The Future of the London Transport 2022-2050 (geographic map)

The proposed expansions of the Transport for London network is shown in this video.
00:09 Elizabeth line opening
00:23 Overground Gospel Oak line extension
00:37 Elizabeth line from Whitechapel to Stratford
01:01 Old Oak Common
01:23 Overground West London Orbital
01:37 Metropolitan line extension to Watford Junction
01:50 DLR Thames Wharf
02:03 DLR Extension to Thamesmead Central
02:22 Trams new line
02:33 Crossrail 2
03:01 Elizabeth line extension Gravesend
03:16 Bakerloo line extension to Lewisham
03:30 Bakerloo line extension to Watford Junction
03:43 Northern line extension to Clapham Junction
03:53 Central line extension to Uxbridge
04:07 Bakerloo line extensio to Hayes
04:20 DLR Tower Gateway closure

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[LexiTheeLeo]

It baffles me how I can use TFL tube lines, pay TFL fares and end up in Essex if I want to. Yet people from south east London and Kent are paying ridiculous amounts of money(more than TFL) to southeastern for old trains and an awful service.

[martz]

Crazy how underserved South East London especially will still be

[Clodzzzzz]

There needs to be more London Underground station in SE. E.g Lewisham, Catford, Bromley, Woolwich

[StackerNoobUK]

What is still missing for me is connections from the North to the South via routes that dont force you into the city centre first. Imagine if they extended the overground line from Romford to Upminster to go all the way to Dartford, for example. That might well take traffic away from the M25 and th Dartford crossing in that area. The whole of the East and South of London is poorly connects except to the city centre.

[MaxCheng]

It is amazing how much stuff London manages to fit underground—and their ambitions to crowd even more.

[dominicrobertson]

It would be really interesting to see the national rail services included in maps like this

[RyanTaylor]

It’ll be cool to see a ‘central’ line south of the thames running from Richmond to Woolwich via Battersea, Vauxhall, Bermondsey, & Greenwich

[thebomb]

That Bakerloo line extension to Lewisham is needed BIG TIME!

[bvetubeyt]

You forgot that the Northern line is splitting at 2023. A TfL document from 2015 proposes the Northern line will be split by April 2023. There's even a map showing where the lines will go. TfL believes that it can run up to 36 tph with this split! Keep in mind, this is with the Camden Town upgrade. If they don't manage to upgrade Camden Town it'll be operationally challenging.

[nonnius]

There is so much more potential for trams in South London it seems like it's being wasted in favour of blockbuster projects like crossrail that will take decades to come to fruition

[hongkonger]

Crossrail 2 be like: I like branches

edit: why tf is there a war in the comments

[lukeantonystevens]

Would be really good if an M25-type underground was built. That would connect North London stations in a kind of ring, similar to the overground but forming the ring further out for the subs.

[Conellossus]

Great work on this video! I can't wait for the Elizabeth line to finally open.

[masatowebb]

Amazing! Another rapidly expanding system is the TTC with Line 5, 6 and Line 2 (extension) coming soon! Would love to see a video covering it!

[MCAE.]

Ok so I live out east in London. This is the first I've heard about a CR-2 extension to Grays & Basildon and I am now bricking it. I hope this happens cause it'll make my journeys so much easier

[rubberducky]

With TfL having no money, it's pretty much only what's actually under construction now that will ever happen.

[midnight_styx]

Tbh, the Metropolitan line will never be extended to Watford Junction, because it was cancelled.

[manugamer]

Amazing as always! You should do Milan next, there are plans to double its current metro length by 2040 with new lines and the current ones being extended. Suburban lines are as much interesting as the underground and tram ones!

[andrewsitu]

A pity there won't be a closed loop between Edgware and Mill Hill East.

[Seagull]

I dont know why, but extending Elizabeth line into Medway (Strood, Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham and Rainham) would be quite logical although to be fair, Medway is pretty extensively connected to London already, though it could benefit with services to Heathrow potentially