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Old Oak Common: Part 3 – Looking Over the Fence

On 25 September 2013 By Lemmo In Crossrail, Electrification, First Great Western, Freight, HS2, Old Oak Common, Overground, TfL, WLL

Think of Old Oak Common (OOC) as the Canary Wharf of west London. That’s the Vision: bold and challenging. But will a ‘super hub’ emerge? While the grand plan for OOC may depend on decisions further up the metaphorical line, to a certain extent OOC leapfrogs the institutional black hole of rail strategy and drives deeper changes in strategic planning for London as a whole.

Old Oak Common: Part 2 – Putting the Pieces Together

On 25 September 2013 By Lemmo In Crossrail, First Great Western, Freight, Heathrow, HS1, HS2, Mayor's Transport Strategy, Old Oak Common, Overground, TfL

In Part 1, we introduced the many components that need to be integrated into the grand plan at Old Oak Common (OOC), for a new interchange with HS2, Crossrail, the Great Western Mainline (GWML) and …