Willesden logistics hub: the beating heart of HS2 in London

Watch and find out more about the logistics operation that will take one million lorry movements off the road. The 30-acre site in Willesden will be at centre of the logistics operation for HS2 in London and where earth from the 26 miles of London tunnelling will be processed.
The site will be the beating heart of the logistics operation for HS2 in London, and will be where critical construction materials, such as pre-cast tunnel segment rings, will be delivered. The hub has been constructed and will be operated by HS2’s Main Works Civils Contractor, Skanska Costain STRABAG joint venture (SCS JV).
The construction of HS2’s London tunnels will require 5.6million tonnes of earth to be excavated. After being processed at the site near Willesden Junction, it will be taken by train to three locations across the UK - Barrington in Cambridgeshire, Cliffe in Kent, and Rugby in Warwickshire - where it will put to beneficial reuse, filling voids which will then be used as a basis for redevelopment, such as house building.
The site will also receive over 100,000 pre-cast tunnel segment rings which will be used to form the walls of the London tunnels, delivered by rail from UK manufacturing sites. HS2’s contractor SCS JV has already confirmed that the first contract for pre-cast tunnel segment rings has been awarded to Pacadar UK, and will be delivered to the site from their factory in the Isle of Grain in Kent.
At peak operation, eight trains per day will depart and arrive at the logistics hub, maximising the use of rail freight in the construction of HS2 in London and resulting in one million lorry movements not going on UK roads.
With thanks to City & Docklands Group.
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