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The plans for Wimbledon station involve the redevelopment of parts of Wimbledon town centre, including the Centre Court shopping centre.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/14192801.Crossrail_2_consultation_has_ended__here_is_what_has_been_said_so_far/ |title=Crossrail 2 consultation has ended: here is what has been said so far |website=Wimbledon Guardian |date=8 January 2016}}</ref> Merton Council issued a seven-page cross-party objection to the plans.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.merton.gov.uk/cr2_cross_party_response.pdf |title=CROSSRAIL 2 CONSULTATION: MERTON COUNCIL'S CROSS-PARTY RESPONSE |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327155626/http://www.merton.gov.uk/cr2_cross_party_response.pdf |archive-date=27 March 2016 |access-date=16 September 2016}}</ref>
 
There was only a short interval between the announcements of the confirmation of continued government support for Crossrail 2 in 2017, and of the scaling back of [[Proposed railway electrification in Great Britain|proposed railway electrification projects]] which would particularly benefit Wales and Northern England. Money has been earmarked in the longer term to match London's large forecast population growth. All such forecasts rely on assumptions in terms of where people will wish to live, jobs will be created and housing targets have been set accordingly for 2015–2030,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/policy-institute/publications/Economic-and-demographic-scenarios-for-London-in-2030.pdf |title=Economic and Demographic Scenarios for London in 2030 |author=Cambridge Econometrics |date=March 2017 |website=[[KingsKing's College London]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613184358/https://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/policy-institute/publications/Economic-and-demographic-scenarios-for-London-in-2030.pdf |archive-date=13 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/12038938/READY-London-to-outpace-New-York-as-City-drives-growth.html|title=London to outpace New York as City drives growth|first=Alan|last=Tovey|date=8 December 2015|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/jan/09/london-booming-population-growth-success-challenges|title=London's booming: how the city's population surged past pre-war peak|first=Dave|last=Hill|date=9 January 2015|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> in contrast to the low growth forecast for the rest of England, all of which could be altered by government policy. [[Mayor of Greater Manchester|Greater Manchester mayor]] [[Andy Burnham]] considered that the in-principle spending decision gives undue and unbalanced priority to London and South East England over other parts of the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40708531 |title= Crossrail 2: Support by government 'outrageous' after northern snub |publisher= [[BBC]] |date= 25 July 2017 |access-date= 12 October 2017}}</ref>
 
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