“I don’t see how the infrastructure around here can hold what is supposed to be one of the busiest stations in the UK,” says Ramish Hassan, 30. He has lived in Old Oak Common for about nine months, an industrial pocket of London that could be described as left behind.
The narrow roads that surround the site where Old Oak Common railway station is being constructed are crammed with traffic. The bus stops have been closed for two years and counting. Aside from a few cafes, there are few amenities in the area. Many passersby the Guardian spoke to were unaware the massive site that loomed over the area and caused them delay and disruption was part of HS2.
