Rail Projects
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Due: 2011
Last updated: 21 March 2006
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A new tunnel would connect Heathrow to the railway between Staines & Wraysbury, enabling local services to south west London, Surrey and Waterloo, and longer-distance services to Hampshire.
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Importance: Average
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: SW,W |
Due: unknown date
Last updated: 26 December 2004
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Hackney's East London Line Group and the LTUC want to see interchange platforms provided on the Nunhead-Lewisham line at Brockley.
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Importance: Low
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: SE |
Due: unknown date
Last updated: 26 December 2004
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Two new stations are proposed to serve riverside developments in Barking and Dagenham on the c2c line.
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Importance: Low
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: E |
Due: unknown date
Last updated: 6 January 2005
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The inner London areas of Camberwell and Walworth lost their rail service in 1916 and never got it back. Plans exist to rebuild two stations to serve them.
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Importance: Low
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: SE |
Due: 2007
Last updated: 11 January 2006
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True high-speed link from the Channel Tunnel to new international station at St Pancras. Phase 2, now under construction, will also allow domestic trains serving Kent to reach London with significantly lower journey times.
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Importance: Major
Status: Approved
Mode: Rail
Areas: O,E,SE |
Due: 2004
Last updated: 20 February 2006
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Chiltern Railways extended some platforms on its route to accomodate longer trains.
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Importance: Minor
Status: Complete
Mode: Rail
Areas: O,NW |
Due: 2005
Last updated: 4 February 2006
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A new £20m depot at Wembley has been built as part of Chiltern's franchise commitment and will house its expanding fleet.
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Importance: Average
Status: Complete
Mode: Rail
Areas: NW |
Due: unknown date
Last updated: 11 January 2006
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A third entrance to Clapham Junction station, on St John's Hill, would relieve overcrowding and accommodate future growth if the East London Line arrives here.
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Importance: Low
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: SW |
Due: unknown date
Last updated: 6 March 2006
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This proposal envisages new rail services from Dartford via Sidcup, Lewisham and Peckham to Clapham Junction.
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Importance: Low
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: SE,SW |
Due: 2013
Last updated: 18 April 2006
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London's biggest project, Crossrail, would be a new deep tunnel between Paddington & Whitechapel, enabling suburban trains to travel from Heathrow & Maidenhead to Canary Wharf, Shenfield & Abbey Wood.
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Importance: Major
Status: Approved
Mode: Rail
Areas: O,C,E,SE,W |
Due: 2016
Last updated: 11 January 2006
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Complementary to Crossrail 1, this is a mainline tunnel from Clapham Junction via Victoria, Tottenham Ct Rd & King's Cross to undecided lines in the northeast.
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Importance: High
Status: Being planned
Mode: Rail
Areas: A,C,N,E,SW |
Due: unknown date
Last updated: 6 January 2005
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In addition to Crossrail 1 & 2, a third line has been mooted between Euston & Waterloo.
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Importance: Average
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: A,C,N,SW,NW |
Due: unknown date
Last updated: 11 March 2006
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Various bodies wish to see a new station built between Streatham and Mitcham Junction, to cover a "hole" served by no railway stations.
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Importance: Low
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: SW |
Due: 2007
Last updated: 18 April 2006
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Ebbsfleet International is a new station a few miles outside the M25 in Kent, on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, which will have a 15 min journey time to St Pancras.
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Importance: Average
Status: Under construction
Mode: Rail
Areas: O |
Due: unknown date
Last updated: 25 January 2006
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A £1bn improvement and enlargement of Euston mainline station is planned, including Underground improvements.
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Importance: Average
Status: Being planned
Mode: Rail
Areas: C |
Due: unknown date
Last updated: 11 January 2006
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Chelsea Village PLC want to build a station on the West London Line to serve Chelsea FC's football stadium at Stamford Bridge.
