Crossrail 2 and Bakerloo line extension work put on hold

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Teams working on the mothballed Crossrail 2 and Bakerloo line extension projects have been redeployed onto other schemes, Transport for London has said. Last week, TfL commissioner Andy Byford confirmed that work on the two projects, which are worth a combined £36bn, had officially been put on hold. Speaking to the London Assembly's transport committee, Byford said: "We're not tone deaf. We do know that there is a financial crisis in the country, £2tn of debt now. So we won't be able to do everything." But he pointed to transport secretary Grant Shapps' recent safeguarding of the route for the £4bn Bakerloo line scheme, due to run from the Elephant and Castle to Lewisham via the Old Kent Road and New Cross Gate, as an indication that it has been delayed rather than cancelled completely. Byford said TfL would also be seeking safeguarding for Crossrail 2, which will link south-west and north-east London as well as towns across Surrey and Hertfordshire.