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Crossrail 2

Crossrail 2is a suspended proposal for a hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit route inSouth East England,running from nine stations inSurreyto three inHertfordshire,providing a new North–South rail link acrossGreater London.It would connect theSouth West Main Lineto theWest Anglia Main Line,viaVictoriaandKing's Cross St Pancras.The intent was to alleviate severe overcrowding that would otherwise occur on commuter rail routes into Central London.[1][2]When first proposed, the hope was for construction to start around 2023, with the new line opening from the early 2030s.[3]The project's cost has been estimated at £31.2 billion.[4]

Crossrail 2
Overview
StatusProposed, consultation and design paused since 2020
Owner
Stations47
Websitecrossrail2.co.ukEdit this at Wikidata
Service
TypeCommuter/suburban rail
Rapid transit
SystemNational Rail
Technical
Number of tracks2
Track gauge1,435 mm(4 ft8+1⁄2in)standard gauge
Route map
Map of the proposed Crossrail2 routes

The line would have been the fourth major rail project in the capital since 2000 (East London line extensionsopened in May 2010, theThameslink Programmeopened in 2018 andCrossrailopened in May 2022).National Rail's projections of overcrowding, including in suburbs and tourist destinations less well-served by theUnderground,led it to call for more new lines[5]and cross-London line proposals gained more importance withEustonbeing named as the terminus of the plannedHigh Speed 2rail line.[6]

The scheme was shelved as part of the conditions for emergency COVID-19 funding worth £1.8 billion between the government andTransport for London(TfL) announced on 1 November 2020.[7]

The project was earlier known as theChelsea–Hackney line(orChelneyline) in reference to a potential route. The plan for a line on this alignment has existed in various forms since 1970, initially as an Underground service and later as a standard railway.

2015 plans

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Crossrail 2
Legend
2015 Consultation Route[8]
West Anglia Main Line
Broxbourne
Cheshunt
Overground
toLiverpool Street
Waltham Cross
Greater Londonboundary
M25 motorway
Enfield Lock
Brimsdown
Ponders End
Meridian Water
Northumberland Park
Tottenham Hale
West Anglia Main Line
Oakleigh Road depot
New Southgate
Alexandra Palace
Turnpike Lane
orWood Green
Seven Sisters
future Eastern Branch
Dalston
Hackney Central
Angel
Euston St. Pancras
 Tottenham Court Road
Victoria
King's Road Chelsea
River Thames
Clapham Junction
either
Balham
or
Tooting Broadway
South West Main Line
Weir Road depot
 Wimbledon
Raynes Park
Motspur Park
New Malden
Malden Manor
Tolworth
Chessington North
Chessington South
Berrylands
Worcester Park
Surbiton
Greater Londonboundary
Greater Londonboundary
Stoneleigh
Thames Ditton
Ewell West
Hampton Court
Epsom
Norbiton
Kingston
Hampton Wick
Teddington
Fulwell
Hampton
Greater Londonboundary
Kempton Park
Sunbury
Upper Halliford
Shepperton

This route is from the 2015 public consultation.[9]

Core section

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Operating in new tunnels at 30 trains per hour (in each direction):

Also in new tunnels, connected to a junction north of Dalston, at 10 and 15 trains per hour:

Northern Regional section

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Running at between 10 and 15 trains per hour[14]on new rails above ground, connected to a junction north of Dalston:

Tottenham Hale(West Anglia Main Line,Lea Valley lines)all stations[15]toBroxbournefor Crossrail 2 services[16]andCheshunt.

Potential eastern extension

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The 2015 consultation earmarks a "potential future Eastern Branch"[17]

South West section

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Above ground, after surfacing south of Wimbledon station, using the existingSWML slow line,and providing between 4 and 20 trains per hour, the southern section comprises:

Transport for London consultations

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2013 consultation

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In May 2013, TfL began public consultation on two potential options:

  • Metro route: Wimbledon – Central London – Angel – Alexandra Palace (all underground)
  • Regional route: Twickenham/Surbiton/Epsom –Wimbledon – Central London – Angel – Alexandra Palace (underground)plus Angel – Cheshunt.

