Bakerloo Line Extension

For over 100 years London has talked about extending the Bakerloo line south. Extending it even started in the 1950’s but stopped after 18 months of building work.

The Mayor of London and Transport for London have released their London Infrastructure Plan 2050. It includes a Bakerloo line extension with little relationship to the past 100 years of historic proposals. Their proposal is to extend via the Old Kent Road via Lewisham to Beckenham and Bromley.

They are consulting on this extension please do respond.

Liberal Democrats have always said we want the Bakerloo line extended. For some time we’ve suggest it have two branches – one via Camberwell to Tulse Hill and terminating in Streatham and the second branch along the Old Kent Road to Lewisham and beyond. That each branch have 15 trains per hour of the maximum 32 possible in the central section of the Bakerloo line.

The Plan also shows clearly how poor public transport is in the Dulwich and West Norwood area proving the need for a Bakerloo branch. That road congestion will rocket between now and 2030 by 25% and ultimately London population increase by 2050 to something between 9.5 and 13.4 million people. Staggering growth.

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