Clause 23
Crossrail Bill
2:30 pm
Susan Kramer (Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, Transport; Richmond Park, Liberal Democrat)
I echo the concerns over the role of freight. The amendment would be a neat way to bring the issue back into the overall conversation and make it clear that there is a significant freight issue in the construction and operation of Crossrail. I say that in part as a Londoner.
London’s major aggregate yards require freight to be able to use some of that track. That would not turn the track into a freight line, but there needs to be access to part of the Crossrail track—for example, if the aggregate depot at Acton is to be available. With all the construction in London that is necessary and ongoing, it would be a devastating blow if that freight access was all but killed before the entire project was developed.