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Old Oak Common (OOC) is a railway station under construction on the site of the Old Oak Common traction maintenance depot to the west of London in Old Oak Common, approximately 500 m (1,600 ft) south of Willesden Junction station. When built, it is expected to be one of the largest rail hubs in London, at about 800 m (2,600 ft) in length and 20 m (66 ft) below surface level.
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The Crossrail line was first proposed in 1941. It was first proposed to Parliament in 1991 but was rejected. It was then proposed by the government as the Crossrail bill in 2005. Construction started in 2009 and, heavily delayed, the central section was opened by Elizabeth II on 24 May 2022 with full completion due in 2023.
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Over the years, a number of transport proposals have been made to improve public access to Heathrow Airport, near London in the United Kingdom.
Sir Douglas Edwin Oakervee FHKIE is a British civil engineer who is a past chairman of both High Speed 2 and Crossrail, and was the 139th president of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He was awarded the CBE in 2010 for his contributions to civil engineering and appointed Knight bachelor in 2022 for services to transport and infrastructure delivery.
Euston tunnel is a tunnel currently planned in London that will carry the High Speed 2 (HS2) railway between Euston railway station and Old Oak Common railway station.
NorthOnTrack is an unfunded Think Tank organisation set up in 2021, originally as "CrossNorth Programme" which proposes an alternative integration of Northern Powerhouse Rail through Manchester. The concept proposes a 2.5 mile tunnel from Oldfield Road in Salford to Ardwick with two stations, forming the core section of NPR. This is intended to release the Castlefield corridor bottleneck, and allow S-Bahn style operation on the existing network by moving inter-city trains onto their own dedicated tracks through the city.
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Safeguarding is a technical term for an established part of the planning system that aims to protect large-scale infrastructure projects, such as roads or railways, from conflicting developments.
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- ↑ Salisbury, Josh (9 December 2020). "Bakerloo line extension one step closer after route given protected status". Southwark News. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- 1 2 "Coming soon: a new stop on the DLR". The Royal Docks. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
This stop between West Silvertown and Canning Town was never built, but the line has always allowed space for it, known as 'passive provision'.
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