R25 is a proposed railway orbital around theZone 3 area ofLondon,England. First proposed in theMayor of London's £1.3 trillion London Infrastructure 2050 plan, the line would have used some existingNetwork Rail andLondon Overground lines, linked by stretches of new railway.
The R25 nickname alludes to London'sM25 orbital motorway. The idea featured in news media when theMayor of London,Boris Johnson, visitedBarking Riverside, a large development held up by lack of rail access in 2014. The idea of extending theGospel Oak to Barking line trains onto theTilbury Loop line to serve a station nearBarking Riverside had already gained some ground having been mentioned in the 2013 budget statement, but news reports showed aTube map-like extract with a new line crossing theRiver Thames to serveAbbey Wood.[1]
There have also been calls to extend the line further south across the river toThamesmead andAbbey Wood.[2][3] In August 2017, the Government granted permission for the extension of theGospel Oak to Barking line and a provision for a stop at Renwick Road (if needed) and states that a further extension across the Thames should be provisioned.[4][5] The new station atBarking Riverside opened on 18 July 2022,[6] but any further extension across the river was dropped in favour of extending theDocklands Light Railway fromGallions Reach.
City Metric have produced a map of what the R25 might look like in detail.[7]
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