Residents concern at HS2

London residents have expressed concerns over plans to build a high-speed rail tunnel under their homes.

Transport secretary Lord Adonis announced plans in March for High Speed Two, a rail link taking trains from London to Birmingham and Scotland at up to 250mph.

Councillors in Primrose Hill, one of London’s wealthiest areas, fear that vibrations from trains will cause structural damage to homes and noise disturbance.

According to plans, three hundred council flats on the Regent’s Park estate will be demolished to make way for the line that is scheduled to be built from 2017.

The tunnel will go underground close to Delancy Street in Camden, and below homes in Primrose Hill, Swiss Cottage and Maida Vale.

At its deepest, the proposed track will run 43.4m below ground. The Northern line at Bank is 41.4m beneath the street. However, Tube trains travel at an average speed of 20.5mph, whereas the high-speed trains could reach 111mph at Primrose Hill.