The proposed route will serve a wide area. Stations in Surrey, Hertfordshire and the Capital will have direct Crossrail 2 services but the benefits will be felt far beyond the route. Crossrail 2 would benefit towns and cities across the South East such as Cambridge, Portsmouth, Woking and Southampton by freeing up mainline rail routes into Waterloo and Liverpool Street. Places across the region would benefit from faster or more frequent journeys into London on both Crossrail 2 trains and National Rail services into mainline stations. Crossrail 2 will help relieve congestion on busy routes into central London and support economic development in and around the capital, specifically targeting some key opportunity areas, such as the Upper Lea Valley, Victoria and King’s Cross. It would create better connections across the South East and the whole country, with a new Euston St Pancras station providing direct access to the new High Speed 2 line, Thameslink and Eurostar services.