Future
New tram systems and extensions to existing tram lines have been discussed or planned:
- Tramlink extensions linking the Croydon-Beckenham route from Harrington Road up Anerley Hill to Crystal Palace, using an existing rail right of way. Previous schemes have considered extensions to Purley, Streatham and Tooting Also Beckenham extension to Lewisham had been previously mooted.
- West London Tram from Shepherd's Bush to Uxbridge. This scheme was "put on hold" after the approval of Crossrail
Two more tram systems were planned but their development has been abandoned:
- Cross River Tram linking Kings Cross and Camden to Peckham and Brixton
- In the lead-up to the 2008 Mayoral election, Ken Livingstone proposed an Oxford Street Tram that would run along Oxford Street from Marble Arch to Tottenham Court Road. It would be tied into plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street and Marble Arch, funded through property development. Construction would begin in 2012 with completion in 2018
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