R25 (London)

R25 is a possible railway orbital around the Zone 3 area of London, England. The proposed line would use some existing lines by National Rail and London Overground.

History

Issue 755 of Rail Magazine (20 August 2014) says that the Mayor of London has started consulting on a new Zone 3 orbital railway, the 'R25'. The nickname alludes to the M25 orbital motorway. The idea featured in news media when the Mayor visited Barking Riverside a large development held up by lack of rail access. 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] Recently, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has proposed that an extension to Abbey Wood should be built as a later extension to the Barking Riverside Extension project. 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]

References

  1. ↑ Dudman, Jane (1 August 2014). "Boris Johnson's London orbital railway – is it a good idea?". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Thamesmead & Abbey Wood Extension". Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.barkinganddagenhampost.co.uk/news/sadiq-khan-gives-go-ahead-to-barking-overground-extension-1-4722444
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