R25 (London)
R25 was a proposed railway orbital around the Zone 3 area of London, England. First proposed in the Mayor of London's £1.3 trillion London Infrastructure 2050 plan, the line would have used some existing Network Rail and London Overground lines, linked by stretches of new railway.
History
[edit]The R25 nickname alludes to London's M25 orbital motorway. The idea featured in news media when the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, visited Barking Riverside, a large development held up by lack of rail access in 2014. The idea of extending the Gospel Oak to Barking line trains onto the Tilbury Loop line to serve a station near Barking Riverside had already gained some ground having been mentioned in the 2013 budget statement, but news reports showed a Tube map-like extract with a new line crossing the River Thames to serve Abbey Wood.[1]
There have also been calls to extend the line further south across the river to Thamesmead and Abbey Wood.[2][3] In August 2017, the Government granted permission for the extension of the Gospel Oak to Barking line and a provision for a stop at Renwick Road (if needed) and states that a further extension across the Thames should be provisioned.[4][5] The new station at Barking Riverside opened on 18 July 2022,[6] but any further extension across the river was dropped in favour of extending the Docklands Light Railway from Gallions Reach.
City Metric have produced a map of what the R25 might look like in detail.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Dudman, Jane (1 August 2014). "Boris Johnson's London orbital railway – is it a good idea?". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- ^ "Thamesmead & Abbey Wood Extension". 11 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ Sadiq Khan gives go-ahead to Barking Overground extension Barking & Dagenham Post 4 October 2016
- ^ Transport and Works Act 1992 Department for Transport 4 August 2017
- ^ Transport secretary approves Barking Riverside Overground extension Barking & Dagenham Post 4 October 2017
- ^ "London Overground: Opening date of first new stop since 2015 confirmed". BBC News. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ What would London's new orbital rail link look like? City Metric 31 July 2014 Archived 22 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine
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