Elizabeth Line - Elizabeth line Route - I

Elizabeth Line - I

Elizabeth Line Route

Reading
Twyford
Maidenhead
Taplow
Burnham
Slough
Langley
Iver
West Drayton
Heathrow Terminal 5
Heathrow Terminal 4
Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3
Southall
Hanwell
West Ealing
Ealing Broadway
Acton Main Line
Paddington
Bond Street
Tottenham Court Road
Farringdon
Liverpool Street
Whitechapel
Canary Wharf
Custom House
Woolwich
Abbey Wood
Stratford
Maryland
Forest Gate
Manor Park
Ilford
Seven Kings
Goodmayes
Chadwell Heath
Romford
Gidea Park
Harold Wood
Brentwood
Shenfield

The Elizabeth line runs on an east–west axis across the London region, with branches terminating at Abbey Wood and Shenfield in the east, and at Heathrow Terminal 4, Heathrow Terminal 5 and Reading in the west. There are 41 stations. In the central section, there are interchanges with London Underground, National Rail and Docklands Light Railway lines.

Elizabeth Line Design and infrastructure

Elizabeth Line Name and Identity

Crossrail is the name of the construction project and of the limited company, wholly owned by TfL, that was formed to carry out construction works.

The Elizabeth line is the name of the new service that is on signage throughout the stations. It is named in honour of Queen Elizabeth II. The Elizabeth line roundel is coloured purple, with a superimposed blue bearing white text in the same style as for Underground lines. However, unlike Underground lines, the Elizabeth line roundel includes the word "line".

TfL Rail was an intermediate brand name which was introduced in May 2015 and discontinued in May 2022. It was used by TfL on services between Paddington and Heathrow Terminal 5 and Reading, as well as trains between Liverpool Street and Shenfield.

Stations

Ten new stations have been built in the central and south east sections of the line, and 31 existing stations were upgraded and refurbished. Nine of the ten new-build stations opened for revenue service on 24 May 2022; the remaining station – Bond Street – required additional finishing works before commissioning could proceed.

Trains passed through its platforms non-stop until it opened five months later on 24 October. All stations are equipped with CCTV and because of the length of trains, central stations have train indicators above the platform-edge doors.

All 41 stations are step-free, with 13 of these (the central and Heathrow stations) having level access between trains and platforms.

Although the trains are 200 metres (660 feet) long, platforms at the new stations in the central core are built to enable 240-metre-long (790 ft) trains in case of possible future need.

In the eastern section, Maryland and Manor Park have not had platform extensions, so trains use selective door opening instead. At Maryland this is because of the prohibitive cost of extensions and the poor business case, and at Manor Park it is due to the presence of a freight loop that would otherwise be cut off.

Future Stations

Old Oak Common

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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