On Jan 26, 1:00*am, Mr Thant
wrote:
On 26 Jan, 00:26, lonelytraveller

wrote:
But the chelsea-hackney ("chelnea") tube line still seems to be
regarded as planned to go ahead once the funding arrives.

Not really. I think it's more that theCrossrailpeople have abandoned
their planned use and we're back to where we were 10 years ago, with
the Chelney route safeguarded but no real plan on how to use it.

All three routes go from East Putney to Wimbledon. From East Putney to
Victoria the three options a
-(right angle) via Parsons Green, Kings Road (Chelsea), and Sloane
Square

This route is safeguarded, though without a station at Sloane Square.

U

The story moves on:

http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/story.php?id=4686
quote

DfT reinstates Crossrail 2 Sloane Square station
Filed 28/01/08

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has claimed a victory in
its campaign to have two new stations built in the borough.

Plans for Crossrail 2, also known as the Chelsea-Hackney Line, have
historically included proposals for new stations at Sloane Square and
King's Road, Chelsea.

However, in a government consultation on plans to safeguard the route
against future building work (Transport Briefing 16/04/07), the
Department for Transport said it was not including proposals to build
the Sloane Square station.

Now, following discussions between the local authority and the DfT,
the government has said it will keep all options open for the station.

"We made it absolutely clear to the government we wanted the station
back on the agenda," said the borough council's deputy leader Cllr
Daniel Moylan. "We are keen to see the scheme taken forward as soon as
possible and think it would transform the public transport options
available to Chelsea residents and help assure the area's continued
economic viability. We are very relieved the government has listened
to us and decided to keep all options open."

Crossrail 2 is planned to link the northern Epping branch of the
London Underground Central line to the southern Wimbledon branch of
the District line with a new build tunnel across central London. Last
year the government described it as "very much in the long-term
planning stage" with "completion unlikely to be before 2025". A small
team within Cross London Rail Links, the Transport for London company
charged with developing the east-west Crossrail 1 project, works
solely on the Crossrail 2 scheme

unquote.

No doubt the lessons of Woolwich have been absorbed.