345059 with an Elizabeth Line service to Paddington waiting to depart from the south-east London terminus at Abbey Wood, on the First Day of Service, Tuesday, 24th May 2022. The train will head away from the camera when it departs. According to reports on the BBC and ITV London evening t.v. news the following day, it is estimated that a quarter of a million people turned out to say 'I was there' on the very first day of this multi-billion pounds new line. Maybe, with so many delays, they wanted to make sure, as I did, that the line would actually open and wouldn't believe it had until they were on board and moving.
Location: Abbey Wood [EL]
Original line: Elizabeth Line
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: First Day of Elizabeth Line "core section 24.5.22
Date: 24/05/2022
Image number: 81068