A.17 Northern Line extension - The Government will support the extension of the Northern Line to Battersea. Subject to commitment by April 2013 from a developer to develop the site and make agreed contributions, the Government will consider allowing the Mayor of London and partner authorities to borrow against the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) to support this scheme. This has the potential to support an estimated 16,000 new homes and 25,000 new jobs in the area, 28 years after electricity generation there stopped.6
A.18 Electrification of the Transpennine Express - The Government will support Network Rail to invest £290 million to electrify the Transpennine railway route from Manchester to Leeds starting next year. Before July 2012, the Government will consider further investment in the Northern Hub. (t)
A.19 East-West rail project - The Government will support Network Rail to develop a £270 million rail link between Oxford and Bedford. Before July 2012, the Government will announce how it will implement this plan subject to support from local contributions, based on a developed business case. (s)
A.20 Reduction of disruption on rail network - The Government will support Network Rail to invest £100 million to tackle local problems on the rail network more quickly. (u)
A.21 Railway improvements - The Government will support Network Rail to invest £290 million to improve the railway network, including bringing forward bridge renewals, enhancing access to stations and improving resilience of the network to extreme winter weather. (r)
A.22 Flexible commuter rail tickets - The Government will invest £45 million to extend flexible smart ticketing across London and the South-East. (p)
A.23 New carriages for the Southern rail franchise - The Government will provide £80 million to support the Southern rail franchise's procurement of 130 new carriages to operate in south London. (n)
A.24 Local transport - The Government will invest an extra £50 million to be distributed to all local transport authorities outside London through the Integrated Transport Block. (ac)
A.25 Low carbon emission buses - The Government will invest £25 million to help bus companies and local authorities in England buy new low carbon buses. (ad)
A.26 Tyne and Wear Metro - The Government will invest £4 million to accelerate the upgrade to the Tyne and Wear Metro. (q)
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5 Costs for paragraphs A.18 to A.21 are the total capital values of schemes that the Government will support Network Rail to deliver. The Government's contribution to payments on the Network Rail Regulated Asset Base over the Spending Review period are set out in Table 2.3.
6 Developer's estimates are available at: http://www.battersea-powerstation.com.