Aerial view of the vast Old Oak Common station construction site in London

British rail freight keeps HS2 on schedule at Old Oak Common

Aerial view of the vast Old Oak Common station site in London Image HS2 media centre

Two years into the project and ramping up to around 1.500 trains a year. Five freight services a day is the average service for the vast HS2 project, and nowhere is that more evident than in the “Super-hub” interim terminus in the west of London. The high-speed railway project may not make it to central London for several years, but it is certainly taking shape at Old Oak Common.

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Author: Simon Walton

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Aerial view of the vast Old Oak Common station construction site in London

British rail freight keeps HS2 on schedule at Old Oak Common

Aerial view of the vast Old Oak Common station site in London Image HS2 media centre

Two years into the project and ramping up to around 1.500 trains a year. Five freight services a day is the average service for the vast HS2 project, and nowhere is that more evident than in the “Super-hub” interim terminus in the west of London. The high-speed railway project may not make it to central London for several years, but it is certainly taking shape at Old Oak Common.

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Author: Simon Walton

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