Office of the Leader of the House of Commons

Crossrail Bill

Key Benefits The Bill will give the powers necessary for the construction and maintenance of Crossrail, a new east-west cross-London rail link from Maidenhead in the west to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east, including new tunnels under central London. Crossrail would operate up to 24 trains-an-hour in both directions through central London, carrying nearly 200 million passengers a year Crossrail would relieve congestion and overcrowding on the existing National Rail and Underground networks and significantly enhance public transport access to Heathrow Airport and allow Liverpool Street to handle more passengers to and from Stansted Airport Crossrail would support the continued development of London's primacy as a world centre for finance and business service activities, located in both the City and Docklands The Bill's measures include: the description and authorisation of physical works; land acquisition and compulsory purchase matters; planning and heritage matters; the application of existing railways and other legislation; the devolution of the control of the project to Transport for London and/or the Greater London Authority.

Bill Text

Explanatory Notes

Additional Information

This Bill is carried over from the previous Session 2005/06 under House of Commons Standing Order 80A on the 16th November 2006. The Bill originally had its first reading on the 18th May 2005, its second reading on the 19th July 2005, and reached select committee stage on the 17th January 2006.

Comments

If you have any comments on the proposals you can email them to:

crossrail@dft.gsi.gov.uk

Department for Transport

House of Commons Library Research Paper on the Bill

Draft Programme 2007/08