Excavation of the large underground house that may finally change into HS2’s new station at Outdated Oak Widespread has reached right down to the monitor stage, and so they’ve accomplished the primary base slab concrete pour on the western finish.
First concrete pour to create bases slab for HS2 tracks at Outdated Oak Widespread station (c) HS2
The station is being constructed on two ranges, with the HS2 trains arriving at an underground stage, with the mainline trains and Elizabeth line arriving on the floor stage. The subterranean field that’s presently being dug out of the bottom is 850 metres lengthy and 20 meters deep, and can be vast sufficient for six HS2 platforms.
The spoil from the excavation is being transported to HS2’s London Logistics Hub at Willesden Euroterminal through a conveyor system, negating the necessity for lorry actions on native roads. The conveyor started operation in November 2022. From the Logistics Hub the spoil is taken by rail for reuse in Kent, Cambridgeshire and Rugby.
As soon as the west field is full it will likely be handed over to HS2’s London Tunnels contractor to arrange for tunnel work between Outdated Oak Widespread and Victoria Street Crossover Field with breakthrough anticipated in late 2024.
When it opens, the Outdated Oak Widespread station may have six HS2 platforms, 4 Elizabeth line platforms, and 4 platforms for the Nice Western Mainline, which can be served by trains to Wales and the South West.
Talking concerning the progress on web site, HS2’s Venture Shopper for Outdated Oak Widespread, Huw Edwards, stated: “Work to construct HS2’s super-hub station in West London is in full swing, and we’re gaining momentum, reaching our development milestones on web site. This primary concrete pour of the station field base slab implies that we now have now reached the HS2 monitor stage and might proceed to work eastwards to construct the foundations for the HS2 operational providers.”
First concrete pour to create bases slab for HS2 tracks at Outdated Oak Widespread station (c) HS2
The primary base slab poured at Outdated Oak Widespread is only one of various important milestones we now have on the challenge in 2023. The development three way partnership, BBVS JV started everlasting works for the station field in June 2021, with the primary diaphragm wall (D-Wall) and piling exercise going down on the positioning. The work was accomplished in March this yr, after BBVS’s contractor SB3 put in the final of 275 D-Wall panels and 161 bearing piles, finishing the 1.8km lengthy wall.
Work to start establishing platforms for the bottom stage platforms, for use by the Elizabeth line and GWR providers, will start later this yr.
Inner view of HS2 concourse from west entrance (c) HS2
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