground trains on two lines. The trains to Heathrow Airport , Heathrow Express and Heathrow Connect , will also touch the station.

It is to be a stopping point for trains on the planned High Speed ​​2 London Euston - Birmingham International - West Coast Main Line . In addition, trains on the Great Western Main Line are said to stop there. London Transport provides stops on the London Overground ( North London Line and West London Line and possibly Watford DC Line ) and London Underground ( Central Line and Bakerloo Line ). The planned east-west S-Bahn in London, Crossrail , is also to open a stop in Old Oak Common.

Eurostar transport

With the completion of the planned High Speed ​​2 - High Speed ​​1 connection north of its Euston and London St. Pancras terminus , Eurostar trains can also stop at Old Oak Common. Instead of going to St. Pancras, these would be taken to central and northern England and would still stop at Stratford International within London.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ High Speed ​​Rail . Department for Transport . Archived from the original on May 13, 2010. Retrieved May 28, 2010.
  2. ^ High Speed ​​Rail London to the West Midlands and Beyond, A Report to Government by High Speed ​​Two Limited p83 . Archived from the original on January 31, 2011. Retrieved March 23, 2010.

Coordinates: 51 ° 31 ′ 29.5 "  N , 0 ° 14 ′ 48.2"  W.