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Crossrail

Crossrail
Crossrail.svg
Overview
Other name(s) Elizabeth line (from December 2018)
Type Commuter/suburban rail
Rapid transit
System National Rail
Status Under construction
Locale Greater London; Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex
Termini West: Heathrow Airport / Reading
East: Abbey Wood / Shenfield
Stations 40 (planned)
Operation
Opened 2015: Liverpool Street to Shenfield route branded as TfL Rail
2019: Elizabeth line due to fully open
Owner
Operator(s) MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Ltd
Depot(s) Ilford
Old Oak Common
Plumstead
(if Transport & Works Act Order approved)
Rolling stock Class 345
9 carriages per trainset
Technical
Line length approx. 118 km (73 mi)
Number of tracks 2
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification 25 kV 50 Hz AC (overhead lines)
Operating speed 140 km/h (90 mph)
Route map
BSicon lACC.svg All stations will have step-free access from street to train
Reading National Rail
Twyford National Rail
Maidenhead National Rail
Taplow
Burnham
Slough National Rail
Langley
Iver
M25 motorway
Airport interchange London Underground
Heathrow
Terminal 4
Greater London boundary
Airport interchange National Rail London Underground
Heathrow
Terminals 2 & 3
West Drayton
Hayes & Harlington National Rail
Southall
Hanwell
West Ealing National Rail
Ealing Broadway National Rail London Underground
Acton Main Line
Old Oak Common
depot
Old Oak Common
(planned)
National Rail London Overground
Westbound turn-back
Royal Oak portal
Paddington National Rail London Underground
Bond Street London Underground
Tottenham Court Road London Underground
Farringdon National Rail London Underground
National Rail London Underground London Overground Liverpool Street
Liverpool Street (Main Line)
(peak only services)
London Underground London Overground Whitechapel
Wikipedia

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