HS2 Old Oak Common Station Project Update | October 2024

Welcome to Old Oak Common.

This future HS2 super-hub station in West London is set to be one of the UK’s largest and most sustainable rail stations.

Join our Old Oak Common Project Director Peter Gow as he takes you behind the scenes, sharing the latest progress, milestones, and innovations driving HS2’s new London–Birmingham line.

When complete in the early 2030s, Old Oak Common will seamlessly connect high-speed trains with conventional rail services, offering swift links to central London, Birmingham, Heathrow, and beyond. As the temporary London terminus for HS2, this super-hub will transform UK travel while revitalising the area, opening up new opportunities and growth for local communities.

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0:00 Introduction
0:23 Completing the underground station box
1:08 The station underground platforms works
1:40 Overground platform construction
2:02 Reducing our carbon emissions
3:20 Upcoming works
3:53 Connecting the station to the existing railway network
4:42 Unrivalled connectivity
5:04 Transforming the surrounding area
5:30 Closing comments
5:40 Outro

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[TimDLee-noon]

I am genuinely impressed by both the project, progress to date, and, the narration to the video. Clear, concise and informative. More please! We must have a solution for the North and Scotland, this shows that the Brits can still do magnificent civil engineering. 👍

[romansanders]

This rail line will be truly game changing for the local area, the cities of Birmingham and London, and the UK as a whole.
I cannot wait for it to be complete! Great work to all those involved 😊

[shaunwest]

Going to be incredible when finished, incredible British engineering 👌👍

[FranzTraininand]

Absolutely fantastic work! If only HS2 wasn’t a one off project but the benchmark for all High speed rail in the UK! Would love to see the East Coast Mainline get the same amount of engineering expertise!

[jsaeedfirstname]

I feel proud working on behalf of HS2 on this project last few years. Watching through video it is incredible piece of engineering. I would like to congratulate all participants who put their intense hardwork day and night to bring this dream project into reality.

[luizeduardopeixoto]

As a local resident (Harlesden), this is very exciting and definitely a game changer for NW London in general. Would like to see improved cycling infrastructure around the area too, where there is barely any, as part of an integrated transportation strategy for the station use.

[scottpeacock]

Wow at last the Labour Government has given the go ahead to let HS2 run to London Euston, The station is the most congested station in the UK with 40 million passengers passing through this station every year and needs remodelnesing, Finger cross the new terminal will open way before 2041 and tough to the nimbys brigade if you don't like the truth.

[robertgarrett]

Great update, I thought the TBM's too Euston where already nearly done drilling.

[Rick-nv]

Cannot wait to see this line finished 😍

[andreachinazzi]

simply amazing ....I wanna thank you all for your hard work. to let me enjoy UK with HS-TRAINS ...love to ride with trains (i'm living in

[mikehindson-evans]

Thank you for this useful and informative update. This will be an essential asset once the penny drops and the line extends further north beyond Handsacre Junction. From the understandability PoV, the English narration helps to get the message across. Well done, one and all. Now, onwards to Euston.

[AndrewLumsden]

👍👏 But I genuinely hope that there will be vastly more seating in the passenger concorses than is depicted in this video, which appears to be so woefully inadequate.

[heckmacbuff]

Wonderful! Now send it all the way to Scotland please.

[mazybee]

Very pleased the Labour government has invested in this project because Euston is heavily congested

[sneakyfingersdevandle]

Cant wait to go back & forth from Birmingham an London.

[RECHARGED]

hopefully the northern Phases will go again

[FlyingScud]

Hugely impressive feat. The negativity around the Elizabeth line has evaporated now, I believe. The same has been said about HS2 by the nay-sayers, but the country needs this desperately to be completed London to Manchester and further afield.

[aquilarossa]

Units Of Measurement:
USA: Yards
France: Metres
UK: Football Pitches. ⚽⚽⚽
USA: Gallons
France: Litres
UK: Pints 🍺🍺🍺

[andrewwoodgate]

Good on Labour for giving the green light to the Euston section 👍

[janeknight]

Are you sure there are enough ladies loos?? Is it too late to double the quantity??? This is really important.