Crossrail 2 route What happens next? HERTFORDSHIRE We will be developing Crossrail 2 in more Cheshunt detail over the next three years and will What you need be carrying out further consultations as our plans progress. This will include to know about ENFIELD consultation on the detailed plans for the Crossrail 2 Key tunnels and stations, where you will be Stations able to have your say. This also means that safeguarding London Underground London Overground New Southgate the area we are safeguarding now may be Alexandra BARNET Palace National Rail HARINGEY WALTHAM More text can go here and run FOREST updated again in the future. Tramlink Tottenham Hale Turnpike Lane down to here if you like Core tunnel portal Seven Sisters REDBRIDGE Central core of route Crossrail 2 cannot be built before we have Regional scheme HACKNEY CAMDEN ISLINGTON - possible options formal consent from the Government, the Dalston Junction Hackney Central Option for a future funds to pay for it and the necessary land Eastern Branch Euston St. Pancras TOWER NEWHAM Angel HAMLETS has been acquired. The process of applying WESTMINSTER Tottenham Court Road CITY OF H LONDON AMMERSMITH for consent will involve a public examination EALING & FULHAM of the scheme and consideration of King’sKENSINGTO Road N Victoria & CHELSEA SOUTHWARK Chelsea objections before any decision can be made. ames GREENWICH River Th

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Twickenham RICHMOND We expect to seek permission to build WANDSWORTH UPON LAMBETH THAMES LEWISHAM the new line in late 2017 and the process

Wimbledon Tooting Broadway would last about two years. If we get the Kingston go ahead, construction is expected to start Hampton What you need Wick KINGSTON MERTON UPON Motspur Park around 2020, with the new line opening from Surbiton THAMES BROMLEY 2029/30. to know about CROYDON SUTTON Crossrail 2 SURREY ● You can register to receive updates by emailing [email protected] SURREY safeguarding Epsom

All stations marked provide an indication of where Crossrail 2 stations could be located.

No station or infrastructure location has yet been finalised as that level of engineering has not taken place at this stage in the project. What is Crossrail 2? What is safeguarding? We will not change the area the Safeguarding is a statutory process that safeguarding covers without further sets out the boundaries of the land within significant public consultation. Crossrail 2 is a proposed new rail line which the new infrastructure could be built. running underground through London What does this mean for you? between Wimbledon and New Southgate or The safeguarded area includes the possible Safeguarding does not mean that your Tottenham Hale and then linking into the route of the tunnels as well as land at property or business will definitely be existing network above ground for onward ground level that may be used for the affected by the new underground railway. destinations into Surrey and Hertfordshire. construction of the tunnels, stations and However, the existence of the safeguarding Crossrail 2 has evolved from an earlier ventilation and emergency access shafts. directions will be shown on the Local Land scheme called the ‘Chelsea Hackney line’. Charges Register held by the local authority This is then declared by the Department for and revealed when searches are made, It will add much needed capacity to London Transport (DfT) as safeguarded. usually when property is being purchased. and the southeast’s rail network and support the Capital’s population growth. When your local council receives a planning Many properties are already located in the application for any development in the safeguarded area for the Chelsea Hackney The aim is to have Crossrail 2 complete and safeguarded area it will consult TfL to check line. We are now updating this to bring it into operational by 2029/30, which means work whether the development will conflict with line with our plans for Crossrail 2. on planning the route must start now. the construction or operation of Crossrail 2. Any residential or small business landowner Crossrail 2 is being developed jointly by If it does, we will discuss with the who experiences difficulty selling a property Transport for London (TfL) and Network Rail. organisation applying for planning due to the Safeguarding Directions, may be permission how their proposals might able to make a claim for statutory blight. be changed to remove the conflict. Safeguarding Transport infrastructure, like Crossrail 2, Safeguarding is an established part Any questions? takes a long time to plan, design and then of the planning system, which: For more information about Crossrail 2 or build. During this time, we have to make Protects the future possibility of ● the safeguarding process, please contact sure that the space needed for the new a railway being built the Crossrail 2 safeguarding team. railway, above and below ground, fits in ● Makes sure anything built within with proposed new development around the boundaries allows for the future Web: crossrail2.co.uk it. This is done through a process called construction of Crossrail 2 Email: [email protected] ‘safeguarding’. Does not give us permission to build ●  Phone: 0343 222 1234 Crossrail 2 Safeguarding Manager, Crossrail 2, ● Does not allow us to acquire any property Post: Transport for London, Windsor House, ● Does not guarantee a railway will be built in the safeguarded corridor in the future 42-50 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0TL