First Elizabeth Line train on track to enter service in May [RTM]
Date: 28/04/2017
The Elizabeth Line is going to transform travel in London and the south of England. The line, currently being constructed by Crossrail Ltd, will be fully integrated into the TfL network and will reach from as far west as Reading and Heathrow across to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east. It will provide vital extra capacity, with the central section seeing up to 24 trains per hour in each direction and the railway carrying more than 200 million passengers annually.
It will mean a step change in the accessibility of the London transport network with 10 new stations and 30 upgraded stations, all of which will be accessible with step-free access from street to platform. When fully opened, it will represent a much-needed increase in central Londons rail capacity by around 10%.
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