Staples Corner tube station

Staples Corner is a proposed station as part of the West London Orbital between Brent Cross and Surbiton and was promoted in 2008.
The Plan
A number of routes have been examined for the new tube line, and the most promising one is thought by its promoters to be a north-south route running from to Surbiton, via , , and Kingston fully underground. The line would connect several London Underground and National Rail lines, including the forthcoming Crossrail 1 at Ealing Broadway.
The proposal envisages the West London Orbital operating totally underground, using short driverless light rail trains similar to the Docklands Light Railway, and updated "to the most modern standards" including platform screen doors similar to the Jubilee line or the Copenhagen metro in Denmark. The transit time from Brent Cross to Surbiton is quoted as 28 minutes, with a maximum train speed of 80 km/h.
The promoters cite a number of reasons why they believe an underground scheme would be cost-effective: tunnelling costs would be lower than ordinary underground projects as the tunnel diameter would be smaller than for a heavy rail scheme; there are no other rail tunnels to avoid (as in central London); and the subsoil strata are suitable for modern tunnel boring machines (TBMs). and existing projects such as London Overground have sought to address these issues.
The stated aim of the West London Orbital proposal is to create an orbital public transport route around west London by connecting several radial railway lines.
To see more about the scheme see West London Orbital Summary
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