Peckham Rye is unlikely to appear on the Tube map any time soon after TfL announced that extending the Bakerloo line to Lewisham via the Old Kent Road is its preferred option.
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There are five London boroughs (Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton) which have never been served by the Underground system.
the centre of London is North of the Thames. there was already a dense network of surface railways around inner South London by the time underground railways started to be built, so there was less reason to build underground ones. the clay soil of South London was not suitable for early tunnelling methods.
With the Bakerloo line trains being the oldest passenger trains in regular operation in the country, there is a strong business case for their replacement. New trains will enable TfL to continue to maintain a reliable service, avoid the increasing cost of maintaining obsolete trains and increase passenger demand.
Whereas much of the foundation of North London is clay – almost perfect for tube tunnel building – south London largely sits on “Lambeth and Thanet Sand”, a flimsier substance that was more challenging to tunnel through before the days of leviathan boring machines like the one responsible for Crossrail.
When the first private tube companies began operating after 1863, they focused on north London, where there was more opportunity. 'The Underground chose to run extensions into the open semi-rural districts to the north instead, where they'd have less competition and sell more tickets,' says Murphy.
The Victoria line runs faster trains than other Underground lines because it has fewer stops, ATO running and modern design. Train speeds can reach up to 50 miles per hour (80 km/h).