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Chiltern platform extensions

Due: 2004
Last updated: 20 February 2006
Chiltern Railways extended some platforms on its route to accomodate longer trains. [more...] Importance: Minor
Status: Complete
Mode: Rail
Areas: O,NW

Heathrow Connect

Due: 2005
Last updated: 21 June 2005
BAA is in a joint venture with First Great Western to provide local trains from Paddington to Heathrow stopping at suburban stations. [more...] Importance: Average
Status: Complete
Mode: Rail
Areas: W

Chiltern Railways Wembley depot

Due: 2005
Last updated: 4 February 2006
A new £20m depot at Wembley has been built as part of Chiltern's franchise commitment and will house its expanding fleet. [more...] Importance: Average
Status: Complete
Mode: Rail
Areas: NW

Stratford to Stansted and Hertford

Due: 2005
Last updated: 21 August 2006
Services from Stratford to Stansted Airport and to Hertford East began in December 2005. [more...] Importance: Average
Status: Complete
Mode: Rail
Areas: O,N,E

Marylebone extra platforms

Due: 2006
Last updated: 28 January 2007
Chiltern Railways built two extra platforms at London Marylebone to give a capacity increase, as part of their "Project Evergreen" upgrade plans. [more...] Importance: Average
Status: Complete
Mode: Rail
Areas: C

Overground Network

Due: 2007
Last updated: 28 January 2007
A TfL branding exercise on high-frequency suburban lines to encourage turn-up-and-go usage. [more...] Importance: Low
Status: Under construction
Mode: Rail
Areas: SE,SW

Ebbsfleet International

Due: 2007
Last updated: 24 August 2006
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. [more...] Importance: Average
Status: Under construction
Mode: Rail
Areas: O

Deptford station redevelopment

Due: 2007
Last updated: 29 May 2006
Deptford station will be redeveloped as part of a mixed-use regeneration project. [more...] Importance: Minor
Status: Approved
Mode: Rail
Areas: SE

Channel Tunnel Rail Link

Due: 2007
Last updated: 20 February 2008
True high-speed link from the Channel Tunnel to new international station at St Pancras. Eurostar services now use the link, with high-speed domestic services to Kent due in 2009. [more...] Importance: Major
Status: Complete
Mode: Rail
Areas: O,E,SE

West Hampstead Interchange

Due: 2011
Last updated: 11 January 2006
Chiltern Railways are proposing a redevelopment of West Hampstead, with new Chiltern & Metropolitan platforms and a direct mezzanine link between platforms. [more...] Importance: Average
Status: Being planned
Mode: Rail
Areas: NW

Airtrack

Due: 2011
Last updated: 21 March 2006
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. [more...] Importance: Average
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: SW,W

Thameslink Programme (Thameslink 2000)

Due: 2015
Last updated: 20 February 2008
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. [more...] Importance: Major
Status: Under construction
Mode: Rail
Areas: O,C,N,SE,SW

High Speed Rail to the North

Due: 2016
Last updated: 20 February 2005
A TGV-style line would take advantage of Britain's linear geography by connecting major cities between London and Edinburgh/Glasgow with 220mph lines. [more...] Importance: High
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: UK

Crossrail 2

Due: 2016
Last updated: 1 August 2006
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. [more...] Importance: High
Status: Being planned
Mode: Rail
Areas: A,C,N,E,SW

Crossrail

Due: 2017
Last updated: 20 February 2008
London's biggest project, Crossrail, is a new railway tunnel between Paddington & Whitechapel, enabling suburban trains to travel from Heathrow & Maidenhead to Canary Wharf, Shenfield & Abbey Wood. [more...] Importance: Major
Status: Approved
Mode: Rail
Areas: O,C,E,SE,W

Eastfields Station

Due: unknown date
Last updated: 11 March 2006
Various bodies wish to see a new station built between Streatham and Mitcham Junction, to cover a "hole" served by no railway stations. [more...] Importance: Low
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: SW

Tufnell Park GOBLIN station

Due: unknown date
Last updated: 9 July 2004
Islington Council & the LTUC propose a reinstated station on the Gospel Oak - Barking line, which passes very close to Tufnell Park Northern Line station. [more...] Importance: Low
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: N

