Crossrail 2 Factsheet: Wimbledon to Clapham Junction
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Crossrail 2 factsheet: Wimbledon to Clapham Junction Crossrail 2 is a proposed new railway line serving London and the South East, linking Surrey to Hertfordshire via central London destinations. Previous work on Crossrail 2 proposed a station at Tooting Broadway, but recent work has identified a number of problems with building a station at Tooting Broadway, and we are now considering an alternative station location at Balham. The earliest the scheme could be open by is 2030. Why do we need a Crossrail 2 station here? Benefits of a station at Balham Large population growth is putting particular pressure on A Crossrail 2 station at Balham would still provide very the Northern line. The Northern line between Balham and similar benefits to one at Tooting Broadway, principally Stockwell is the most crowded part of the Tube network, helping relieve crowding on the most congested parts of and congestion is set to get significantly worse in future. the Northern line. A route with a station at Balham would: New capacity on this part of the network is needed to • Improve your journey with up to 30 Crossrail 2 trains avoid regular station closures in future. per hour to destinations including London, Hertordshire and Surrey Tooting Broadway • Provide a new route for onward journeys into central To relieve crowding on the Northern line, we had London proposed a station at Tooting Broadway. Land for this was safeguarded earlier this year and further work on • Connect with existing National Rail and London the station design has been completed to inform this Underground services consultation. Recent assessments have identified that • Reduce crowding on the busiest part of the Northern ground conditions in the Tooting area would make it line during peak periods by approximately 30 per cent significantly more difficult to build a station at Tooting Broadway than originally thought. As a result of these • Provide step-free access from street level to the challenges, we are looking at an alternative station Crossrail 2 platforms location at Balham. • Added station capacity allowing up to 6,000 more Work to date has suggested that a station at Balham could passengers to use the station in peak hours be built with significantly less disruption and would still • Improve access and support growth in Balham town centre provide many of the same transport benefits as a station at Tooting Broadway. A station at Tooting Broadway would take up to two years longer to build, would require much larger worksites and thousands more lorry movements. This is because a 30% station there would have to be built from the surface with Trains per hour Reduction in crowding more material removed by road. This would mean it would through the be more disruptive and cost nearly twice as much to build tunnelled section on existing services than a station at Balham. Further assessments of the ground conditions at Balham are required, but work to date suggests it would be faster, easier, less disruptive and cheaper to build a station here than at Tooting Broadway. All figures are based on current working assumptions and are subject to change. S12 ENDLESHAM ROAD BALHAM GROVE D CHESTNUT GROVE A O R 1 Royal Mail Delivery and 13 55 Enquiry Office Balham OLD DEVONSHIRE ROAD CAISTOR MEWS H 115 85 PENNY Mosque FERNSIDE ROAD MEWS G 46 92 I 68 2 61 H 41 76 2 1 NORGROVE STREET M A 71 129 4 H The proposal GOSBERTON ROAD L A 1 A new Crossrail 2 station at Balham would be underground As part of our Environmental Statement, a full evaluation 2 B and could include: 1 44 of the potential impacts of construction and operation of 18 Waitrose 132 ORMELEY ROAD the scheme would be documented along with proposed R Balham • 2 x 250 metre long platforms. Station platform tunnels A 2 M methods to minimise impacts where required. These Library 101 around 30 metres below ground level to the top of the S 2 100 ENDLESHAM ROAD D TANTALLON ROAD 15 proposals would then form commitments as part of the E 1 tunnel Balham N 68 B application for planning consent. R LAITWOOD ROAD Baptist Church O 55 1 A • A new Crossrail 2 station entrance and ticket hall onto 155 D Balham High Road HARBERSON ROAD 44 • A dedicated passageway between Crossrail 2 and Shafts between Wimbledon and Northern line services Clapham Junction HEARNVILLE ROAD 1 12 1 1 The shafts would provide tunnel ventilation, access for the 8 To construct Crossrail 2 at Balham we would require two 41 HILDRETH STREET fire and rescue services and a safe evacuation route for CHESTNUT GROVE RAVENSLEA ROAD 48 worksites Hornsby House 1 2 passengers in the event of an emergency. 