Transport for LondonBenefits
The tram would improve links to regeneration projects such as Elephant and Castle
As well as enjoying a fast, frequent and accessible service, you'll be able to use your Oyster card to pay.
Comfortable and convenient
- Vehicles would be spacious, air-conditioned and quiet, with up-to-the-minute information at tram stops
- With lots of wide double doors and step-free access, it would be easy to get on and off
- Journeys would be faster and more reliable. The service would avoid other traffic wherever possible by running on separate lanes and having priority at junctions
- Trams would arrive up to every two minutes between Euston and Waterloo, and every four minutes at stops on the Camden Town, Peckham, King's Cross and Brixton branches
- It would be a hop-on hop-off service and part of the Oyster card system. Journeys would cost the same as a bus ride
Trams would arrive up to every two minutes at Euston and Waterloo
Environmental benefits
- Cross River Tram would help to reduce traffic pollution and congestion on London's streets
- Trams are powered by electricity and produce no direct CO2 emissions helping to improve air quality in the capital
- Some new trams can recycle up to a third of their own energy
- In Croydon, Tramlink encouraged more people to use public transport and has led to a reduction of car journeys by nearly four million trips a year
Some new trams can recycle up to a third of their own energy
Jobs and investment
- The service would link regeneration areas such as King's Cross, Elephant and Castle, Brixton and the Aylesbury Estate in Southwark to around one million jobs in central London
- Areas served by Tramlink have benefited from an average drop in unemployment of around 10 per cent since 2000
- Large employers have moved to Croydon citing good transport links as a key factor in making their choice. This has helped bring in £1.5bn of extra investment into the area
The service would link areas such as Elephant and Castle to around one million jobs
