TfL can barely build some flats in Zone 2 without the locals rioting like they're destroying a Cotswolds village. Actually, it can barely fix the literal busiest station in the country without a bunch of minor celebrity detractors riling up everyone about how much of a travesty it is that we're doing it.
Without the public or central government support, the efforts you're talking about amount to very little.
> Actually, it can barely fix the literal busiest station in the country
Liverpool Street isn't managed by TfL, it's managed by Network Rail.
Ah yes, was too into the screed. Same problem though.