HS2 has revealed the first platform section at its new Old Oak Common station.Engineers have started installing the concrete slabs which passengers will use when boarding or alighting high-speed trains at the west London station.Six platforms are being built at the site to serve HS2's fleet of 400-metre long trains.Huw Edwards, delivery director for stations and placemaking at HS2 Ltd, said the installation of the first passenger platforms represents "a real step forward" in taking HS2 from pure

HS2 has revealed the first platform section at its new Old Oak Common station.Engineers have started installing the concrete slabs which passengers will use when boarding or alighting high-speed trains at the west London station.Six platforms are being built at the site to serve HS2's fleet of 400-metre long trains.Huw Edwards, delivery director for stations and placemaking at HS2 Ltd, said the installation of the first passenger platforms represents "a real step forward" in taking HS2 from purely a construction project to the future of Britain's railways.But "whilst we're proud of what's been achieved to date," he added, "there is a tremendous amount of work still to do."Steve O'Sullivan, project director for the Balfour Beatty Vinci Systra joint venture, which is constructing the station, described the installation of platforms as "a significant milestone."