Elizabeth line

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Elizabeth line
Elizabeth line
	An Elizabeth line train at Abbey Wood in May 2022
Overview
Service type	Commuter rail; Rapid transit;
Locale	Greater London; Berkshire; Buckinghamshire; Essex;
First service	24 May 2022
Current operator(s)	MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Ltd
Website	tfl.gov.uk/modes/elizabeth-line/
Route
Start	West: Heathrow Terminal 4, Heathrow Terminal 5 and Reading
Stops	41
End	East: Abbey Wood and Shenfield
Technical
Rolling stock	Class 315, Class 345
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed	Crossrail: 60 mph (95 km/h); GWML, Heathrow and GEML: 90 mph (145 km/h);
Track owner(s)	Transport for London (Old Oak Common to Abbey Wood and Stratford); Network Rail (Liverpool Street Main Line to Shenfield and Old Oak Common to Reading); Heathrow Airport Holdings (Heathrow branch);
Transport for London rail lines
Transport for London rail lines
London Underground
	Bakerloo
	Central
	Circle
	District
	Hammersmith & City
	Jubilee
	Metropolitan
	Northern
	Piccadilly
	Victoria
	Waterloo & City
Other systems
	Crossrail
	DLR
	London Trams
	London Overground
	TfL Rail
	v; t; e;

The Elizabeth line is a high-frequency hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit service in London and its suburbs. The service is named after Queen Elizabeth II, who officially opened the line on 17 May 2022 during her Platinum Jubilee year; passenger services started on 24 May 2022.

Under the project name of Crossrail, the system was approved in 2007, and construction began in 2009. Originally planned to open in 2018, the project was repeatedly delayed, including for several months as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Elizabeth line uses a new tube tunnel cut through the North London chalk especially for the NE to SW commuters. That direction was favoured because it was especially difficult to get to Heathrow from the north-west of London. The tunnelling is new, but the line links up with older tube stations en route

Map

References

↑ "TfL Rail: What we do". Transport for London. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
↑ "MTR selected to operate Crossrail services". Railway Gazette International. London. 18 July 2014. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2022.

[1] "TfL Rail: What we do". Transport for London. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2018.

[rg20140718-2] "MTR selected to operate Crossrail services". Railway Gazette International. London. 18 July 2014. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2022.

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