{"id":365560,"date":"2025-08-22T20:58:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T20:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/365560\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T20:58:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T20:58:31","slug":"new-london-train-route-will-begin-construction-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/365560\/","title":{"rendered":"New London Train Route Will Begin Construction Next Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than 12 years since it was first proposed,\u00a0Crossrail 2<\/a>\u00a0may finally start to become a reality. Well, part of it, at least.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re not quite up to speed, Crossrail 2 (CR2) is north and south London\u2019s proposed answer to the Elizabeth line (AKA Crossrail 1).\u00a0CR2 was mooted way, way back in 2013 and has come up against countless controversies and consultations. Right now, the plan is for it to go from\u00a0Epsom in the south to Broxbourne to the north, going via Dalston, Angel, Clapham Junction and Wimbledon, but it hasn\u2019t been officially approved. The plans are still subject to change.<\/p>\n

The first part of\u00a0CR2 is now officially set to be built as part of the British Library\u2019s upcoming\u00a0\u00a31.1 billion expansion<\/a>. Stick with us.\u00a0The library\u2019s huge expansion \u2013 which was awarded planning permission earlier this year \u2013 includes a large new office building on land that is safeguarded<\/a> for the railway\u2019s future Euston\/St Pancras station. So, the\u00a0project\u2019s developers agreed to build the Crossrail 2 elements in the basement of that building at the same time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Now, the developer has now granted a construction contract for the\u00a0British Library project and the adjoining CR2 facilities to Mace. Those facilities will include\u00a0a deep shaft at the western end,\u00a0going down from street level through six underground levels to the future railway tunnels. They\u2019ll also include\u00a0an underground pedestrian passageway that\u2019ll provide a route between the\u00a0new CR2 station platform and\u00a0the\u00a0ticket hall expected to be built under Midland Road. The image below gives you a better idea of how it\u2019ll be laid out.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jason Millett, Mace Group\u2019s chief executive said: \u2018We are delighted to be selected as construction manager for the British Library development proposals. This is a high-profile project with international significance and Mace\u2019s long-established expertise and track record in delivering other major schemes make us well placed for this role.\u2019<\/p>\n

Work on the British Library is\u00a0expected\u00a0to start in 2026 and\u00a0the project will take around six years. That means that, if everything goes smoothly, the first part of Crossrail 2 will be likely complete by 2032. When that\u2019s all finished, that part of the building will remain empty until the rest of the railway is given the go ahead. It\u2019s not yet clear when (or if) that will be, though.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You can ride a historic art deco tube train in London in September<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

South London could be getting a brand-new music venue in old railway arches<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Get the latest and greatest from the Big Smoke \u2013 from news and reviews to events and trends. Just\u00a0follow our Time Out London WhatsApp channel<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stay in the loop: sign up for our\u00a0free Time Out London newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for the best of the city, straight to your inbox.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 12 years since it was first proposed,\u00a0Crossrail 2\u00a0may finally start to become a reality. Well, part…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,11648,393,4884,257,11649,183,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-365560","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-categories-travel","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-news-transport-travel","14":"tag-travel","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115074427614736851","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}