ERTA London Calling!

Not exhaustive, but some ideas which we would hope would be worked up and promoted where appropriate:

London Wish List 2020

Gospel Oak-Barking line (GOB) services integrated more with existing London services and

lines, with better interchanges at stations along the existing route?

-That GOB network should extend eastwards to Barking Riverside and Abbey Wood via a Thames Tunnel.

-That GOB network should extend eastwards to West Hampstead -Dudding Hill – Acton – Kew Bridge -Heathrow

Thames Tunnel Grays – Dartford (Lower Thames River Crossing scheme), built to HS1 standards, to include Crossrail 1 extension and cater for freight between ports and Channel Tunnel.

New rail link Southend Airport – Rayleigh/Pitsea parallel to A13, A130, A1245

Light Rapid Transits should be allowed to grow organically via local planning systems in North/South    /East/West/Central London e.g.  Croydon Tram link - extend to Crystal Palace and Lloyd Park curve eliminated (site of accident Autumn 2016)

LU -  a) Re-open Bank-Aldwych (closed for sake of new lifts!) and old Fleet Line to Charing     Cross

      b) Extend LU lines -  Edgware – Stanmore-Watford

Mill Hill East-Edgware

Epping – M11 Park & Ride

      c)modern signalling systems

                d)cooling the Tube network (especially in summer) where feasible and affordable

e) up-grade on the District Line (with population increase crowding is set to increase on that line from Richmond in next 25 years; that line is also notoriously crowded in peak-hours between Earls Court and Westminster),

      f) new air-conditioned trains which are energy-efficient with regenerative breaking

7.    New station on London Overground North London Line at North Acton (interchange with LT   Central Line and possibly Crossrail 1, adjacent Chiltern and First Great Western Services).

 New station on London Overground West London Line at Battersea

      9.       More disabled access for both LT and National Rail stations, particularly on London    Overground and LU stations.

 Chessington Line extension to Leatherhead including station for Chessington World of Adventures

Crossrail 1 to Windsor & Eton Central

Heathrow Southern Railway (short tunnel from Terminal 5 and then a mainly surface route parallel with the M25 to new junction with the Windsor-Staines line. HSR will then continue alongside the M25 to new junction with the Virginia Water–Weybridge/ Byfleet Junction line north of Chertsey. Could also incorporate old West Drayton - Staines West branch and be linked into reopening old Great Central mail line in the longer term.

New platforms Willesden Junction Low Level for London Midland and Southern services, thereby enabling interchange with North London Line, West London Line and LT Bakerloo Line.

North Downs Line    a) Double-track Frimley Green – Ash Vale

b) Improved pedestrian access between Dorking West/Dorking Deepdene
c. Elecrify North Downs Line.

Extend Docklands Light Railway Bank – site of old Broad Street station(underground)

Restoring through services to Bromley North from London Bridge/Charing Cross etc.

West Hampstead - new platforms for Chiltern Line services and possibly Metropolitan Line, thereby enabling interchange with North London Line, Thameslink and Jubilee Lines

Crossrail 2 [SW-NE]

Better integration of London's suburban rail with TfL bus, tube and tram services, including new and improved interchanges with these services

All London's suburban rail services must be devolved to TfL (London Overground) as soon as possible

Sites close to railway lines offering potential locations for rail freight terminals and logistics centres must be protected from alternative transport proposals these include disused railways and rail sidings.