Editing Trams in London (section)

== Future ==
New tram systems and extensions to existing tram lines have been discussed or planned:
* Tramlink extensions linking the Croydon-Beckenham route from Harrington Road up [[Anerley]] Hill to [[Crystal Palace, London|Crystal Palace]], using an existing rail right of way. Previous schemes have considered extensions to [[Purley, London|Purley]], [[Streatham]] and [[Tooting]]<ref name=tramext>{{cite web|title=Croydon Tramlink extension |publisher=TfL |url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/networkandservices/2055.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080111162518/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/networkandservices/2055.aspx |archive-date=11 January 2008  }}</ref> Also, Beckenham extension to [[Lewisham]] had been previously mooted.
* [[West London Tram]] from [[Shepherd's Bush]] to [[Uxbridge]]. This scheme was "put on hold" after the approval of [[Crossrail]]<ref name=wlt>{{cite web|title=West London Tram |publisher=TfL |url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/networkandservices/3223.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410070044/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/networkandservices/3223.aspx |archive-date=10 April 2008 }}</ref>

Two more tram systems were planned but their development has been abandoned:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/3327|title=Cross River Tram under review says Boris Johnson|work=london-se1.co.uk|access-date=2 August 2016}}</ref>

* [[Cross River Tram]] linking [[London King's Cross railway station|Kings Cross]] and [[Camden Town|Camden]] to [[Peckham]] and [[Brixton]]<ref name=crt>{{cite web|title=Cross River Tram |publisher=TfL |url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/networkandservices/crossrivertram/2047.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071227174036/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/networkandservices/crossrivertram/2047.aspx |archive-date=27 December 2007  }}</ref>
* In the lead-up to the 2008 [[Mayor of London|mayor]]al election, [[Ken Livingstone]] proposed an [[Oxford Street Tram]] that would run along [[Oxford Street]] from [[Marble Arch]] to [[Tottenham Court Road]]. It would have been tied into plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street and Marble Arch, funded through property development. Construction would have begun in 2012 with completion in 2018<ref name=standard>{{cite news
 |title=Mayoral elections - Ken: I will replace buses in Oxford St with trams 
 |first=Katharine 
 |last=Barney 
 |newspaper= London Evening Standard 
 |date=28 February 2008 
 |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-mayor/article-23443006-details/Ken%3A+I+will+replace+buses+in+Oxford+St+with+trams/article.do 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302033312/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-mayor/article-23443006-details/Ken%3A%2BI%2Bwill%2Breplace%2Bbuses%2Bin%2BOxford%2BSt%2Bwith%2Btrams/article.do 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-date=2 March 2008 }}</ref>

=== Sutton Link Extension ===

* The [[Sutton Link]] is a proposed tram line in South London, aiming to connect [[Colliers Wood tube station|Colliers Wood]] to [[Sutton, London|Sutton]] via [[St Helier Hospital|St Helier]]. Initially proposed in the early 2000s, public consultations on the route were held in the late 2010s. A preferred route was announced in February 2020. However, financial constraints caused by the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] led [[Transport for London]] to suspend the project in July 2020. Despite being included in the London Plan, the project faced further delays in 2023 due to a "weak business case" and a lack of funding. <ref>{{Cite web |date=September 2014 |title=Extending Tramlink from Wimbledon to Sutton via Morden - Public consultation - Report to London Boroughs of Sutton and Merton |url=https://www.opportunitysutton.org/wp-content/uploads/Tramlink_Report_FINAL1.pdf |access-date=3 Feb 2024 |website=Opportunity Sutton |pages=6–9}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=O'Connell |first=Steve |author-link=Steve O'Connell |last2=Sadiq |first2=Khan |author-link2=Sadiq Khan |date=17 January 2019 |title=Questions to the Mayor: Sutton Tram Extension |url=https://www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/what-london-assembly-does/questions-mayor/find-an-answer/sutton-tram-extension-3 |access-date=3 Feb 2024 |website=London Assembly}}</ref>