Twickenham MP Vince Cable pledged his support in bringing Crossrail 2 to the borough after visiting the tunnel work taking place in Farringdon last week.

Dr Cable went down into the tunnels to see first-hand the work taking place to connect Crossrail, Thameslink, the Underground and the proposed Crossrail 2.

He said: "I wanted to see at first hand this truly remarkable feat of underground civil engineering and the engineers and workers who are delivering it.

"Crossrail will transform London’s transport but I want to ensure that we keep in play the long term option of a link to south-west London.

"If all goes to plan we could have Crossrail 2 trains running via Kingston and Teddington to Twickenham in just over a decade. "