Thames Hub London, Boris Island, Estuary Airport Building, Design, Location

Thames Hub : Estuary Airport London

Aviation Project in England, UK - design by Foster + Partners

11 May 2012 Thames Estuary Airport News London, England, UK Boris Johnson calls on Government to build a new airport for London Design: Foster + Partners image © Foster + Partners Boris Johnson yesterday called on the Government to build a new airport in the Thames Estuary and told David Cameron: “This is a moment for greatness.” The London Mayor appealed for “bravery” and “dynamism” from Downing Street ahead of a Government announcement on its aviation strategy. Mr Johnson said his favoured solution of a new hub airport in the Thames Estuary - dubbed Boris Island - would boost jobs and growth in London, the key aim for his second term. But he conceded that “the Government is yet to be persuaded” despite pre-election suggestions that Mr Cameron would offer his provisional support for the scheme. 23 Jan 2012 Thames Estuary Airport London, England, UK Design: Foster + Partners image © Foster + Partners The team behind proposals for the Thames Hub have welcomed reports that the government is considering a Thames Estuary Airport when it launches its consultation on options for retaining the UK's aviation hub status. Reports last week suggested that Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to offer his "provisional support" for an airport in the Thames and that a public consultation on proposals for the scheme could begin within weeks. Foster + Partners, Halcrow and Volterra are behind plans for a new £20 billion, 150 million passenger estuary airport, a four track orbital rail line and utilities spine and a new Thames crossing and barrier. Previously: 3 Nov 2011 Thames Hub London, England, UK 2011- Design: Foster + Partners images © Foster + Partners Main Components of the Thames Hub - A new barrier crossing that extends the flood protection to London and the Thames Gateway into the 22nd century. The barrier harnesses tidal power to generate carbon-free energy - A four-track, high-speed passenger and freight Orbital Rail route around London, which links London’s radial lines, a future high-speed rail line to the Midlands and the North, the Thames Estuary ports, High Speed 1 (Channel Tunnel to London), and European networks - An estuary airport, capable of handling 150 million passengers per annum, thus enabling the UK to retain its global aviation hub status. Associated with the airport is a major renewable energy source in the estuary - The airport is integrated within a logistics matrix that connects by rail the Thames Estuary Ports and the ports of Liverpool, Southampton and Felixstowe - A new utilities and data spine in the Thames Barrier, Orbital Rail line and high-speed networks, with applicability across the UK - A comprehensive environmental management strategy that minimises the impact of development and provides opportunities to create significant new wildlife habitats to more than offset losses elsewhere. The project can also be the catalyst to reduce pressure on foreshore habitats from rising sea levels and storm activity images © Foster + Partners Vital Statistics Rail Orbital - The Orbital Rail is 185km long, of which approximately 30% will be in tunnels - Orbital Rail will reduce many rail journeys across London by 1 hour - Passenger trains will have operating speeds of up to 350 kilometres per hour - Over 2 million live within 10km of the proposed stations on the Orbital Rail - The integrated rail station, beneath the Estuary Airport passenger terminal, will be the UK’s busiest station with 300,000 arrivals and departures every day - Orbital Rail will allow a 30% modal shift from road to rail for the transportation of freight containers from south east seaports - Orbital Rail will take an estimated 4,000 lorries per day from the M25 - To allow for interoperability, the new Orbital Rail route will be built to accommodate continental European-gauge freight trains images © Foster + Partners Estuary Airport - Flights operated twenty-four hours a day - Capacity for 150 million passengers per year - Four runways, each 4 kilometres long, providing more than double the capacity of Heathrow - 30 minutes from central London by high-speed rail - 95% reduction in people suffering 57dB or more aircraft noise compared to Heathrow today - Up to 60% of passengers will use rail to access the Estuary Airport from all UK regions - No flight paths to/from the new Estuary Airport over central London - The Estuary Airport will offer more international routes than Paris and Frankfurt airports which currently have flights to more destinations than Heathrow images © Foster + Partners Energy - Hydropower in the Thames Estuary has the potential to provide electricity for 250,000 households - Over a yearly cycle, Hydropower produced in the Thames Estuary would be enough to supply 100% of the needs of the Estuary Airport, where demand is estimated as 400-600 GWh/year - Excess power to be fed back into National Grid - Hydropower has zero carbon emissions Links to the Thames Hub - Manchester and Leeds will have direct trains services to the airport with journey times of approx 1 hour 50 minutes - Direct trains from Paris to the Estuary Airport will take 2 hours - Up to 40 train departures per hour from the Estuary airport to destinations across the UK - Up to 60% of passengers using the Estuary airport will be able to reach the airport by direct rail services to UK regions images © Foster + Partners General - Orbital Rail route, the Thames Barrier and the new Estuary Airport will deliver up to £150 billion of projected benefits as follows: - £35 billion from rail and road transport - £35 billion from the airport, including tax revenues - £2 billion from environmental management - £75 billion from growth in the Thames Hub area Thames Hub - Credits Architect: Foster + Partners Infrastructure Consultants: Halcrow Economists: Bridget Rosewell, Volterra Partners Thames Hub Project images / information from Foster + Partners Thames Hub design : Foster + Partners

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