Lewisham Council have granted outline planning permission for developer Renewal’s proposed £850m housing and retail development on the “Surrey Canal Triangle” site. A package of transport improvements are mandated as part of the work – including contributory funding for Surrey Canal Road Station. The proposed Surrey Canal Road station on the East London Line Extension Phase 2 has been in limbo since the DfT withdrew funding support. Passive provision (including the construction of a station box) is being completed as … Continued

Last week saw an opportunity arise to see the work taking place on Phase 2 of the ELL Extension close up, as well as pay a brief visit to the new NLL control centre at Upminster. On the ELL As many readers will be aware, much of the Extension will utilise the Inner South London, with route clearing for the 378s now underway there. A short stretch of new line is required, however, on the disused alignment which runs from … Continued

With the East London Line extension from Dalston Junction to Highbury and Islington opening shortly, we can now turn our attention to the extension to Clapham Junction. ELL Phase 2 runs from the new graded junction built as part of the phase one works at the northern end of the Silwood Triangle. Just over a mile of new railway needs to be built over the former link from the East London Line, south of Surrey Quays, to the South London … Continued

Below is a letter, dated 31st August, sent to Caroline Pidgeon AM by Theresa Villiers MP. The letter confirms that that the DfT will not provide the additional £7m funding commitment required to ensure Surrey Canal Road station is constructed as part of the ELLX Phase 2 work. This, combined with the fact that work on ELLX Phase 2 is now already underway, means the station will almost certainly not be built in the short term. Caroline, I recently gave … Continued

On Thursday 17th June, the new Ministerial team at the DfT faced their first parliamentary question time. Falling in the midst of spending review and budget statements there were several holding answers. A number of questions of local interest came up, however. Our comments are in italics. Dartford Crossing 2. Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon) (Con): If he will take steps to reduce congestion at the Dartford crossing. [2711] The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Mike Penning): The Department and … Continued

The Story So Far… With construction of the ELL Extension Phase 2 (ELLX2 to its friends) due to begin this autumn, one particular question related to the line is becoming increasingly urgent – will a station be constructed at Surrey Canal Road? The Surrey Canal Road saga is one that has now dragged on for some time. Originally the station was not included by TfL as part of ELLX2 because they felt the cost could not be justified. This situation … Continued

London Reconnections understands that the ELL is likely to reopen to passengers on the 15th April. This will not be the full service – which will open on the previously announced 23rd May, but will be a period of limited passenger service referred to as a “live testing operation.” During this period services will run between New Cross Gate and Dalston Junction, Mondays – Fridays only. There will be no early morning or late night services, with a 7am – … Continued

[Below are the noteworthy extractions from the Commissioner's Report - MWM] [There are some interesting Surrey Canal Road points in here. Lewisham's final report/approval paper is due at their next council meeting on the 14th April so we'll be keeping an eye out for that - JB] New Trains Thirty new electric trains have been delivered to TfL for service on the extended East London Line. Seventeen new trains have also been delivered for the existing London Overground network, 12 … Continued

Lewisham Council have agreed, in principle, to provide the missing funding needed to complete Surrey Canal Road station. TfL had estimated the cost of completing the station at £10m, but claimed that they were unable to budget for that expenditure themselves. The DfT had agreed to put £7m towards the stations construction, but that still left a gap of £3m to be filled from elsewhere. TfL, the DfT and Lewisham appear to have been in negotiations since November over the … Continued

East London Lines carried a story on Friday indicating that discussions were at an advanced stage between TfL, the DfT and Lewisham Council over the funding of Surrey Canal Road station: TfL are now hopeful that an announcement will be made before the New Year giving the go-ahead for the station as part of the second phase of the multi-million pound scheme. The move follows talks between TfL, Lewisham council and the Department of Transport. [...] Proposals for the station … Continued