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Old Posted Jul 17, 2017, 1:27 PM
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Crossrail
The BBC have released two episodes of the second series of The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway discussing the latest developments of the Crossrail project.

The first episode in series two follows workers as they complete 26 miles of tunnels, install permanent track under the Barbican, construct the new ticket hall at Whitechapel and welcome Her Majesty the Queen to Bond Street. The episode also follows archaeologists as they uncover a Roman road at Liverpool Street.

Episode two looks at the construction of the new stations at Tottenham Court Road and Paddington, the design heritage of London’s transport network and visits Bombardier Transportation in Derby with Transport for London where the new state-of-the art Elizabeth line trains are being manufactured.


More info: http://www.crossrail.co.uk/news/arti...rns-to-bbc-two

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Line, Tunnel & Station Fit-Out
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Abbey Wood Station
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Farringdon Station
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Paddington Station
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Whitechapel Station
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Custom House Station
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Shenfield Station
Works have now completed on expanding the capacity of the north-eastern terminus of Crossrail at Shenfield. A new platform (6) has been added to the station, whilst platform 5 has been lengthened. The approach tracks, signals and overhead power cables were rebuilt, and three new carriage sidings were constructed to manage trains starting and ending their service on the line.


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Crossrail to Heathrow Terminal 5
Crossrail was originally planned to serve just two of the three stations at Heathrow: Terminals 2 & 3, and Terminal 4, replacing the current Heathrow Connect service to runs into London Paddington. Crossrail would not have run to Terminal 5 (served by the Heathrow Express and Piccadilly Line), but that has now changed with Crossrail now officially due to call at Terminal 5, as visible in the following new map diagram. Of the six Crossrail trains that will run on the Heathrow branch, 4tph will run to Terminal 4, and 2tph will run to Terminal 5. The frequency of Crossrail trains stopping at Ealing Broadway, Southall and Hayes & Harlington will also increase.


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25% Increase to Off-Peak Services
Prior to the above news, the service pattern through the core tunnel section was 24tph peak, and 16tph off-peak. It has now been announced that the off-peak service will be boosted by 25% to 20tph. Of the additional four off-peak trains, two will run from Paddington to Shenfield, and a further two will run between Paddington and Abbey Wood. You are now guaranteed a Crossrail train every 150-180 seconds throughout the day. Additional trains have been ordered to facilitate the enhanced service. Source: http://www.crossrail.co.uk/news/arti...elizabeth-line

Another announcement made was an increase in frequency on the Reading branch. 6tph will run to Maidenhead, whilst 4tph will carry on to Reading.

Crossrail Trains
Whilst work on the Crossrail tunnels and station fitout continues, the first commercial operation of Crossrail trains has commenced on the Liverpool Street to Shenfield stretch of the Crossrail route. Initially seven carriages long, they will be extended to nine carriages from 2019. As well as being air-conditioned, they are walk-through, have intelligent lighting and temperature control, and capacity for 1,500 people. Further details : http://www.crossrail.co.uk/news/arti...travel-arrives

66 trains had been ordered to operate on the Crossrail route, but with the (above) announcement of higher frequencies and services running to Heathrow Terminal 5, the order has been expanded to 70 new trains.


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Northern Line Extension
The tunnel boring machines to be used on the Northern Line Extension to Battersea have now been lowered into place.

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Camden Town Station Upgrade
One of the busiest tube stations on the network; Camden Town is both a destination (for tourists arriving and departing the markets in the neighbourhood) and an interchange (between the two Northern Line branches). Currently everyone crams into a very small ticket hall and the limited escalator and step-free access creates a significant issue at peak periods. A previous plan a decade ago proposed redeveloping the current station site, but that was thrown out as being unworkable.

TfL have proposed a new plan: the creation of a new far larger ticket hall to the north will triple station capacity, provide step-free access to all four platforms, and increase interchange between the two branches. Once finished, the long-mooted proposal to split the Northern Line into two distinct lines would become a legitimate possibility as the projected crowds interchanging between both lines would be unworkable with the current station layout.


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Holborn Station Upgrade
TfL want to drastically increase capacity at Holborn by building a new ticket hall and extensive new passenger tunnels to ease congestion for all passengers using the Central and Piccadilly lines. The current ticket hall will be rationalised to increase capacity, as well as for the first time, step-free access to all platforms. To further ease congestion, a long disused platform tunnel would be requisitioned as an interchange corridor for passengers changing from the Piccadilly line.


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Victoria Station Upgrade
The new Cardinal Place ticket hall has now opened, creating new access down to the Victoria, Circle & District line platforms.


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Ilford Station Upgrade
Ilford is a station on the Great Eastern Main Line, and the future Crossrail line. Late last year plans were unveiled for its complete redevelopment to cope with the higher passenger volumes. In advance of this rebuild, a disused secondary entrance has been restored and brought back into use.


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Northumberland Park Station Upgrade
Located on the West Anglia Main Line, Northumberland Park is in the process of being rebuilt to accommodate a third track for express services (namely to London Stansted Airport and Cambridge), which will include a new island platform. The project is due to be completed in Autumn 2018.


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Lea Bridge Station
Going back to May last year – I forgot to add that another station opened, this time north of Stratford on Lea Bridge Road. It replaces a formerly disused station (1840-1985) of the same name.


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