Old Oak Common

For the ex-GWR locomotive depot, see Old Oak Common TMD.

For proposed HS2-Crossrail interchange station, see Old Oak Common railway station.

Coordinates: 51°31′35″N 0°14′46″W / 51.5264°N 0.2461°W / 51.5264; -0.2461

Old Oak Common
Old Oak Common  Old Oak Common shown within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ216823
London borough	Hammersmith & Fulham
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	NW10
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
EU Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush
London Assembly	West Central
List of places: UK • England • London

Old Oak Common is an area of London between Harlesden and Acton known for its railway depots, particularly Old Oak Common TMD. Further south lies an open area, Wormwood Scrubs Park, and Wormwood Scrubs prison. In the mid nineteenth century it was a centre for pig farming.

The two former GWR main lines from London Paddington: the Great Western Main Line (GWML) of 1838-1841 to Bristol Temple Meads railway station (passing through Slough, Reading and Swindon), and the 1903 New North Main Line (NNML) via Greenford to Northolt Junction, which is the start of the Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway line, split at Old Oak junction.

The GWML has a regular passenger service; the NNML (now partially singled) is used by freight trains and empty coaching stock movements with just one weekday passenger train each way between Gerrards Cross and London Paddington via West Ruislip.^[1]

There is also a proposed station known as 'Crossrail interchange' for interchange with the proposed High Speed 2 line to Birmingham.

In summer 2011, the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham launched a wide-ranging 'Park Royal City' plan for Old Oak Common, including the proposed station, and with light-rail lines to the surrounding areas.^[2]

References

1. ^ http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/sites/default/files/May_2010_timetable_0.pdf
2. ^ "Launch of 'Park Royal City'". London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. http://www.lbhf.gov.uk/Directory/News/YouTube_clip_reveals_Park_Royal_City_vision.asp. Retrieved 14 October 2011.