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How close is South East London to getting a Tube line?


A colourful pink and brown image of a Bakerloo line Tube train and London Underground signs.

A Tube line to South East London is slowly becoming more than a dream – but some obstacles remain (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)

The Underground is due for one of its biggest changes in years after the Bakerloo line could be extended into South East London.

Londoners living south of the river have been teased with the extension of the Bakerloo line for a decade.

The area currently boasts a train, Overground and DLR connection, but residents say the southern part of the capital is far less connected than its northern counterpart.

In the future, the Bakerloo line could reach further into south London which has been plagued by the lack of Tube compared to the more connected north.

The Bakerloo line could one day stretch beyond Elephant & Castle station (Picture: Wangkun Jia/Shutterstock)

But now the plans might be up in the air again after Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first Budget failed to promise any money for it.

But projects of this scale come with a hefty price tag and will take years to build.

What are the Bakerloo line extension plans?

Local leaders have argued that the extension could ‘unlock 20,400 homes and 9,700 jobs’ along with an almost £2,000,000,000 boost to the economy.

But now the fate of the line extension could be at risk after the Budget didn’t allocate money for Bakerloo line extension specifically, despite a £485,000,000 pot of money Transport for London (TfL) received for its capital renewals programme.

Sadiq Khan said ahead of the Budget that getting ‘anything’ more than £250,000,000 would be ‘a win,’ BBC News reported. Last year, he had asked for £569,000,000.

Some of it will go towards the new Piccadilly line trains and Elizabeth line carriages to serve the Old Oak Common HS2 station.

The Bakerloo line extension is estimated to cost between £5,000,000,000 and £8,000,000,000, according to a TfL document published in February. This is alongside the planned DLR extension estimated to cost £1,700,000,00.

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Previously, Khan said a long-term funding package is ‘a glimpse of the London we can build,’ the broadcaster reported.

Khan said at the London Transport Museum’s annual dinner in early October: ‘And I will – as promised during my re-election campaign – use my position as Mayor to lobby for more transport investment in our city.

‘This includes the DLR extension to Thamesmead, the West London Orbital and the Bakerloo line extension.

‘Projects which would create new jobs, generate good growth, and taken together lead to the construction of tens of thousands of homes for Londoners.’

TfL is seeking funding for the planned Bakerloo extension into South East London (Picture: Getty)

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