The results of the consultation were published on 29 November 2013 by TfL and revealed broad support for the Crossrail 2 plans. 96% of respondents supported or strongly supported the plans, whilst 2% opposed or strongly opposed them. The regional route had greater support than the metro route, with 84% of respondents supporting or strongly supporting the regional route versus 73% for the metro plans.[23]

The greatest level of opposition to the principle of Crossrail 2 came from the residents ofKensington and Chelsea,the only area with more than 5% of respondents (16%) who strongly opposed the scheme. Nearly 20% of respondents from this area either opposed or strongly opposed the scheme; the corresponding percentages in all other areas did not exceed 10%.[24]

2014 consultation

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In June 2014, a consultation began on small modifications to the 2013 proposals. The changes proposed fell broadly into three areas: extending the Alexandra Palace branch to New Southgate; relocation or removal of the Chelsea station; and moving the point at which the two northern branches diverged to beyond either Dalston Junction or Hackney Downs station, calling at only one of these two stations.[25]

2015 consultation

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A further consultation began in October 2015.[26]In October 2015, the route proposal was changed in three ways:

  • Balham was to be the preferred stop instead of the nearby alternative of Tooting Broadway. This would give a further railway interchange
  • Not to serve the remainder of the Kingston Loop Line (Strawberry Hill and Twickenham).[27]
  • A (pink-coloured) option bypassing Turnpike Lane and Alexandra Palace and instead going viaWood Greento support "Haringey's aspiration for the redevelopment of Wood Green High Street.. situated in the main retail area of Wood Green with access to shops, leisure and services".[12]

In January 2016,Surrey County Councilpublished a detailed report lobbying for TfL to consider extending branches toDorkingandWoking.[28]

Cost and funding

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The cost of the scheme has been estimated at £27–32 billion, in 2014 prices including the cost of new trains and Network Rail works.[29]However Transport for London (TfL) argued the full cost of the project could be £45 billion in 2017. To ease the funding issues TfL recommended spreading the funding over a longer period and completing the project by the 2040s, ten years after the initial projection.[30]

In the 2016 Budget, the Treasury gave the green light for the project, and allocated £80 million towards developing the project, with the aim of bringing forward aHybrid Bill"this Parliament", meaning before 2020.[31]

In the 2017 Autumn Budget, the Treasury said only that it will "continue to work with Transport for London on developing fair and affordable plans for Crossrail 2, including through an independent review of funding and financing".[32]On 2 March 2018, the UK's Transport Secretary, who represents a seat centred on a prospective terminus of one of the branch lines (Epsom and Ewell), announced Mike Gerrard would lead the Treasury's required Independent Affordability Review, which is expected to conclude in the summer of 2018.[33]

The mayor of London intends to charge Mayoral Community Infrastructure Levy in the same manner as for the original Crossrail project.[34]

The funding plan for building Crossrail 2 was postponed as part of the £1.8 billionCOVID-19 pandemicfinancial recovery plan agreed by the government and TfL, which also required the option for driverless Crossrail 2 trains to be further investigated. Most consultancy work will be brought to an orderly end, though land for the project will besafeguarded.[7]

History

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A south-west/north-east tube line was originally planned as early as 1901[35]and a Bill was put before Parliament in 1904.[36]However, political manoeuvring by rival tube magnateCharles Yerkesended the proposal.[35]

1970s

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A south-west to north-east tube line was proposed in 1970 by theLondon Transport Board's London Rail Study as the next project after the completion of theVictoria lineand theFleet line(now the Jubilee line). Designed to relieve pressure on theDistrict,CentralandVictorialines and to link two areas without tube services, the route would have taken over theWimbledonbranch of the District as far asParsons Green,then followed a new underground alignment viaAldwych(where it would take over the then Piccadilly line shuttle to Holborn); thence toLeytonstone,and continuing over one of the branches of theCentral line.[37]For financial reasons the line was not built, but the idea has remained.

1980s

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Following the Central London Rail Study of 1989, a route through central London was safeguarded.[35]As the route would serve both King's Cross and King's Road it was suggested that it could be namedKings line.It was decided, however, that theJubilee line extensionshould take priority and the project was postponed.

