Chiltern Line Old Oak Common

The study therefore recommends connecting the chiltern mainline to old oak common which when it opens in 2026 will be one of london s major transport hubs and an interchange for the heathrow express crossrail hs2 and the great western mainline.

Chiltern line old oak common. No one would ever say chiltern should terminate a load of trains at sudbury hill harrow to target the piccadilly line. We are working with the dft network rail hs2 and the old oak and park royal development corporation to achieve this. A new study has suggested the chiltern rail line should be connected to the up and coming old oak common area in london. It will be on top of the tunnel taking hs2 out of london and building hs2 might be difficult.

Crossrail s just a glorified tube line. The line going to the west alongside the central line is the acton northolt line which links in the west to the chiltern main line just to the east of south ruislip station. The acton northolt line is a logical route from northolt junction on the chiltern main line to old oak common. Network rail has proposed that the chiltern main line should have a second terminal at old oak common to increase capacity on the route as there is no room to expand the station at marylebone.

But there could be problems with the acton northolt line. Old oak common will not offer noticeably more than west hampstead whose jubilee line and north london line and thameslink trains to gatwick and luton are not worth slowing down for. However the chiltern line s london terminus at marylebone is approaching its maximum capacity. Old oak common plan strengthens strategic importance of east west rail england s economic heartland strategic alliance a partner of the east west rail consortium has welcomed the publication of network rail s west midlands and chilterns route study which recommends connecting the chiltern mainline to old oak common.

Note the west coast main line and great western main line go to the north and south respectively of the old oak common site. For the same reason the chiltern line was used by many trains between paddington and birkenhead from 1965. Chiltern responded that we appreciate your support and we continue to lobby for chiltern to retain and develop access to old oak common. A new connection from the chiltern main line to the planned interchange at old oak common to provide additional capacity and access to both crossrail and hs2 is one of the recommendations put forward by network rail as it looks to tackle a predicted 49 increase in capacity in the west midlands and chilterns.

All local trains were diverted to marylebone in 1963 and operated by four car class 115 dmus and the main line platforms at greenford on the new north route between old oak common and northolt junction were closed.