The proposed services and timetable on the Elizabeth line when it launches will be more wide ranging than initially proposed. The full timetable will be achieved in two stages rather
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Crossrail 2 and Bakerloo extension ready to restart when required
The Mayor of London has confirmed that Crossrail 2 and the Bakerloo line extension are ready to be restarted when the time is right in response to questions to the
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Crossrail commences trial running
Delivery of the Elizabeth line is now in its complex final stages. The project has reached the next important milestone with Crossrail Ltd recently commencing timetabled train movements in the
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Western Rail Link to Heathrow indefinitely delayed
Network Rail has confirmed that work on the western rail link to Heathrow has been paused following the substantial impact of Covid-19 on aviation. The new line would have provided
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Sidings milestone reached on Brent Cross West
A project to deliver a railway station on the Midland Mainline near London has reached a new milestone after the northern end of the sidings was commissioned. Forthcoming work to
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British Library extension to include Crossrail 2 enabling works
A proposed extension to the British Library will include enabling works for the proposed Crossrail 2 station that would connect St Pancras and Euston stations. Click here for the article
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Five options for Ebbsfleet Crossrail extension
A consultation into proposals to extend Crossrail from Abbey Wood to Ebbsfleet has put forward five options. Two options would extend Crossrail to Northfleet station. A third options would extend
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Consultation opens into Hoo peninsula railway line
Medway Council have opened a consultation into proposal to restore passenger services over the Grain freight line serving Hoo. The consultation shows the infrastructure plans that will be implemented including
Continue readingFirst tube train runs on Northern Line Extension
The first test passenger trains operated on the Northern Line extension to Battersea Power Station. It marks another milestone achieved ahead of the line opening in autumn 2021. Source: TfL
Continue readingSixteen bids to third round of New Stations Fund
Sixteen bids for proposed railway stations were submitted to the latest round of the New Stations Fund following a Freedom of Information request. The scheme offered contributions towards the delivery
Continue readingFeasibility work commences on DLR extension to Thamesmead
£1m joint funding package, fully funded by external partners, agreed for the next stage of technical work on proposed extension of the Docklands Light Railway to Beckton Riverside and Thamesmead
Continue readingGovernment approves safeguarding of Bakerloo extension route following consultation report
Grant Shapps has confirmed that he has signed the documentation that approves the safeguarding of the route of the Bakerloo extension. A report into the consultation ran late in 2019
Continue readingFinancing agreement confirmed for Crossrail
The Mayor of London, Transport for London (TfL), the Department for Transport (DfT) and HM Treasury have confirmed an agreed funding and financing package for the final phase of the
Continue readingEstimates of station usage revealed for 2019-20
The Office of Rail and Road has revealed the estimates of station usage for 2019-20. The busiest railway station remained London Waterloo with 7.3 million fewer entries and exits between
Continue readingNational Infrastructure Strategy reveals funding awards for proposed schemes nationwide
The government has revealed proposals to restore railway lines, stations and services in National Infrastructure Strategy, which was published earlier today (25 November). Fifteen proposals (listed below) have received funding
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