Leyton Bakers Arms station

Due: unknown date
Last updated: 6 January 2005
The rail users' group for the Barking - Gospel Oak line want to see Leyton (Bakers Arms) station on Lea Bridge Road reopened. [more...] Importance: Low
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: E

Crossrail 3

Due: unknown date
Last updated: 6 January 2005
In addition to Crossrail 1 & 2, a third line has been mooted between Euston & Waterloo. [more...] Importance: Average
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: A,C,N,SW,NW

c2c Barking Reach stations

Due: unknown date
Last updated: 26 December 2004
Two new stations are proposed to serve riverside developments in Barking and Dagenham on the c2c line. [more...] Importance: Low
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: E

Fulham Road (Stamford Bridge) Station

Due: unknown date
Last updated: 11 January 2006
Chelsea Village PLC want to build a station on the West London Line to serve Chelsea FC's football stadium at Stamford Bridge. [more...] Importance: Minor
Status: Awaiting consent
Mode: Rail
Areas: W

Waterloo International Re-use

Due: unknown date
Last updated: 16 March 2007
When Eurostar move from Waterloo to St Pancras in 2007, the vacated International station will be used by SWT trains. [more...] Importance: Average
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: O,C,SW

Brockley high level platforms

Due: unknown date
Last updated: 22 August 2007
Hackney's East London Line Group and the LTUC want to see interchange platforms provided on the Nunhead-Lewisham line at Brockley. [more...] Importance: Low
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: SE

Camberwell & Walworth stations

Due: unknown date
Last updated: 6 January 2005
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. [more...] Importance: Low
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: SE

York Way Station

Due: unknown date
Last updated: 11 January 2006
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. [more...] Importance: Low
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: N

Clapham Junction congestion relief

Due: unknown date
Last updated: 11 January 2006
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. [more...] Importance: Low
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: SW

West Croydon improvements

Due: unknown date
Last updated: 7 January 2005
An additional entrance at West Croydon station could improve interchange to tram and bus services. [more...] Importance: Minor
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: SE,SW

Imperial Wharf Station

Due: unknown date
Last updated: 28 October 2007
Developers St George will provide a new station on the West London Line at Chelsea Harbour as part of their Imperial Wharf development [more...] Importance: High
Status: Approved
Mode: Rail
Areas: SW

Cross-South London rail

Due: unknown date
Last updated: 6 March 2006
This proposal envisages new rail services from Dartford via Sidcup, Lewisham and Peckham to Clapham Junction. [more...] Importance: Low
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: SE,SW

Thameslink new northern stations

Due: unknown date
Last updated: 4 April 2006
New stations are proposed for Thameslink to serve new developments at Napsbury (London Colney), Luton North, Elstow (south Bedford) and Bedford North. [more...] Importance: Low
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: O

Stansted second runway

Due: unknown date
Last updated: 7 June 2007
Both the government and BAA have proposed a new runway and terminal at Stansted to increase capacity at London airports. [more...] Importance: High
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: O

Euston redevelopment

Due: unknown date
Last updated: 9 July 2006
A £1bn improvement and enlargement of Euston mainline station is planned, including Underground improvements. [more...] Importance: Average
Status: Being planned
Mode: Rail
Areas: C

Hackney stations interchange

Due: unknown date
Last updated: 23 March 2006
Improvements are being investigated by TfL Rail to the interchange between Hackney Downs and Hackney Central stations. [more...] Importance: Minor
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: N,E

London Rail Authority

Due: unknown date
Last updated: 7 September 2006
TfL wishes to take administrative control of London surburban services in order to specify higher standards and develop a fully integrated transport system. [more...] Importance: High
Status: Proposed
Mode: Rail
Areas: A,O

London Overground & Orbirail

Due: unknown date
Last updated: 12 February 2008
TfL will take over and improve several North London railway lines including the North London Line to create a "London Overground" franchise, eventually providing a range of orbital railway services through inner London. [more...] Importance: Major
Status: Under construction
Mode: Rail
Areas: A,N,E,SE,SW,W,NW
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