HS2 in Old Oak and North Acton – Key information

These look aheads provide you with information about HS2 works and developments taking place in Old Oak and North Acton.

This section provides you with information about HS2 works and developments taking place in Old Oak and North Acton, and how we’re managing the impacts of construction.

This is the community representative group for residents in Old Oak Common and North Acton. The group includes people from Wells House Road, TITRA, Shaftesbury Gardens, Midland Terrace, Bashley Road travellers site, Old Oak Estate and Wesley Estate.

You can find updated information on events we’ve held about our work in your area. This includes links to presentations given during those events.

The Euston tunnel will carry high-speed trains between London Euston station and Old Oak Common station. The 4.5-mile (7.2km) twin-bore tunnel will reach depths of up to 50 metres below ground. It will be excavated using two tunnel boring machines (TBMs), Karen and Madeleine, which will be launched from the eastern section of Old Oak Common station.

Settlement is the technical term for the way the ground moves around a hole after it has been dug out. A settlement deed is a formal legal agreement between a property owner and HS2 Ltd which records the protection already to a property by the High Speed Rail Act of 2017.

Skanska Costain STRABAG (SCS) Railways are the main works civils contractor working on behalf of HS2 Ltd. SCS are responsible for the design and construction of bridges, embankments, and tunnels for the Greater London section of the new railway.

SCS completed excavating the 8.4 mile long twin-bore Northolt Tunnel between West Ruislip and North Acton in summer 2025. We expect to start building the 4.5 mile twin-bore Euston Tunnel in early 2026 from the eastern section of the Old Oak Common Station Box. It will take about 18 months for the tunnel boring machines (TBMs) to reach the southern terminus in Euston.

We’ve proposed designs for the Victoria Road Crossover Box headhouse and plant room.

In July 2025, we produced design proposals for the auto-transformer station, boundary wall, access road and security lighting. We shared them with members of the public ahead of planning submission to the local planning authority.