The cable will connect National Grid’s Cowley substation to Redbridge Park & Ride, creating the prerequisite infrastructure for electric vehicles.
August 03, 2021
The installation work has begun of a high-powered underground cable that will deliver electricity to the UK’s largest public electric vehicle charging hub at Redbridge Park & Ride. The cable will help decarbonize transport across Oxford in the UK.
The four-mile cable, which is an integral part of Energy Superhub Oxford (ESO), a government-backed project showing the execution of rapid EV charging, battery storage, low carbon heating, and smart energy management technologies to cut carbon and improve air quality across Oxford.
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The cable will connect National Grid’s Cowley substation to Redbridge Park & Ride, creating the required power infrastructure needed to charge a number of electric vehicles quickly at once. The hub – which is expected to start in early 2022 – will provide Oxford residents and businesses with easy access to fast, reliable charging. Also, a connection point will also be installed at Oxford Bus Company’s Watlington Road depot, ready to support the electrification of the city’s bus fleet.
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From Cowley substation, the cable will travel up Watlington Road (B480) before joining the Eastern By-Pass where it will travel along the cycleway from Garsington Road roundabout to Long Lane. It will then travel along the residential streets of Long Lane and Newman Road before re-joining the cycleway at the A4158. It will continue along the Eastern bypass via the cycleway to Redbridge Park and Ride.
