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| Link to Sir Terry Farrell's vision (we believe the light-rail bits are thanks to the Brent Cross mistakes!) |
Park Royal City
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High Speed 2 Ltd are currently consulting on safeguarding proposals for the route of the High Speed 2 rail service. Their proposals can be found at the below link and consultation will close on January 31st 2013.
http://highspeedrail.dft.gov.uk/consultations/safeguarding-consultation-london-west-midlands
"In January 2012 the Government announced its decision to proceed with
proposals for High Speed 2 rail service, connecting London to Birmingham,
Manchester and Leeds via a new 250mph rail line. The proposals include a station
at Old Oak Common in the north of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham,
which may be known as Park Royal City International.
"As well as providing a
connection to High Speed 2, the station will be connected to Crossrail and the
Great Western Main Line.
"This will make Park Royal City one of the nations [sic] best
connected locations, under 40 minutes from Birmingham, 1¼ hours from
Manchester, 2¼ hours from Paris and 10 minutes from Heathrow and the West End.
As a consequence, the station, in attracting both international and domestic
passengers, is anticipated to be one of the UK’s top 5 stations in terms of
usage.
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"In recognition of the areas potential for regeneration off the back of the
High Speed 2 proposals, the Greater London Authority has designated the area as
an Opportunity Area, which identifies the area as having substantial capacity
for new homes and jobs.
"Hammersmith and Fulham, along with the Greater London
Authority, Transport for London, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and
London Boroughs of Brent and Ealing have started to produce an Opportunity Area
Planning Framework for the area, which will provide planning guidance for the
future development of the area.
"The Opportunity Areas core development area
stretches from North Acton to the west, to Wormwood Scrubs to the south, to
Kensal Gasworks to the east and to Willesden Junction to the north.
"Early work on this planning framework has shown that with a coordinated
approach to the design of Park Royal City International station, the area has
the potential to accommodate 19,000 homes and 100,000 jobs, phased over a 30
year period, unlocking over £50 billion of gross value added to the UK economy.
"This would make Park Royal City London’s biggest Opportunity Area, in terms of
its capacity for development and potential regeneration benefits.
"The council plans to consult on this emerging framework later in the year,
which will be made available to view and comment on."
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High Speed 2 Ltd are currently consulting on safeguarding proposals for the route of the High Speed 2 rail service. Their proposals can be found at the below link and consultation will close on January 31st 2013.
http://highspeedrail.dft.gov.uk/consultations/safeguarding-consultation-london-west-midlands
A street map of Old Oak Common for Hammerson to use is here.
A railway map, for the rest of us, is below:
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| Click above to enlarge map. (A reopened passenger railway to Brent Cross is here..) |
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