Elizabeth Line - Elizabeth Line 2005 Route Development/Elizabeth Line Approval - G

Elizabeth Line - G

Elizabeth Line 2005 Route Development

In 2005, ahead of Crossrail's hybrid bill submission, a number of feeder routes were considered by CLRL west of Paddington and east of Liverpool Street. It was viewed, given the 24 trains-per-hour (tph) core frequency, that two feeder routes, each of 12 tph, could be taken forward.

In the west, a route to Maidenhead (later extended to Reading) and Heathrow Airport was selected. In the east, routes to Abbey Wood (curtailed from Ebbsfleet to avoid conflicts with the North Kent lines) and Shenfield were selected.

Elizabeth Line Approval

The Crossrail Act 2008 authorising the construction project received royal assent on 22 July 2008. In December 2008, TfL and the DfT announced that they had signed the "Crossrail Sponsors' Agreement". This committed them to financing the project, then projected to cost £15.9 billion, with further contributions from Network Rail, BAA, and the City of London.

Elizabeth Line Overview

Elizabeth Line Service Type: Hybrid urban-suburban rail

Elizabeth Line System: National Rail

Elizabeth Line Locale:

Greater London

Berkshire

Buckinghamshire

Essex

Elizabeth Line First Service: 24 May 2022; 13 months ago

Elizabeth Line Current Operator(s): MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Ltd

Elizabeth Line Termini West: Heathrow Terminal 4, Heathrow Terminal 5 and Reading

Elizabeth Line Termini East: Abbey Wood and Shenfield

Elizabeth Line Stops: 41

Elizabeth Line Rolling Stock: Class 345

Elizabeth Line Track Gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

Elizabeth Line Electrification: 25 kV 50 Hz AC (overhead lines)

Elizabeth Line Operating Speed:

Crossrail: 60 mph (95 km/h)

GWML, Heathrow and GEML: 90 mph (145 km/h)

Elizabeth Line Track Owner(s):

Transport for London (Old Oak Common to Abbey Wood and Stratford)

Network Rail (Pudding Mill Lane to Shenfield and Old Oak Common to Reading)

Heathrow Airport Holdings (Heathrow branch)

Elizabeth line Route Legend

Reading

Twyford

Maidenhead

River Thames

Taplow

Burnham

Slough

Heathrow T5 Langley

Heathrow T4 Iver

M25 motorway

Heathrow T2&3 Greater London boundary

West Drayton

Heathrow Rail Link Great Western Main Line

Hayes & Harlington

Southall

River Brent

Hanwell

West Ealing

Ealing Broadway

Acton Main Line

Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Depot

(under construction)

Crossrail Great Western Main Line

Royal Oak portal

Paddington London Paddington

Bond Street

Tottenham Ct Rd

Farringdon Barbican

Moorgate

Liverpool St

Whitechapel

Crossrail Great Eastern Main Line

Pudding Mill Lane

Canary Wharf Stratford

Victoria Dock portal Maryland

DocklandsCustom House Forest Gate

Connaught tunnel Manor Park

under Royal Docks

River Thames

Ilford

Woolwich Seven Kings

Abbey Wood Goodmayes

Safeguarded route

to Gravesend Chadwell Heath

Romford Control Centre and depot

Romford

Gidea Park

Harold Wood

Greater London boundary

M25 motorway

Brentwood

Shenfield

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