M26 motorway the M26 at that time formed part of Ringway 4 and would have been designated as part of the M25. Construction of the first part of the M25 began in 1972 but before it opened, plans for the "London Orbital" motorway were modified to combine the southern and western part of Ringway 4 with the northern and eastern part of Ringway 3. To connect the two separate routes, which together were numbered as the M25, an additional section of road needed to be planned and the M25 route was diverted northwards from junction 5 to meet Ringway 3 at Swanley
West London Orbital Line, Bakerloo Line, High Speed 2, Crossrail and the Piccadilly Line. It is anticipated the line will be operational by the mid-2020s, reflecting the fact that it makes use of existing under-used rail infrastructure rather than requiring significant lengths of new track or tunnels to be built. An unrelated scheme of the same name was previously proposed in June 2008 by the West London Business group. That proposal involved the construction of a new underground line across West and South West London and did not progress beyond concept stage. The West London Orbital line consists of a number of distinct