1990s

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In 1995, an alternativeExpress Metroplan was put forward that would utilise more existing track, have fewer stations and be built to National Rail standards. It would take one of three routes fromEast Putneyon theDistrict linetoVictoria;eitherPutney Bridge,Parsons GreenandChelseaor King's Road as in the original safeguarded plan; or toWandsworth TownandClapham Junctionand then via Chelsea Harbour and King's Road or via Battersea. From Hackney Central it would split into two branches, toLeytonstoneand then on toEppingtaking over theCentral line;and taking over theNorth London LinetoWoolwich,[35]a route now followed by theDocklands Light Railway.

The 1991 safeguarding also included a spur south of Victoria across the river to Battersea Park, for stabling trains and to access a riverside tunnelling site.

2000s

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The London East West Study in 2000 consideredCrossrail,the Chelsea–Hackney line and a combination of the two, fromWimbledontoTottenham Court Roadand then toLiverpool Street.The Study supposes main-line gauge, and would omit a station atPiccadilly Circus.Its version of the Chelsea-Hackney Regional Metro splits in the north, with one branch via Dalston taking over theEppingbranch of the Central line, the other toFinsbury Park,then using the disused alignment of theNorthern Heightsplan, taking over theHigh Barnetbranch of theNorthern line.The Express Metro option would run on theEast Coast Main Line.[35][38]

Crossrailwas given the go-ahead in 2007 in preference to the Chelsea–Hackney line, despite some commentators favouring the latter[39]putting implementation after Crossrail's completion date of 2018. The Chelsea–Hackney plans were taken over by Crossrail asCrossrail 2.

In 2007, the 1991 route was updated – Sloane Square was dropped and the Central line's Epping branch from Leytonstone was re-safeguarded.[36]Due to objections from residents of Sloane Square, it was reinstated the following year.[40][41]South West Trains' Wimbledon depot was safeguarded as a depot for the line.[41]The safeguarding was enlarged from tube gauge to Network Railloading gaugeas it became clear that larger and longer trains would be needed.[42]Of the three routes proposed for south-west London theRoyal Borough of Kensington and Chelseainitially favoured one going south via Imperial Wharf to Clapham Junction, but now supports the takeover of the District line's Wimbledon branch.[43]Under these present plans, only one entirely new station would be constructed, at Chelsea.

2010s

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2008 safeguarded route

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A route for the line wassafeguarded(legally protected from conflicting development) in 2008. It linked theDistrict line's Wimbledon branch with theCentral line's Epping branch viaParsons Green,Chelsea,Sloane Square,Victoria,Piccadilly Circus,Tottenham Court Road,King's Cross St Pancras,Angel,Essex Road,Dalston Junction,Hackney Central,HomertonandLeytonstone.[40][44]The safeguarding also includes a spur from Victoria under theThamestoBattersea Parkfor stabling and access to a tunnelling site.[40][41]The safeguarded route was reviewed by the Department for Transport in 2013.[2]

Northern and southern destinations

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Network Rail's July 2011route utilisation strategy(RUS) for London and the South East supports the existing safeguarded route but speculates about possible modifications in addition to re-routing via Euston. To the south, it suggests that the tunnels should go from Victoria via Clapham Junction to beyond Wimbledon, instead of surfacing near Parsons Green and taking over the District line from there to Wimbledon. To the north, it suggests that theWest Anglia corridorwould be a better destination than a branch of the Central line. These suggestions are driven by what the RUS sees as the need for extra capacity on theSouth West Main Lineand the West Anglia corridor. With the planned terminus ofHS2atEuston,Chelsea–Hackney was put back to the top of the agenda for new lines, diverted via Euston.

