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<\/a>(c) TfL<\/p>\nEarlier this year, TfL and its partners agreed a funding package of up to \u00a36.65m to support the next phase of design, modelling and public consultation work. This funding will also support further design and assessment ahead of a 2027 decision on whether to seek powers to build the scheme.<\/p>\n
West Hampstead Thameslink<\/p>\n
One change from the previous plans has been the option to divert the line to West Hampstead Thameslink. In its review, TfL says it would cost around \u00a3100 million more than a link to Hendon and would carry fewer passengers. However, it is keeping it available for a possible future upgrade if demand is there.<\/p>\n
New stations<\/p>\n
Neasden \u2013 The new WLO station at Neasden would be on Neasden Lane, about 200 metres south of the existing Neasden Underground station on the Jubilee line.<\/p>\n
Harlesden \u2013 The new station would be on Acton Lane, directly opposite the current Harlesden Underground station to allow easy street\u2011level interchange with the Bakerloo and Lioness lines.<\/p>\n
Old Oak Common \u2013 A new station would be built between Victoria Road and Old Oak Common Lane with a new east-west pedestrian bridge. There would be three platforms for WLO services, including one platform to allow trains to turn back from the north.<\/p>\n
Lionel Road \u2013 The entrance to the station would be from Lionel Road South and from a station square planned to be delivered as part of the adjacent Brentford Works development. There would be two platforms, located between this development and the stadium.<\/p>\n
The railway<\/p>\n
Only part of the route is currently electrified \u2013 between Acton Wells junction and South Acton \u2013 and between Old Kew junction and Hounslow. TfL is considering three options for powering trains on the rest of the route:<\/p>\n
Full overhead electrification
\nPartial electrification with hybrid battery\u2011electric trains
\nBattery trains charged at end-of-line stations<\/p>\n
The decision depends on feasibility, benefits and costs for installing, maintaining and operating each option and how it would fit with the rest of the Overground network. However, unless battery charging at both ends proves feasible, they expect to install overhead electrification between Old Oak Common and Hendon.<\/p>\n
The trains<\/p>\n
TfL expects to need eleven new trains \u2013 either the same fleet as the existing Overground, or battery\/hybrids depending on what track upgrades are agreed.\u00a0 They will also need additional storage space, and TfL currently prefers the Willesden South West Sidings\u00a0in the Old Oak Common area.<\/p>\n
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If approved, the new route would eventually join the London Overground network and be named to reflect the communities and heritage along the line.<\/p>\n
The consultation is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Plans for a new London Overground railway in west London have moved forward, with the first public consultation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":780205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-780204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=780204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/780205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=780204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=780204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=780204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a>(c) TfL<\/p>\n