An upcoming train station in the UK has spent over £20,000 on Lego to create a miniature model to educate local communities and businesses on its construction.
Built from over 15,000 bricks, the figurine depicted the proposed plans for Old Oak Common - a station under construction in west London as part of HS2.
The upcoming “transport superhub in west London” will transport 250,000 passengers daily to Birmingham and back.
Consultants Bricks McGee were hired by HS2 to create the model, which is the size of a kitchen table and costs £1 per brick.
It is being used to inform local communities, businesses and the public about the proposed station.
Since its creation, the model has been used over 20 times at various events in the past two years, The Telegraph has revealed.
The model includes Lego trees, miniature Routemaster buses and tiny black cabs, as well as LED lights for its platforms and escalators.
On Bricks McGee’s website, it said the company first made a digital model before, beginning “the laborious process of building it with real Lego bricks – all 15,000 of them”.
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“Bricks were used to bring the model from the screen to its 3D counterpart – everything from the trees and pool to a community art wall, cycle lanes, bus stops and taxis are included,” it said.
A spokesman for HS2 told the publication: “Our Lego model of HS2's Old Oak Common superhub is an informative way to engage local communities, businesses, rail users and the general public about construction of part of Britain's new high-speed railway.
“It has been seen by thousands of people since it was commissioned more than two years ago, helping those affected by the build, as well as future passengers, better understand the station.”
HS2 is set to cost the taxpayer more than £80billion by the time the full-scale railway line opens next decade.
The project has been plagued by staggering costs which resulted in former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak cancelling its northern leg in 2023.
William Yarwood, the media campaign manager at the TaxPayers’ Alliance, reacted to the cost of the Lego model: “Taxpayers will be baffled not just by the cost of these Lego bricks, but by why this model even was built in the first place.
“As HS2’s costs spiral out of control, you’d think those in charge would be cutting every unnecessary expense.
“Instead of handing taxpayers’ money to professional Lego builders, ministers should scrap HS2 altogether.”
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Built from over 15,000 bricks, the figurine depicted the proposed plans for Old Oak Common - a station under construction in west London as part of HS2.
The upcoming “transport superhub in west London” will transport 250,000 passengers daily to Birmingham and back.
Consultants Bricks McGee were hired by HS2 to create the model, which is the size of a kitchen table and costs £1 per brick.
It is being used to inform local communities, businesses and the public about the proposed station.
Since its creation, the model has been used over 20 times at various events in the past two years, The Telegraph has revealed.
The model includes Lego trees, miniature Routemaster buses and tiny black cabs, as well as LED lights for its platforms and escalators.
On Bricks McGee’s website, it said the company first made a digital model before, beginning “the laborious process of building it with real Lego bricks – all 15,000 of them”.
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“Bricks were used to bring the model from the screen to its 3D counterpart – everything from the trees and pool to a community art wall, cycle lanes, bus stops and taxis are included,” it said.
A spokesman for HS2 told the publication: “Our Lego model of HS2's Old Oak Common superhub is an informative way to engage local communities, businesses, rail users and the general public about construction of part of Britain's new high-speed railway.
“It has been seen by thousands of people since it was commissioned more than two years ago, helping those affected by the build, as well as future passengers, better understand the station.”
HS2 is set to cost the taxpayer more than £80billion by the time the full-scale railway line opens next decade.
The project has been plagued by staggering costs which resulted in former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak cancelling its northern leg in 2023.
William Yarwood, the media campaign manager at the TaxPayers’ Alliance, reacted to the cost of the Lego model: “Taxpayers will be baffled not just by the cost of these Lego bricks, but by why this model even was built in the first place.
“As HS2’s costs spiral out of control, you’d think those in charge would be cutting every unnecessary expense.
“Instead of handing taxpayers’ money to professional Lego builders, ministers should scrap HS2 altogether.”
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