Mayor Boris Johnson backs Crossrail 2 route including five Kingston borough stations

Surbiton.com: October 29, 2014 - 2:10pm

Crossrail 2 is a step closer to coming to Kingston after the mayor of London backed a regional route that could see high-speed trains come through five of the borough’s stations.

Boris Johnson has given his support to the route that would allow commuters in Kingston to get to Tottenham Court Road station in central London within less than half an hour. Other stations included in the preferred route are New Malden, Motspur Park, Surbiton and Chessington South.

The scheme would be completed by 2030 at the cost of about £20bn. A consultation on a single preferred route and station locations is expected September 2015.

During the lead up to the election, the Liberal Democrats suggested City Hall was working on plans to create 70,000 homes on greenbelt land for a new suburb in Chessington that Crossrail 2 would make a demand for. Mr Johnson strongly denied the claims.

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