{"id":517149,"date":"2025-10-21T14:14:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T14:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/517149\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T14:14:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T14:14:14","slug":"londons-transport-network-could-soon-be-getting-a-new-700-million-overground-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/517149\/","title":{"rendered":"London&#8217;s Transport Network Could Soon Be Getting A New \u00a3700 Million Overground Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/shutterstock_2167133361-min-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"A London Overground train under a blue sky\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit: Johnscoolphotos, Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>    Save<\/p>\n<p>Here at <strong>Secret London<\/strong>, we\u2019ll never turn down the opportunity for a little bit of transport talk. From bikes and buses to trams and trains; we sure are fond of our pioneering <strong>public transport network<\/strong>. And so the prospect of a shiny new line arriving on the London Overground is a rather exciting one, as far as we\u2019re concerned.<\/p>\n<p> What would the route of the new line be? <\/p>\n<p>The <strong>West London Orbital<\/strong> would be the name, and providing a speedy link between various spots across \u2013 you guessed it \u2013 West London would be the game. The new line on the block would connect Hounslow with Hendon and West <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/things-to-do-in-hampstead\/\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/things-to-do-in-hampstead\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Hampstead<\/a> via the likes of Brentford, Acton, Harlesdon, Neasden, Cricklewood, and Brent Cross \u2013 meaning that <strong>Londoners wishing to make the journey<\/strong> would no longer have to do so via a slightly inconvenient detour through the centre of the city.<\/p>\n<p> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-201449 size-full\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Overground train platform in Camden Town station\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/olesea-vetrila.jpg\"\/>Credit: olesea vetrila \/ Shutterstock <\/p>\n<p>The <strong>West London Orbital<\/strong> is one of the \u2018big ticket schemes\u2019 that TfL is hoping to secure financial backing for from the government\u2019s Autumn budget. Mayor of London, <strong>Sadiq Khan<\/strong>, has said that alongside the proposed DLR and <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/bakerloo-line-extension-update\/\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/bakerloo-line-extension-update\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_1\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Bakerloo Line<\/a> extensions, the construction of the West London Orbital \u2018could transform the future of transport in the capital\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>If all goes to plan, the West London Orbital would become the <strong>seventh branch<\/strong> of the London Overground. It would use the existing <strong>Dudding Hill Line<\/strong>; a freight line that was built in 1858 and has barely been used over the last century.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-329421 size-full\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Dudding Hill Junction and signal box, Willesden\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dudding_Hill_Junction_and_signal_box_Willesden_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_62130.jpg\"\/>Credit: David Hawgood via Wikimedia Commons How much would the West London Orbital cost? <\/p>\n<p>So, how much will this new train line cost, I hear you ask? Well, as I\u2019m sure you can imagine, an extension of this size and scale comes with a <strong>pretty hefty price tag<\/strong>. Back in 2021, it was estimated that the project would cost somewhere between <strong>\u00a3430 million and \u00a3610 million<\/strong>, but it\u2019s not set to cost roughly <strong>\u00a3700 million<\/strong> in total. Blimey. It is expected to deliver a rather jaw-dropping<strong> \u00a31 billion<\/strong> in economic value, however, with \u00a3300 million of it being generated in the first ten years. So, I guess time will tell, hey?<\/p>\n<p> When is the West London Orbital set to be built? <\/p>\n<p>Well, on the subject of timelines,<strong> Sadiq Khan<\/strong> said back in July: \u201csubject to successful funding discussions, as well as further project development, planning and public consultation, I am confident that the DLR extension could be delivered by <strong>2032<\/strong>, with the Bakerloo Line extension and West London Orbital following later in the <strong>2030s<\/strong>\u201c.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about Transport for London\u2019s proposed West London Orbital plans <a href=\"https:\/\/tfl.gov.uk\/corporate\/about-tfl\/how-we-work\/planning-for-the-future\/west-london-orbital\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/tfl.gov.uk\/corporate\/about-tfl\/how-we-work\/planning-for-the-future\/west-london-orbital\" data-action=\"text_cta_2\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Johnscoolphotos, Shutterstock Save Here at Secret London, we\u2019ll never turn down the opportunity for a little bit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":517150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,257,19658,10763,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-517149","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-london","12":"tag-public-transport-tickets","13":"tag-trip-travel","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115412577464661097","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517149","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=517149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}