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Importance: Minor
Status: Awaiting consent
Mode: Rail
Areas: W |
Due: unknown date
Last updated: 23 March 2006
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Improvements are being investigated by TfL Rail to the interchange between Hackney Downs and Hackney Central stations.
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Importance: Minor
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: N,E |
Due: 2005
Last updated: 21 June 2005
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BAA is in a joint venture with First Great Western to provide local trains from Paddington to Heathrow stopping at suburban stations.
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Importance: Average
Status: Complete
Mode: Rail
Areas: W |
Due: 2016
Last updated: 20 February 2005
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A TGV-style line would take advantage of Britain's linear geography by connecting major cities between London and Edinburgh/Glasgow with 220mph lines.
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Importance: High
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: UK |
Due: 2006
Last updated: 27 February 2006
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Developers St George will provide a new station on the West London Line at Chelsea Harbour as part of their Imperial Wharf development
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Importance: High
Status: Approved
Mode: Rail
Areas: SW |
Due: unknown date
Last updated: 6 January 2005
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The rail users' group for the Barking - Gospel Oak line want to see Leyton (Bakers Arms) station on Lea Bridge Road reopened.
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Importance: Low
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: E |
Due: 2007
Last updated: 2 April 2006
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TfL wishes to take administrative control of all London surburban services in order to specify higher standards and develop a fully integrated transport system.
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Importance: High
Status: Approved
Mode: Rail
Areas: A,O |
Due: 2006
Last updated: 20 February 2006
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Chiltern Railways will build two extra platforms at London Marylebone to give a capacity increase, as part of their "Project Evergreen" upgrade plans.
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Importance: Average
Status: Under construction
Mode: Rail
Areas: C |
Due: 2012
Last updated: 23 March 2006
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Services on the North and West London Lines are being combined and improved to create a new TfL-controlled orbital rail franchise.
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Importance: Average
Status: Approved
Mode: Rail
Areas: A,N,E,SE,SW,W,NW |
Due: 2007
Last updated: 27 February 2006
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A TfL branding exercise on high-frequency suburban lines to encourage turn-up-and-go usage.
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Importance: Low
Status: Under construction
Mode: Rail
Areas: SE,SW |
Due: 2005
Last updated: 27 February 2006
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Services from Stratford to Stansted Airport and to Hertford East began in December 2005.
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Importance: Average
Status: Complete
Mode: Rail
Areas: O,N,E |
Due: 2012
Last updated: 4 April 2006
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A major (and severely delayed) upgrade to Thameslink, the north-south rail link through London. More destinations will be served and there will be a higher frequency.
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Importance: Major
Status: Being planned
Mode: Rail
Areas: O,C,N,SE,SW |
Due: unknown date
Last updated: 4 April 2006
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New stations are proposed for Thameslink to serve new developments at Napsbury (London Colney), Luton North, Elstow (south Bedford) and Bedford North.
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Importance: Low
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: O |
Due: unknown date
Last updated: 9 July 2004
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Islington Council & the LTUC propose a reinstated station on the Gospel Oak - Barking line, which passes very close to Tufnell Park Northern Line station.
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Importance: Low
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: N |
Due: unknown date
Last updated: 14 October 2005
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When Eurostar move from Waterloo to St Pancras in 2007, SWT plan to use the empty International station to improve their services.
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Importance: Average
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: O,C,SW |
Due: unknown date
Last updated: 7 January 2005
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An additional entrance at West Croydon station could improve interchange to tram and bus services.
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Importance: Minor
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: SE,SW |
Due: 2011
Last updated: 11 January 2006
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Chiltern Railways are proposing a redevelopment of West Hampstead, with new Chiltern & Metropolitan platforms and a direct mezzanine link between platforms.
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Importance: Average
Status: Being planned
Mode: Rail
Areas: NW |
Due: unknown date
Last updated: 11 January 2006
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A station could be constructed on the North London Line at York Way, to serve the King's Cross railway land development. Interchange could be possible with the Tube by reopening the long-disused York Road Piccadilly Line station.
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Importance: Low
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: N |
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