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Olympic site to be last-mile rail hub

[ October 28, 2024   //   ]

The London Legacy Development Corporation has approved an outline masterplan to regenerate over 30 acres of brownfield land at Bow Goods Yard, East London, into a rail freight campus and last mile logistics hub. The site is the final parcel of London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic legacy land to be unlocked. Up to 3 million sq ft of floorspace will be created, including heavy and light industrial space and the Yard has the potential to deliver a new centralised hub for Network Rail, taking up to 90,000 HGV movements a year off the roads. It is already used as a rail hub for the construction industry, handling over a million tonnes of aggregates annually.

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