London is expected to build 88,000 new homes every year for the next decade – but will struggle to do this unless the Bakerloo Line extension to Lewisham and another major rail project are given the go-ahead, the capital’s deputy mayor for housing has said. Tom Copley said the next London Plan – the capital’s […]
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Lewisham set for Superloop bus as BL1 consultation opens
Lewisham is all set to join the Superloop network after Transport for London launched a consultation into a fast bus to follow the route of the planned Bakerloo Line extension. The BL1 “Bakerloop” bus would run between Waterloo and Lewisham via the Old Kent Road. On the way, it would stop at the Elephant & […]
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Bakerloo Line extension to Lewisham is on hold, TfL boss confirms
The Bakerloo Line extension to Lewisham has been put on hold along with Crossrail 2, according to Andy Byford, the Transport for London commissioner. The delay to the £4 billion was revealed at a meeting of the London Assembly’s transport committee yesterday, following a question from Labour’s Joanne McCartney about which major transport projects have […]
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Bakerloo line to Lewisham inches forward with protection order
Plans for a Bakerloo line extension to Lewisham have been given a boost after the government agreed to begin the process of protecting the route from development. Transport secretary Grant Shapps plans to “safeguard” the route from Lambeth North to Lewisham, including a new Elephant & Castle station, two stations on the Old Kent Road, […]
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Lewisham councillors fall for spoof as Bakerloo extension to Hayes gets public backing
Lewisham councillors appeared to fall for a spoof Bromley social media account last night after Transport for London’s latest consultation into a Bakerloo line extension found strong support for the route running all the way to Hayes. The fate of the extension, which does not have funding, is uncertain because of the financial crisis at […]
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Labour unimpressed as Tories start Bakerloo Line extension petition
Greenwich and Lewisham’s Tory candidate for the London Assembly has started a petition to push TfL into progressing with the Bakerloo Line extension – but his Labour rival says the government should get on with safeguarding the route. Charlie Davis, who is also a Greenwich councillor for Eltham North, launched the petition yesterday after TfL […]
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TfL to ask government for £800m for Thamesmead DLR – but Bakerloo extension goes on back burner
Transport for London is asking the government for £800m to build a Docklands Light Railway route to Thamesmead – but the Bakerloo Line extension to Lewisham appears to have been deferred. London mayor Sadiq Khan announced plans to run the DLR to Thamesmead four years ago when approving the Silvertown Tunnel, but no funding has […]
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TfL cash crisis: Give Lewisham its Bakerloo extension, Tory councillors tell government
Government minister Grant Shapps has been urged to guarantee the future of the Bakerloo Line extension to Lewisham, which is in jeopardy following the financial crisis at Transport for London. Greenwich councillor Charlie Davis, who is also standing as a Conservative candidate for the London Assembly, fellow councillor Matt Clare and Tory assembly candidate Hannah […]
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