In message , Richard J.
writes

extending Hammersmith Bus Station

When are they due to start work?

Work has apparently already started on the temporary (single-story)
extension (although I can't say I noticed last time I went past) with a
view to opening by the end of the year:

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/buses/ini-hammersmith.asp

Do you have an online reference?

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/press-cent...t.asp?prID=319

There's a site plan on page 11 of (excuse the long URL!):

http://www.lbhf.gov.uk/Have_your_say...AC20040216.pdf

Are they going to extend over the tube station (which always seemed
to me what they should have done in the first place)?

The extension involves the entire NE quadrant of the Broadway Centre
(where the Emerald Hall is/was sited). The area is almost the size as
the existing bus station, but it doesn't cross the railway - I think the
temporary extension will be connected with the rest only by a pedestrian
bridge - in most respects is looks as though it will operate fairly
independently of the existing facility, mainly as a base for services
that currently terminate at The Grove (266, 267, H91).

I have no idea what they will do in the longer term, except that I'm
sure the plan will involve offices above the new site in order to try to
recoup some of the cost (£21M is a lot for half a bus station - and
that's just the cost of the site, I believe

In the longer term the two sites will need to be better integrated, and
that can only really be done by building over the railway, I would guess
- effectively combining the two sites will need some very clever design
and engineering (unless it was something that was always intended -
although that I very much doubt).

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Paul Terry