White City Development

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White City Development

• Womens Transport Seminar
• Visit to White City Sidings Wood Lane Station
• 18th September 2007

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Itinerary
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Today

• Westfield London development
• Shopping and leisure complex
• Public transport improvements
• Specific focus on
• White City sidings
• Wood Lane new station build

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What is happening at White City?

• The White City Development is a partnership
  between Westfield and London Underground
• Westfield is leasing the land from LU for 203
  years
• New public transport infrastructure
• It is estimated that 60 of visitors will use
  public transport to visit Westfield London.
• Total transport investment circa 270m
• Most paid for by Westfield
• Some TfL money
• Westfields stated completion is 2008

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White City transport facilities
Shepherds Bush Market (HC)
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Westfield London
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Northwest corner

• Served already by
• Central line (White City station)
• Some buses on Wood Lane
• Whats new?
• Bus station
• Wider rail viaduct, the HC bridge slide
• Hammersmith City line station (Wood Lane)

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North west bus station

• Brand new bus station, with toilets and other
  public facilities

• Improved safety and security features at station
  better lighting and new 24-hour CCTV system

• Grade II listed Dimco buildings being restored to
  former glory

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Southern Interchange
Main entrance to the retail development
Westfield London retail centre
Cycle routes
Taxi turn around
Bus stops
Remodelled Shepherds Bush Central line station
New West London Line Overground station
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New West London line station TFL Overground

• At the Southern Interchange
• New TFL franchise
• To be called Shepherds Bush

This station is identified as a strategic
priority for West London and an integral part of
a series of improvements in the area to enable
sustainable growth.
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Shepherds Bush Central line

• Major changes to station
• Knock down and rebuild street level station
  building
• Below ground congestion relief and accessibility
  improvements

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Today

• White City sidings
• Central line
• New structure
• Wood Lane station
• Hammersmith City line
• New station

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Old depot at ground levelNew sidings below ground
Old White City Depot
New White City Sidings
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White City Sidings

• Old WC depot 100 years old
• Rump end remains of full depot
• Manual operation using shunters
• depot rules / operation
• Kept in operation while new sidings built

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Features of new sidings

• Underground
• Protection from weather
• Automatic Train Protection, fully signalled
• Raised walkways
• Secure access / security guards
• CCTV
• Public Address
• Fire protection sprinklers smoke extraction
• 30 lighting power save mode
• Natural ventilation better for environment
• Complex track / power layout isolations
  possible
• Maintenance staff office accommodation

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Old depot sheds
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The old depot feeder line track had to be
removed.New feeder road was built into
sidingsLUL now has a state of the art sidings
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Wood Lane new LU station

• Between Shepherds Bush and Latimer Road
  (Hammersmith City line)
• Opposite BBC Television Centre

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Features of Wood Lane station

• Hammersmith City line track is on a viaduct
• Platforms have independent support
• Wide entrance with step free access on Wood Lane
• Lifts service to both platforms
• Constrained by limited land space to build
• Built over the Central line eastbound track
• Passenger Operated ticket machines
• 200 metre walk from White City Central line
• 150 metres from north west bus station

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New HC viaduct

• New longer bridge for the HC line to accommodate
  new sidings feeder line
• New section slid in during a weekend closure in
  July 2005

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Piling Station Platforms
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• The world-class stations at Shepherd's Bush and
  White City, along with a package of measures to
  improve access to buses and taxis, will be
  central to the successful regeneration of White
  City and will bring real benefits to neighbouring
  areas.
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• Mayor of London Ken Livingstone