The development of HS2's new £1 billion Old Oak Common station has reached a key milestone with a major appointment.

The Balfour Beatty VINCI SYSTRA HS2 joint venture has been selected to manage the construction and delivery of the project.

This contract ensures the JV will be responsible for the final design, construction and commissioning of Old Oak Common station in North West London, delivering six underground platforms as well as up to eight platforms on the adjacent Great Western Main Line. 

On completion, Old Oak Common station will become the UK's best-connected station, providing direct services to three major airports, eight of Britain's ten largest cities and forming part of one of Britain's largest regeneration projects.

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This will help create up to 65,000 jobs and 25,000 new homes in West London while also dramatically increasing rail capacity across the UK.

At construction peak the project will employ a direct management team of 140 and a wider workforce of approximately 2,500.

Nigel Russell, Project Director for the Balfour Beatty VINCI SYSTRA joint venture said: "This award reflects the combined strength of our joint venture and recognises our world-class capabilities in designing, managing and delivering complex infrastructure projects.

"We look forward to applying our expertise to deliver this critical piece of national infrastructure so essential to driving the skills agenda, to the rebalancing of the UK economy and to the enabling of a resilient and competitive construction and infrastructure industry."

(CM/JG)