Ken Vows To Re-Start Cross-River Tram

By · September 2, 2010 at 10:30 am · 4 Comments · Latest News · Report an error ·

0209_crt.jpg With voting underway for the Labour mayoral candidacy, Ken Livingstone has brought out the big guns: he’s promised to revive Cross River Tram. The project, introduced in 2005, would have brought trams back to central London via a route that linked Peckham and Brixton in the south with Camden in the north via Elephant & Castle, Waterloo Bridge, and Euston. It was axed early in Boris Johnson’s reign, but according to SE1, Ken has vowed that, as Mayor, CRT and a host of other stalled transport projects would go ahead “when economic conditions improve”. Ah. That’s some caveat. Still, banging on about trams wlll probably unsettle Boris — he’s already riled by the prospect of a Labour campaign that focuses on transport.

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  • M@

    Well, they’ve already saved money on the logo. Looks like it was knocked together in Microsoft Paint by someone who’d watched too much A Question of Sport.

  • http://undefined Cat

    I’m all for cross-river transport but couldn’t they plot a route that isn’t already well serviced by the bloody Northern Line?!

    • http://undefined DeanN

      It does encompass Brixton, Peckham, Holborn, and Stockwell, none of which are on the Northern line.

      Also, the Northern line is horribly overcrowded at peak times; anything that alleviates the crush is to be welcomed.

  • Alexandre

    That would be great for people like me who lives in Peckham and saying that, it would be a great start against polution and bad traffic. He will get my vote he same way I voted yes for the tram at the time of presentation.

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