Crossrail trains unveiled!

[Will.]

Revealed a few days ago!

fhMLV4adGIQ

[arista]

Yes Fab

[Will.]

Yes Fab

Glad you approve Arista.

[Kizzy]

Um northern powerhouse?.... no?
Can't see it coming off seeing as defence is costing 40 billion.

[Will.]

Um northern powerhouse?.... no?
Can't see it coming off seeing as defence is costing 40 billion.

Wrong thread?

[Cherie]

They look great

[Cherie]

24th May 2022 this finally opens

[GoldHeart]

Bet there's even less space to put a thimble

[Cherie]

Bet there's even less space to put a thimble

They are quite spacy, they are like tube trains but a wider aisle in the middle, seats are a bit hard though :laugh:

[Cherie]

They must have been waiting for Parmy to leave to open officially :pipe:

[user104658]

They must have been waiting for Parmy to leave to open officially :pipe:

They knew he'd have his wet jeans all over the seats!

[arista]

24th May 2022 this finally opens


Yes the Elizabeth line Opens at last

[arista]

https://assets.londonist.com/uploads/2022/03/i875/elizabeth-line-map-2019.jpeg

[bots]

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/BA40/production/_124408674_elizabethlineroundel.jpg

[Crimson Dynamo]

No Winnersh and Winnersh Triangle??

D:

[bots]

i bet you need a mortgage for the end to end ticket :fist:

[UserSince2005]

Bringing Indians and blacks together. There’s going to be some cute interracial babies.

[MTVN]

Why doesn't the sign just say Elizabeth like most of the others, would look much better

[arista]

Michael Portillo, aged 68 , now
says the Elizabeth Line Train to Reading
on this line has no Toilet.

He said Thameslink Trains have toilets

[Beso]

Hopefully it's as enjoyable as the new lunar east coast line.

[James]

7RcXq-8cOac

Pretty impressive.

[bots]

its been an enormous engineering achievement, i had forgotten half the obstacles they encountered along the way

[Cherie]

Opening dates and key journey times
The central section of the line will launch from May 24, according to TfL. The other sections are expected to open in the autumn.

Central Section: to launch in May
Trains will start from a new Elizabeth line station at Paddington and go through to Abbey Wood, a route that passes through main employment hubs such as Liverpool Street and Canary Wharf.

Example journey times:

Paddington to Canary Wharf will take 17 minutes
Bond Street to Liverpool Street will take seven minutes
Woolwich to Farringdon will take 14 minutes
The east and west sections will open in later stages.

East section: expected to launch in autumn 2022
This section will run from Liverpool Street mainline station to Shenfield in Essex, passing through eastern areas such as Stratford and Romford.

Example journey times:

Romford to Liverpool Street will take 27 minutes
Stratford to Bond Street will take 15 minutes
West section: expected to launch in autumn 2022
This route will begin at Paddington mainline station, splitting just after Hayes & Harlington, with one branch going to Maidenhead and Reading and the other to Heathrow airport terminals.

Example journey times:

Tottenham Court Road to Ealing Broadway will take 13 minutes
Paddington to Slough will take 26 minutes


so its only partially opening :facepalm: get on with it fgs

[Cherie]

Cant believe the hype...people dressed in purple and travelled from USA and Manchester and queued to be on the first train :joker:

[arista]

"so its only partially opening"

You have change the train, for now


I like they are very long trains

[arista]

Up North of UK
they are angry

Their Trains are slow

Politics Live BBC2HD today

[arista]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fa31Zs7WQAMFv49?format=jpg&name=small



Good at last
November 2022 Crossrail Completed fully

[Cherie]

Finally, great news though and nice air con trains