Big tube investments, EV charging points and cycling network extension in TfL's Business Plan for London
Tue 29 March 2011
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Transport for London (TfL) has announced plans for a large programme of investment to upgrade London’s Underground lines, increase the number of electric vehicle charging points and extend access to the bicycle hire network and improve cycle routes. The plans are included in TfL’s Business Plan which sets out strategy to 2014/15.
Over the course of the Plan, TfL delivery will include (amongst other objectives):
• Upgrade of the Jubilee, Victoria and Northern Lines, increasing capacity on each by between 20 and 33% and improve speeds.
• New trains on the Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan, District and Circle lines;
• Major progress on Crossrail, with tunnelling completed and station construction both above and below ground;
• The eastward extension of Barclays Cycle Hire;
• The completion of all 12 Barclays Cycle Superhighways;
• The completion of the London Overground rail network, London’s first orbital rail route
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson said: “Through negotiations, savings and efficiencies we have done what many believed to be impossible. We have secured the greatest investment in London’s transport network in 80 years, which will deliver Crossrail, the Tube Upgrades, the completion of the London Overground network and the continuation of the cycling revolution, while protecting front line passenger and customer services.”
The Plan sets out increased savings and efficiencies totalling £7.6bn, up from around the £5bn which was projected earlier.
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