A new rail city could emerge at Old Oak Common, once the high speed rail line is built from London to Birmingham.

Old Oak could become Britain’s first high speed rail “super hub” with Park Royal City growing up around it, with 12,000 new homes and businesses and 115,000 extra jobs.

Around 40,000 jobs could be created in Hammersmith & Fulham, according to the local council, using vast swathes of derelict or underused industrial land.

The council has joined forces with architects Farrells to create a four-minute video to show how the new city could look.

The Department for Transport is expected to make a decision on the proposed stations for HS2 in December this year and the council says momentum is growing in favour of Park Royal City International.

“HS2 is the fastest way to deliver much-needed new homes, jobs and opportunities in one of London's poorest areas and the case for an interchange station at Old Oak is overwhelming,” said council leader Stephen Greenhalgh.

“The Old Oak super hub is vital to making the overall HS2 plans work properly as it will relieve pressure on central London terminals, like Euston, that will not be able to cope with the huge number of additional passengers on their own.

“The video clearly shows how HS2 could be the catalyst to create Park Royal City. This is a once in lifetime opportunity to transform a sometimes forgotten part of London from a Bermuda Triangle of inactivity into a thriving new city.”

The video shows new homes, businesses and a new waterside park along the Grand Union Canal.

The site possesses exceptional rail connections: Great Western and West Coast main lines, Crossrail, West and North London Lines, Bakerloo and Central Underground lines and Heathrow Express.

Sir Terry Farrell will talk about the plans at The Place West London event, on October 11 at Olympia.

“The regeneration potential of the transport super hub at Park Royal City is a tremendous opportunity for London and the UK as a whole,” he said.

“This project is of huge significance to the economy of London and will deliver a new metropolitan quarter of the city, with new homes and employment opportunities in an area currently occupied by brown field land.

“The convergence of HS2 and Crossrail here will revolutionise transport opportunities for the UK and the rest of the world.”

Brian Hinchley, acting chief executive of Park Royal Partnership, said: “We look forward to working with the councils, the rail industry, and developers.”

Around half of adults within 1.2 miles of the new city, including residents in the neighbouring boroughs of Brent, Ealing and Kensington & Chelsea, are unemployed and some parts of Old Oak are in the bottom 1% of most deprived areas nationally.

Steve Howe of Imperial College said: “Imperial College London supports the concept of the Old Oak/HS2 high speed interchange.

The college sees this as an important area for development in the fields of academia and translational enterprises and this transport link will bring vitality to this area acting as a catalyst for providing future employment opportunities as well as creating exciting vibrant new communities.”

Paul Keegan of the Old Oak Tenants and Residents’ Association, said local residents are “100% behind” the Old Oak interchange.

“We are all for it,” he said, “Anything that brings regeneration and jobs to this area will be welcomed. We are just crying out for new businesses and jobs.”

Information from Hammersmith & Fulham Council.

Watch the video: HF