Surrey County Council has launched a bid to get Crossrail 2 extended further into Surrey.
On July 17 London Mayor Boris Johnson unveiled a Crossrail 2 growth commission, and Surrey County Council has revealed it has launched a study to examine the benefits of stretching the planned rail link further into Surrey.
Proposals for the cross-London line currently take in Shepperton, Epsom, Hampton Court, Chessington South and Surbiton stations on its southern tip.
But the authority is conducting a study to assess the feasibility of stretching the regional Crossrail 2 route to Woking and Guildford.
The council also aims to look at how much capacity the multi-billion pound project could help to free up on the overburdened South West Main Line serving Waterloo.
Around 130,000 passengers commute daily from Surrey into central London and numbers are expected to increase by 25% over the next 20 years.
The current proposal for Crossrail 2 is a tunnel from Wimbledon to Tottenham and Crystal Palace. If it gets approval from the government Crossrail 2 services could run from 2030.
In the video below, the county council’s Cabinet Member for Transport and Planning Mike Goodman explains what the study aims to achieve:
More information about the Crossrail 2 project can be found at http://crossrail2.co.uk/