Go-Ahead for HS2 Train Station

Planners have been given the go-ahead to begin work on the UK’s largest ever railway station, HS2’s West London super hub, Old Oak Common. Work is due to start on the project next month, June 2020, and will be conducted by joint venture contractors Balfour Beatty, Vinci and Systra.

The station, which will be the largest new railway station ever built in the UK, will have 14 platforms, comprising six high speed and eight conventional platforms, and an 850m long station box, with a volume that will fit 6,300 Routemaster buses.

Old Oak Common station will also include striking design features, such as a sequence of interlocking curved roof forms, which have been designed to enhance the open environment of the station, and which will also provide natural ventilation.

When the station is operational, it is expected that it will be used by around 250,000 passengers each day and is set to become one of the busiest railway stations in the UK. The HS2 station will also be a catalyst and gateway for Old Oak and Park Royal, which is one of the largest regeneration sites in the UK.

HS2 Station Director Matthew Botelle said: “Building a new railway station for the UK on this scale and size will be an incredible achievement for British engineering.

“HS2 is set to be a catalyst to transform this area of West London, making it one of the best-connected development sites in the UK. We will continue to work with OPDC and other local partners to ensure tat this opportunity is maximised to its full potential.”

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