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Crossrail 2 Wimbledon Local Engagement meeting Thursday 29 January 2015
Crossrail 2 – What is it?
• Cost: around £27bn
• Very high capacity • 250m long trains with capacity for
over 45,000 persons/hour, per direction
• Up to 30 trains per hour in each direction
• Construction could start in 2020, with the scheme open around 2030
• Joint TfL/Network Rail partnership
• Scheme construction wil l be similar to Crossrail 1
• A brand new railway l ine, serving south-west to north-east London through central London
• The 36km central core wil l be tunnelled, outside this i t wil l run on exist ing and widened railway l ines
Crossrail 2 – What is it? The potential route and stations
Crossrail 2 – Why we need it Crossrail 2 will allow London and the UK to meet its growth needs
Greater London is growing quickly. I ts population wil l increase by around 20% to reach more than 10 mil l ion by 2030
Without Crossrail 2 congestion levels on the network would be beyond those experienced today & the growth of some areas could be constrained
Crossrail 2 – Why we need it
Crossrail 2 is needed to allow London’s economy to strengthen and facilitate new homes and jobs
Employees per km (a l l jobs)
Crossrail 2 could unlock the development of up to 200,000 new homes and support more than 200,000 new jobs
Transport investment underway wil l deal with today's growth but will not address the challenges of 2030 and beyond
In summer 2013, we consulted on the project to: -Understand general support for Crossrail 2 -Identify public preferences for metro or regional option In summer 2014, we consulted again on specific route options: - Route alignments and stations in the Hackney/Haringey Area - Options for a stat ion (or no stat ion) in Chelsea - An extension of the route from Alexandra Palace to New Southgate
Consultation 2013 and 2014
Large amount of support for the scheme: Above 80% support across both consultations
• Borough residents will see benefits from Crossrail 2 including: – Significant relief of the rail network – new
capacity to relieve the South West Trains and Southern Railway networks and Northern and District Tube lines in Merton
– Upgraded stations – Wimbledon is a key interchange and other NR stations will be improved
– Faster and easier journeys – direct and fast services to central London, the West End and North London, eg: Wimbledon to Tottenham Court Road could be approx 12 minutes faster than today
Merton – Benefits
London Transport Division
8 London Transport Division Official Sensitive
The Government’s position on Crossrail 2
Ministers recognise that Crossrail 2 might be needed in future, and so decided to
consult on updating the existing safeguarding direction Ministers have said that Crossrail 2 will only go ahead if it is affordable to the
taxpayer - A detailed study into how Crossrail 2 might be funded and financed was published in November 2014. It is available at www.crossrail2.co.uk/funding - The next Government will decide whether to progress Crossrail 2, and will consider it alongside other potential major transport infrastructure projects.
The DfT and Crossrail 2 team are working together on this to inform a decision at the
Spending Review later this year.
London Transport Division
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The recent Crossrail 2 safeguarding consultation
Safeguarding is an established part of the planning process, designed to ensure that land identified for major infrastructure projects is protected from conflicting developments Safeguarding directions are the responsibility of central Government – which is why
the recent consultation was a Government consultation Once safeguarding is in place, planning authorities need to consult Transport for
London on planning applications within the safeguarded zone Safeguarding is not the same as planning permission: if a decision is taken to
proceed with Crossrail 2, planning permission would be sought in the usual way, either through a Parliamentary process or through a “development consent order”. The safeguarding consultation ran from 20 November to 28 January
The Department is due to publish a summary of the responses to the consultation
and to decide on next steps in March
London Transport Division
10 London Transport Division Official Sensitive
What sort of things were covered by the recent consultation?
In scope (speak to DfT) Specific concerns regarding
the impact of the safeguarding
Property, land or planned development that could be affected
Is an area of land, or particular building, earmarked that is valued by the community?
Out of scope (speak to TfL) general route/station site queries
benefits of Crossrail 2
train frequency
impact and timing of construction
How particular buildings or areas of land will be used during the construction phase
Safeguarding The previously safeguarded alignment has changed
Wimbledon – Clapham Junction via Tooting Broadway
Proposed extension to New Southgate
Angel to Tottenham Hale and Seven Sisters via Dalston Junction A potential
branch from Angel to Hackney, which could form part of a future eastern branch
New portal location proposed just south of Tottenham Hale station
Victoria to Angel via Tottenham Court Road and Euston St Pancras
P revious C urrent
Safeguarding • Covers tunnelled section and associated infrastructure only
• Land falls into 3 categories: • Areas of subsurface interest – a corridor about 100 metres wide for
bored tunnels (the tunnels would be between 20 – 40 metres deep, r is ing to the surface at portals)
• Areas of surface interest – areas where construct ion from the surface may be needed (e.g. stat ion entrances, tunnel portals)
• Not affected
• 110,500 properties and key stakeholders, political representatives and business groups have received: • Crossrai l 2 general information – letter and leaflet
• DfT consultat ion letter
Safeguarding Safeguarding does • require planning
authori t ies to consult TfL on appl icat ions within the l imits identi f ied
• provide a planning process for protect ing a proposed project from signif icant confl ict ing development
• provide the framework for planning the insert ion of the new rai lway in the urban fabric
Safeguarding does not
• give permission to bui ld Crossrai l 2
• authorise compulsory acquisi t ion of property
• prevent development taking place
• guarantee a rai lway wi l l be bui l t
• encompass al l the possible forms of development approval
• substi tute for further scheme consultat ion and development
Merton – Infrastructure • Portal – where the tunnel will emerge above ground north
of Wimbledon • Redesigned Wimbledon station • Changes to national rail stations south of Wimbledon • Depot and stabling – using existing railway land where
possible • Ventilation and emergency access shafts proposed at Waterside Way
Mar 2015: Safeguarding Direction issued and report of safeguarding consultation published
Phase 1 Develop a single preferred route option for
public consultation Jan 2015 → Scheme design and appraisal advanced Autumn 2015 Detailed public consultat ion to help identify single
preferred route option launched
What happens next – Phase 1
2016-2019 Single preferred option is f inalised 2017-2020 Submit powers application 2020-2030 Construct and test Crossrail 2 By 2030 Crossrail 2 opens to the public
What happens next – Future phases
Wimbledon
Proposed line of route and area of surface interest: south of Wimbledon station (Dundonald Road area)
Wimbledon – cont.
Proposed line of route and area of surface interest: Wimbledon station
Wimbledon – cont.
Proposed line of route and area of surface interest: Gap Road tunnel portal and route to depot/stabling
Wimbledon – cont.
Proposed line of route and area of surface interest: Potential depot/stabling
Wimbledon – cont.
Proposed line of route and area of surface interest: Potential depot/stabling
Wimbledon – cont.
Proposed line of route and area of surface interest: Potential depot/stabling
Wimbledon – cont.
Proposed line of route and area of surface interest: Wimbledon – Tooting tunnel (Waterside Way ventilation shaft)
Wimbledon – cont.
Proposed line of route and area of surface interest: Wimbledon – Tooting tunnel (Waterside Way ventilation shaft)