MyCity: LONDON

IN FRAMING OUR VISION FOR LONDON IN 2040, WE HAVE CONSIDERED THE PRE-EXISTING STRATEGIES AND INVESTMENT COMMITMENTS THAT ARE ALREADY ‘BAKED IN’ TO THE CITY’S FUTURE.

INFRASTRUCTURE/ TRANSPORT

RECENTLY COMPLETED

PROPOSED

ELIZABETH LINE (CROSSRAIL)

BARKING RIVERSIDE EXTENSION

CROSSRAIL 2

WEST LONDON ORBITAL RAIL ROUTE

A broadly southwest to northeast line, proposed to connect (for example) Clapham Junction to Euston and Kings Cross St Pancras, although work was paused on this in October 2020.

The final stage opened on May 21st 2023. Despite being vastly over budget and much delayed, this line has already been transformational to London’s infrastructure.

The Overground now connects passengers from the new Barking Riverside town centre to central London in as little as 22 minutes and to Barking in 7 minutes, delivered in July 2022.

A new overland rail line running from Hounslow to West Hampstead and Brent Cross/Hendon, with a proposed route expected to be identified by the end of 2023.

NORTHERN LINE EXTENSION

BAKERLOO LINE EXTENSION

HS2

Connecting newly developed areas at Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station to the Northern Line network from Kennington, which opened in September 2021.

Pushing south from Elephant & Castle to Lewisham via Old Kent Road, consultation was progressing in 2019 although development has paused since the pandemic (due in part to the impact on Transport for London’s finances).

The new high speed rail line between London and Birmingham is currently under construction. Recent policy has changed its previously planned route. As a result there is currently uncertainty on the impact for development at Euston and Old Oak Common.

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