The British government is set to receive plans for a new London station in the heart of the city to handle the proposed high speed rail network.

The report will be presented by High Speed 2 (HS2) which was commissioned by the government to undertake a comprehensive investigation of potential high speed rail lines across Britain, with Scotland and the West Midlands also on the agenda. HS2 has labelled the high speed service as similar to an aeroplane on wheels and will offer the government costs forecasts for the exercise that looks likely to be up and running by 2025. The new rail services would see trains travelling at speeds of around 250mph, enabling greatly reduced travel times and theoretically improvements across all aspects of business that involve commuting or travelling. The new link is also thought to be an attractive investment for foreign investors.

HS2’s Chief Executive Alison Munro has claimed that the new link would not be considered as an isolated transport project but rather a detailed examination of how the new lines could benefit regional development, small business and housing.

The London base station would theoretically handle some 18 trains every hour – a capacity of 20,000 passengers every sixty minutes. There will likely be very few stops on the routes as repeated station visits defeat the purpose of high speed travel. Also included in the HS2 report will be connection options that have previously been slated for the Channel Tunnel and Heathrow Airport links, otherwise referred to as HS1.