Architect firm Grimshaw will also be involved at Euston and Curzon Street, with Wilkinson Eyre assigned to Old Oak Common and Birmingham Interchange.

 

Efforts will be made at each station to ensure the designs are ‘future proofed and flexible’ so that stations can respond to changing technology and the needs of local people. There will also be a focus on respecting the physical and cultural legacies of the locations so that local populations can take pride in the buildings.

 

An independent design panel chaired by architect Sadie Morgan will play a key role in reviewing the detailed designs for the stations as they develop. She said she looks forward to working with the designers and High Speed 2 to “help deliver iconic stations which set new standards in design and ease of use, and provide a legacy of great architecture of which Britain can be truly proud”.

 

Names have also been confirmed this week of the bidders invited to tender for the construction of the London stations on High Speed 2.

 

Those in the running for the Euston contract are: Costain/Skanska Construction UK; Mace/Dragados S.A; Bechtel; BAM Nuttall/Ferrovial Agroman UK; Canary Wharf Contractors/MTR Corporation UK/Laing O’Rourke Construction.

 

Companies and consortia hoping to secure the Old Oak Common scheme are: Balfour Beatty Group/VINCI Construction UK/VINCI Construction Grands Projets SAS/SYSTRA; Mace/Dragados S.A; Bechtel; BAM Nuttall/Ferrovial Agroman UK.

 

Contracts will be awarded in the autumn.