Architect says commitment to plans is “excellent news”
Terry Farrell has said the government’s plan to press ahead with the first phase of the high speed rail link between London and Birmingham will end up regenerating a swathe of west London.
The architect is working on a new interchange called Old Oak Common, close to Wormwood Scrubs prison, which will connect with Crossrail and other lines to the capital’s airports.
His plans for a mega-hub are intended to rival the interchanges he has built overseas including Beijing and Seoul.
“The new interchange will be London’s largest regeneration project,” he said. “It is the next Stratford and Canary Wharf combined. The commitment to a new high speed link is excellent news.”
The link will cut journey times between the two cities by 49 minutes on trains that run up to 225mph. The cost of the project is put at £33 billion with the first trains running by 2026.
Arup has been carrying out the study for the first phase while Grimshaw has been working with Mott MacDonald and Scott Wilson for planned extensions to Manchester and Leeds.
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