It promises to be the ‘best connected rail station in the UK’.
LondonWith 14 platforms Old Oak Common railway station will be the UK’s biggest ever to be built from scratch.But it remains to be seen whether it will reach this level, with public transport use plummeting since coronavirus struck and many companies letting employees opt to work from home.
Four of these will run services on the new Crossrail network, with another four connecting to lines to and from the South West and Wales.The new station was expected to cost £1.3 billion but this has reportedly now risen to £1.67 billion.Old Oak Common railway station in numbers Concerns about the overall price of HS2, which is said to be Europe’s largest infrastructure project, continue to be raised.reported on Monday that they have jumped by another £1.7 billion in the past year.
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