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Ebbsfleet for Chunnel link
00:00 21 Jul 1994
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Blue Circle's Ebbsfleet site in Kent is likely to be chosen as the
intermediate station on the Channel Tunnel fast rail link.
Transport Secretary John MacGregor is expected to make an announcement about the station this week.
The news will be a blow to the hopes of the London Borough of Newham and its private sector partners, P&O, Tarmac, Mowlem and Land Securities. The group has been lobbying for a station at Stratford.
However, it is thought that a concession will be made to President of the Board of Trade Michael Heseltine and Environment Secretary John Gummer, who have been pressing for the Stratford site to help in the regeneration of the East Thames Corridor.
Provision will be made for a deep box at Stratford so that a station could be constructed at a later date, should the private sector operators of the fast rail link feel it was needed and economically viable.
Transport Secretary John MacGregor is expected to make an announcement about the station this week.
The news will be a blow to the hopes of the London Borough of Newham and its private sector partners, P&O, Tarmac, Mowlem and Land Securities. The group has been lobbying for a station at Stratford.
However, it is thought that a concession will be made to President of the Board of Trade Michael Heseltine and Environment Secretary John Gummer, who have been pressing for the Stratford site to help in the regeneration of the East Thames Corridor.
Provision will be made for a deep box at Stratford so that a station could be constructed at a later date, should the private sector operators of the fast rail link feel it was needed and economically viable.
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