The London and South East second generation RUS byNetwork Railproposed some changes to the safeguarded route: servingClapham Junctionrather than theWimbledonbranch of theDistrict line,not servingSloane Square,and servingEustonas well asKing's Cross St Pancras.The RUS was also open to changes north ofHackney Centraland branches south of Clapham Junction, both of which were seen as later phases.[45]

TfLresponded by releasing its preferred options – an automatic metro and a regional scheme:[46]

In July 2015,Surrey County Councilcommissioned a study to propose in detail and with cost-benefits analysed proposals, services from Surbiton as far as the main line stop ofWoking(and whether or not to serve directly the four main intervening stations).[47]Options explored were the re-routing trains so as not to terminate at Waterloo and creative timetabling plans to add capacity to theSouth West Main Linesuch as the option of moving trains onto the lighter-usedNew Guildford Linewhich runs betweenSurbitonandGuildford,looking at more semi-fast stopping patterns enabled as well once the Waterloo bottleneck is lifted.[47]

Automatic Metro
Regional Option

Both TfL routes at both ends of the route serve Clapham Junction to a higher level than relieving theDistrict line,and theVictoria lineat its northern end, and theCentral line.The regional option relieves theSouth West Main Line,and congested sections of theNorthern lineandPiccadilly line,by creating alternative routes for journeys from outside Zones 1 and 2.

In February 2013, business groupLondon First's Crossrail taskforce, chaired by former Secretary of State for TransportAndrew Adonispublished its recommendations for Crossrail 2, favouring the regional option.[48]Later the same day,Network Railendorsed the plans.[49]

On 5 February 2015 DrMichèle Dixwas appointed managing director of Crossrail 2.[50]

Proposed changes from previous plans were:

In March 2016, the National Infrastructure Commission said that Crossrail 2 should be taken forward "as a priority" and recommended that a bill should pass through Parliament by 2019 with the line opening by 2033.[51]

Support and opposition

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Curzon Soho

Support

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Boris Johnson,Mayor of Londonin 2013, said at that time: "The key question now is not whether Crossrail 2 should happen, but how quickly we can get it built".[52]Johnson, asPrime Minister,restated his backing for the project at an event to mark the opening of the Elizabeth Line in May 2022.[53][54]

The current mayor of London,Sadiq Khan,also supports the proposal,[55]as does the formerSecretary of State for TransportChris Grayling.[4]

Manylocal authoritiesin South-east England and London released a letter on 13 April 2017, expressing their support for Crossrail 2.[56]ITV news reported in April 2017 that "dozens of MPs" supported Crossrail 2.[57]

After TfL conducted a public consultation in 2017, it was reported by the Fitzrovia Partnership that 96% of respondents supported Crossrail 2 and 80% of respondents preferred the broader of the two options, the Regional option.[58]

TheLondon Chamber of Commerceannounced its support in July 2017 with the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce announcing support for Crossrail 2 in September 2017.[59][60]

During theElizabeth lineopening ceremony in May 2022, Boris Johnson said that "the government should be 'getting on with' building Crossrail 2", however he also clarified that the business case will need to be written and put forward byTransport for London.[61][62]

Opposition

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In 2014,Transport for Londonannounced that the site of the art-houseCurzoncinema in Soho had been identified as an area that "may be required to enable the construction of a Crossrail 2 ticket hall" and that "plans for the above site redevelopment may include a replacement cinema".[63]In 2015, the chairman of the "Save Soho" campaign group called the development "deeply worrying".[64]

The plans for Wimbledon station involve the redevelopment of parts of Wimbledon town centre, including the Centre Court shopping centre.[65]Merton Council issued a seven-page cross-party objection to the plans.[66]

There was only a short interval between the announcements of the confirmation of continued government support for Crossrail 2 in 2017, and of the scaling back ofproposed railway electrification projectswhich would particularly benefit Wales and Northern England. Money has been earmarked in the longer term to match London's large forecast population growth. All such forecasts rely on assumptions in terms of where people will wish to live, jobs will be created and housing targets have been set accordingly for 2015–2030,[67][68][69]in contrast to the low growth forecast for the rest of England, all of which could be altered by government policy.Greater Manchester mayorAndy Burnhamconsidered that the in-principle spending decision gives undue and unbalanced priority to London and South East England over other parts of the United Kingdom.[70]

Naming

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Between the 1970s and 1990s, proposals were known as the 'Chelsea-Hackney line' due to the destinations served. The proposed line gained the nickname 'Chelney', following theportmanteauexample of theBakerloo line.

In the 2000s, the project became 'Crossrail 2' in light of the east-westCrossrailproject. In 2014,Mayor of London Boris Johnsoncalled for the future line to be called the "Churchill line", afterWinston Churchill.[71]

See also

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