31 1 School O L D D A I R Y 16 Chestnut Grove MEWS HILDRETH STREET MS Site A – Would be used for construction of a new Crossrail 2 For further information about how shafts work, please 20 SHIPKA ROAD station entrance, ticket hall, and southern station shaft. This School refer to G2: Crossrail 2 shafts. 12 22 23 site would also be used for station tunnelling works. This BEDFORD HILL A station at Balham would require changes to the 211 site includes an office block and self-store facility. 4 proposed Crossrail 2 tunnel alignment. This would mean Sainsbury’s Site B – Would be used for construction of a northern that shafts would be required in new locations to those BEDFORD HILL 19 PLACE SISTOVA ROAD station shaft and for some station tunnelling works. previously suggested. 1 1 This site includes Waitrose supermarket. 12 To enable Crossrail 2 to operate safely, we would need two 200 BOUNDARIES ROAD 53 shafts at even intervals between Wimbledon and Balham 23 1 stations and one shaft midway between Balham and 169 E R R O A D Minimising our construction impacts Key R O S S I T Clapham Junction stations. Balham 1 8 Proposed worksites Drawing on Crossrail 1’s, experience of building stations, 2 Our current preferred sites: the proposed Crossrail 2 station at Balham is estimated to 37 Crossrail 2 underground tunnels B take between five to eight years to complete and a shaft is A L H Between Wimbledon and Balham stations – one shaft A M 75 A S T estimated to take four to five years to complete. Activity AT Crossrail 2 platforms1 in the Weir Road site and another within the Springfield I O N R O A on site would fluctuate during this period. Proposals for 22 214 D Hospital development Key local buildings the scheme are still at the early stages of design. Travelodge 2 Between Balham and Clapham Junction stations – one 12 Trinity St. Marys C of E ETHELBERT STREET Balham New station entrancesThe Bedford Feedback from this and future consultations, together shaft on the eastern edge of Wandsworth Common, at the Primary School 1 FERNLEA ROAD OAKMEAD66 ROAD with further design and engineering work, will refine the CLOSE 77 end of Honeywell Road. PAKENHAM St. Mary & Existing station entrances proposals ahead of seeking permission to build the new St. John 54 A single worksite would be required to build each shaft BALHAM PARK ROAD railway. the Divine Station shaft and a typical shaft would take approximately five yearsHUNTER CLOSE 34 76 10 All our contractors would have to adhere to a Code of 1 to complete. Activity on site would fluctuate during this 45 Northern line ROWFANT ROAD O A K M E A D R O A D Construction Practice which would be developed with period. Once the site has been cleared and prepared, the RAVENSTONE1 STREET 1 local authorities. This would set out requirements for 222 major construction work to dig out the shaft would usually © Crown copyright and database rights 2015 Ordnance Survey 100035971/043 189 considerate construction practices that use the latest © Copyright Transport for London 2015 be complete within two years. 25 techniques to reduce noise and disruption both for 1 D B Y R N surface and underground works. 20 E R O A D Du Cane A O 2 104 Balham 47 Court R 95 Community Proposed Crossrail 2 stations Ravenstone Centre 2 H Primary School LARCH CLOSE G I H M A H L A B Key Proposed worksites Crossrail 2 underground tunnels Key local buildings New station entrances Existing station entrances Station shaft District line D A O R D L E R I i v F e r S W FLOCK L RIVERDALEa DRIV n M I L L P L A C R d GARRA l e A A E STONVILLE STREET BROOKWOOD ROAD E Sports Ground TRET RI VILLEV STREET OPEO RENTHAM IV A E DV L E I N T H A M S T R E C NVIE B T T Wandsworth T O K O A N R R King George’s Park R Cemetery ENGADINE STREET A I W O A R R U B ROOKWOOD ROAD A E M Football G S T R E E S G E W H B CLONMORE STREET O N R O A D S Ground O N N Proposed shaft on Wandsworth CommonS Proposed shaft at Weir RoadR T O R R S ET R U HEYTHORP STREET O O D T ARDEN G L A N E E A A H ELSENHAM STREET E M GARTM T D D War Memorial E S F O R T H G ELLERTO A D R R O The shaft would be withinDOUN the WeirI Road industrial estate. On completion of the works at each site, an above- V Earlsfield S (Honeywell Road) M R O A D H A E TE V E N GAG L A E P E N W I T H R O D Library A O O R G A R D St.