Euston Approaches and Euston Station, with London in the background

HS2 in Old Oak and North Acton

Old Oak Common will be one of the UK’s most important transport hubs, connecting HS2 with the Elizabeth Line, Great Western Railway, and Heathrow Express.

The station, spanning Brent, Ealing, and Hammersmith & Fulham, will feature 14 platforms – six for high-speed trains and eight for conventional services – within an 850m-long station box.

View our Old Oak and North Acton community engagement materials

Find out more about our works in the area

Wormwood Scrubs

HS2 has now completed all its utility relocating works on Wormwood Scrubs, with the land parallel to the railway handed back to the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. The small site next to Old Oak Common Lane remains in place for future work.

The work consisted of:

Under track crossing utility diversion: Nine micro-tunnels were bored under the Great Western mainline railway with utility cables diverted from the road in the west corner of the Scrubs next to Old Oak Common Lane. This diversion was needed to allow us to lower Old Oak Common Lane that is planned in the future. It is this site that currently remains in place for future works
Sewer diversion: BBVS diverted a large sewer (called the Stamford Brook sewer) that serves the local area from the Old Oak Common Station site to the northern part of Wormwood Scrubs.

Hammersmith & Fulham have developed a masterplan that will improve the Scrubs allowing more people enjoy the benefits of exercise and relaxation.

Euston Tunnels settlement deeds faqs

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.

Learn about the Euston Tunnels settlement deeds.