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Crossrail + HS2 + Old Oak Interchange

How do I contact real people at British Rail, Southern Trains, or TFL to query why no direct interconnection is planned between the current Southern Trains routes through Clapham Junction and Watford Junction? They provide about 20% of services through Shepherds Bush Overground and further south, but are unable to serve Willesden Junction or either of the planned new London Overground stations at the Old Oak Interchange unless the planned new station on the London Overground route is moved south of the point at which the routes diverge. This may involve siting the new station above the main Paddington lines and/or the canal.

Christopher Bell ● 3445d4 Comments

HS2 is a complete waste of money at a period when the Government argue for an 'austerity' economy, depriving our community of real needs. It is an affront to British agriculture who need to produce more for us to eat than the present 605. So we destroy thousands of land that grows food for a project that will be out of date if ever finished.

Michael Wale ● 3212d

They could start HS2 from Old Oak and save a lot of money.I would rather see an orbital railway linking the 4 London airports instead of HS2 which could link to Crossrail in the east and West.

Chris Lucy ● 3239d

If I remember correctly from the original presentation of the station layouts the walkway from the existing mainline services to the HS2 station will be over 500m.

Mark Evans ● 3358d

There will be two new stations, one at Victoria Road/Old Oak Common Lane on the Rixhmond-WillesdenJunctionHighLevel-Stratford line and the other at Hythe Road on the Clapham Junction-WillesdenJunctionHighLevel-Stratford line. The latter will enable passengers to connect to HS2/Crossrail by a walkway of about 300m, perhaps more, perhaps less. The Southern swrvices won't use that station because they drop down to low level to continue towards Wembley Central, and on to Milton Keynes. There is no easy way (or even conceivable, given the manner the tracks run) of creating a station on the ClaphamJunction-WembleyCentral route. However for pasengers coming from NorthWest of Willesden Junction, the Secretary of State for Transport in August 2014 announced a study of a Crossrail spur running, as with most Crossrail trains from Paddington and the east through the new Old Oak Common Crossrail station forking off and joining the West Coast Main Line somewhere near Harlesden station, and going on to Hertfordshire. So those passengers will be OK in terms of accessing the HS2/Crossrail station. That then just leaves SouthWest Trains passengers. Some,  coming from west of Richmond, will use Richmond line to Victoria Road/Old Oak Common Lane station. Those other users for whom Clapham Junction is the through routes will possible change at that station onto the Clapham Junction trains (to Willesden Junction High Level or Stratford) getting off at Hythe Road.

Daniel Antony Filson ● 3415d