Demolition of bridge support walls on Old Oak Common Lane

What we are doing

The railway bridges on Old Oak Common Lane between our site entrance and Minster in the south are gradually all being demolished and will be rebuilt as part of the programme to construct Old Oak Common station. The new bridges will carry the realigned Great Western Main Line and other railways into the station. These works are scheduled to take place from 10:00pm Friday 17 April until 5:00am Monday 20 April, we will remove the supporting walls (called ‘abutments’) of the former Wycombe line bridge between our site and the remaining bridge on Old Oak Common Lane.

This work will take place during a weekend road closure of Old Oak Common Lane. We will work over three nightshifts and two dayshifts. Resident and guest vehicles accessing Wells House Road between Friday 17 and Monday 20 April should enter and leave from the north, near the Atlas Road roundabout. Pedestrian access will stay open along the whole length of Old Oak Common Lane while the works take place. We’ll remove site hoarding over the night of Friday 17 April. The demolition works will start on Saturday 18 April at 9:00am.

Work will continue in this area until around spring 2027 with various changes to pedestrian routes but we will be in touch with further details of this work later in the year.

HS2 is undergoing a comprehensive reset to ensure it can be built efficiently and for the lowest reasonable cost. This work is being carried out in stages and will be completed in 2026. We will provide you with updates on the reset and what this means for our plans to build the railway in your area.

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• Demolition of bridge support walls on Old Oak Common Lane

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If you have a question about HS2 or our works, please contact our HS2 Helpdesk team on 08081 434 434 or email [email protected]