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Waterloo Bridge, the planned crossing point for the tram over the River Thames |
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| Owner | Transport for London |
| Locale | Camden, Southwark & Lambeth, London, England, UK |
| Transit type | Tram |
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| Operation will start | Abandoned proposal/On Hold[1] |
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| Track gauge | Standard gauge |
Cross River Tram (formerly Cross River Transit) was a Transport for London proposal[2] for a 10-mile (16 km) tram system in London, England, UK. It was planned to run on a north-south route from Camden Town in the north, through Euston and London King's Cross, to Peckham and Brixton in the south.
The Cross River Tram scheme was proposed to relieve overcrowding on the London Underground and was due to begin operation by 2016. The project was cancelled in 2008 due to funding problems.
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The tram was planned to relieve overcrowding on the London Underground, and to improve transport in areas currently without good public transport, such as the Aylesbury Estate in Southwark, to support regeneration.
Trams would have run up to every 4 minutes on each branch, giving a 2 minute service through central London at peak times.
On 18 July 2007, former London Mayor Ken Livingstone told the London Assembly[3] that he had asked TfL to consider splitting the implementation by building the southern section in advance of the northern section; it was not, however, clear where such a split would be. In May 2008, Livingstone's successor as mayor, Boris Johnson, announced that he intended to review the project in light of the lack of central government funding for the planned route[4].
On 6 November 2008, Transport for London announced that the Cross River Tram would not be built. In a statement, they said: "Given the lack of funding available to implement the project and the likelihood of not securing additional third party funding, TfL is not in a position to develop the scheme any further." [5] Currently (as of July 2010) on the Transport for London website, the project is said to be on hold.[1]
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In late 2006 and early 2007 TfL consulted residents on their views of the following route options:
Camden Town - Mornington Crescent - Euston - Tavistock Square - Russell Square - Holborn - Aldwych - South Bank - Waterloo
Waterloo - (either Lambeth North/Imperial War Museum/Kennington Cross or Elephant & Castle) - Oval - (either Stockwell or Brixton Road) - Brixton (either Pope's Road or Brixton St Matthew's Church)
Waterloo - St. George's Circus - Elephant & Castle - Heygate Street - Thurlow Street - (either Burgess Park/Chandler Way or Wells Way/Southampton Way) - Peckham
Euston - (either Crowndale Road or Somers Town) - King's Cross
On 11 September 2007, TfL published the results of their 2007 consultation:[6]
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