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Evening Standard
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Ross Lydall

Elizabeth line trains would 'save residents from 20 years of HS2 blight' at Old Oak Common

Could Elizabeth line trains call at Old Oak Common station before HS2 starts running? - (HS2)

Elizabeth line trains should start running to Old Oak Common station as soon as possible to save the area from “20 years of blight”, residents are urging.

The delay in the opening of the first leg of HS2 – which the Government has announced will miss the 2033 deadline for the start of services between Birmingham Curzon Street and Old Oak Common – has added to concerns about the impact on thousands of people living near the new station in north west London.

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