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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Dave Hill

Kensington Crossrail?

From a detailed piece in New Civil Engineer:

The Department for Transport is to meet with Kensington & Chelsea Council to decide whether there is merit in creating a station in Kensal, north Kensington to aid regeneration. But Crossrail chief executive Rob Holden last week warned that such a decision would have to be taken immediately.

"If anything is to happen there, it has to happen very quickly. Certainly Kensington and Chelsea are aware of that and there are meetings scheduled later this month to progress that issue and hopefully bring it to a very early conclusion," he told a meeting with the London Assembly.

Kensington and Chelsea Council began its late bid last September, arguing that a Crossrail turnback facility was already being built in the borough and that a station would not create much additional work.

Maybe, though I've a feeling they'll be the ones paying for it. Still, they're not short of a few bob I hear. Now read on.

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