Crossrail 2 Wimbledon Local Engagement meeting Thursday 29 January - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Crossrail 2 Wimbledon Local Engagement meeting Thursday 29 January 2015

Crossrail 2 – What is it? • A brand new railway line, serving south-west to north-east London through central London • The 36km central core will be tunnelled, outside this it will run on existing and widened railway lines • 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 will be similar to Crossrail 1

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. Its population will increase by around 20% to reach more than 10 million 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 (all 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 will deal with today's growth but will not address the challenges of 2030 and beyond

Consultation 2013 and 2014 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 station (or no station) in Chelsea - An extension of the route from Alexandra Palace to New Southgate Large amount of support for the scheme: Above 80% support across both consultations

Merton – Benefits • 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

London Transport Division 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  Official 8 Sensitive

London Transport Division 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  Official 9 Sensitive

London Transport Division What sort of things were covered by the recent consultation? Out of scope (speak to TfL) In scope (speak to DfT)   general route/station site queries  Specific concerns regarding   the impact of the  benefits of Crossrail 2 safeguarding   train frequency  Property, land or planned    impact and timing of construction development that could be affected  How particular buildings or areas  of land will be used during the  Is an area of land, or  construction phase particular building, earmarked that is valued by the community? London Transport Division  Official 10 Sensitive

Safeguarding New portal location The previously safeguarded alignment has changed proposed just south of C urrent Tottenham Hale station P revious Proposed extension to New Southgate Angel to Tottenham Hale and Seven Sisters via Dalston Junction A potential branch from Victoria to Angel via Angel to Hackney, Tottenham Court Road which could form and Euston St Pancras part of a future eastern branch Wimbledon – Clapham Junction via Tooting Broadway

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, rising to the surface at portals) • Areas of surface interest – areas where construction from the surface may be needed (e.g. station entrances, tunnel portals) • Not affected • 110,500 properties and key stakeholders, political representatives and business groups have received: • Crossrail 2 general information – letter and leaflet • DfT consultation letter

Safeguarding Safeguarding does Safeguarding does not • require planning • give permission to authorities to build Crossrail 2 consult TfL on applications within • authorise the limits identified compulsory acquisition of • provide a planning property process for • prevent protecting a development taking proposed project place from significant conflicting • guarantee a railway will be built development • encompass all the • provide the possible forms of framework for development planning the approval insertion of the new • substitute for railway in the urban further scheme fabric consultation 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

What happens next – Phase 1 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 consultation to help identify single preferred route option launched

What happens next – Future phases 2016-2019 Single preferred option is finalised 2017-2020 Submit powers application 2020-2030 Construct and test Crossrail 2 By 2030 Crossrail 2 opens to the public

More information Website: Crossrail2.co.uk Email: crossrail2@tfl.gov.uk DfT safeguarding email: Crossrail2.Safeguarding@dft.gsi.gov.uk

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)