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Crossrail 2

Crossrail 2, Metro or Regional

  • Metro option offering a high-frequency, underground service across central London

    Votes: 19 19.0%

  • Regional option connecting central London with areas to the north east and south west

    Votes: 81 81.0%
  • Total voters
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DAB_Move said:
Once again, with up to 32tph 12-car if built to Crossrail standard, there's plenty of capacity to take over and enhance service. Plus there's the abandoned Waterloo International if and when the need arises, of course.
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So with the need to maintain a frequent service via Wimbledon/Earlsfield/Clapham/Vauxhall (e.g. the existing frequency, about 12-15 tph) and then Crossrail 2 via Wimbledon/Tooting/Clapham (up to 32tph) isn't that a hell of a lot of trains to disperse across London's SW suburbia?
 
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New report from London First:
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2014/02/12/private-sector-investment-does-exist-for-crossrail-2/

Enough private investment could be found to meet government targets for the construction of the £12 billion Crossrail 2 project, a new report has stated.

The report, which was conducted by a taskforce in association with London First, suggests that the new railway could be built in line with a Treasury target requiring more than half of the funding to come from private sources.

‘Funding Crossrail 2’ states that Crossrail 2 would add an extra 12 per cent to the existing rail capacity in the capital and relive the ‘intolerable pressure’ on London’s public transport network.

Altogether, the report identifies £23 billion of possible funding streams.

Taskforce chairman Francis Salway, former chief executive of Land Securities, said: “Failure to invest would make life intolerable for Londoners, hamper London’s economic growth and hit government tax receipts.

“We may be half way through Crossrail 1, but its success – and the pressing need for extra capacity in London – means now is the time to be pushing forward with plans for Crossrail 2.”
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So they've identified enough funding to pay for it almost twice over?

Go ahead and built. And the clock is against us, this needs to be finished in time for the first stage of HS2.
 
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Batman said:
So they've identified enough funding to pay for it almost twice over?

Go ahead and built. And the clock is against us, this needs to be finished in time for the first stage of HS2.
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If they can get private funding then i agree completely.
 
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YorkshireBear said:
If they can get private funding then i agree completely.
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Might even have enough change left over to pay for Crossrail 3.

And that is a serious suggestion. If there's proven demand for a North West/Sout East line linking the routes out of Euston and Marylabone to the routes out of Charring Cross, Cannon Street and London Bridge and the funding is available, then go for it and don't miss the opportunity to future proof London's rail infrastructure before funding dries up.
 
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Batman said:
Might even have enough change left over to pay for Crossrail 3.

And that is a serious suggestion. If there's proven demand for a North West/Sout East line linking the routes out of Euston and Marylabone to the routes out of Charring Cross, Cannon Street and London Bridge and the funding is available, then go for it and don't miss the opportunity to future proof London's rail infrastructure before funding dries up.
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Yep as a Civil Engineer my opinion goes with if the money is there spend it! An opinion i have used to defend the lack of rolling stock for Todmorden Curve previously.

Another Crossrail route on a different Axis but still passing through Euston could prove very useful for HS2. But this is getting very ahead of ourselves :)
 
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