Crossrail
Sign in to saveCrossrail is a completed railway project centred on London. It provides a high-frequency hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system known as the Elizabeth line, that crosses the capital from suburbs on the west to east and connects two major railway lines terminating in London: the Great Western Main Line and the Great Eastern Main Line. The project was approved in 2007, and construction began in 2009 on the central section and connections to existing lines that became part of the route, which has been named the Elizabeth line in honour of Queen Elizabeth II who opened the line on 17 May 20
Key facts
- Rail line.name
- Crossrail
- Rail line.other_name
- Elizabeth line
- Rail line.image
- Crossrail platform at Farringdon.jpg
- Rail line.image_width
- 300px
- Rail line.caption
- Crossrail platform at Farringdon
- Rail line.logo
- Crossrail seal only.svg
- Rail line.logo_width
- 150px
- Rail line.system
- National Rail
- Rail line.start
- West:
- Rail line.end
- East: and
- Rail line.stations
- 10
- Rail line.open
- Paddington–Abbey Wood
- Rail line.owner
- Transport for London
- Rail line.stock
- Class 345 (9 carriages per train)
- Rail line.tracks
- 2
- Rail line.electrification
- AC (overhead lines)
- Rail line.map_state
- collapsed
- Rail line.map_name
- Transport for London
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Article
37 sectionsContents
- History
- Early proposals
- Later proposals
- Approval
- Construction
- Chronology
- Tunnel boring machines
- Health, safety, and industrial relations
- Blacklisting
- Archaeology
- Operational testing
- Completion
- Route
- Western end
- Eastern end
- Design and infrastructure
- Name and identity
- Tunnels
- Stations
- Electrification and signalling
- Depots
- Further proposals
- Additional stations
- Silvertown (London City Airport)
- Old Oak Common
- Extensions
- To Ebbsfleet and Gravesend
- To the West Coast Main Line
- To Staines
- To Southend Airport
- Management and franchise
- Crossrail International
- See also
- References
- Citations
- General and cited sources
- External links
Crossrail is a completed railway project centred on London. It provides a high-frequency hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system known as the Elizabeth line, that crosses the capital from suburbs on the west to east and connects two major railway lines terminating in London: the Great Western Main Line and the Great Eastern Main Line. The project was approved in 2007, and construction began in 2009 on the central section and connections to existing lines that became part of the route, which has been named the Elizabeth line in honour of Queen Elizabeth II who opened the line on 17 May 2022 during her Platinum Jubilee. The central section of the line between Paddington and Abbey Wood opened on 24 May 2022, with 12 trains per hour running in each direction through the core section in Central London. Crossrail is similar to the RER in Paris and the S-Bahn systems of German-speaking countries.
The main feature of the project was the construction of a new railway line that runs underground from Paddington Station to a junction near Whitechapel. There it splits into a branch to , where it joins the Great Eastern Main Line; and a branch to Abbey Wood in southeast London.