Crossrail

Crossrail is coming. It will run from Maidenhead and Heathrow through central London to Essex and Kent. It will use mainline style trains, each with 10 air-conditioned carriages. At peak times, 10 trains an hour (in both directions) will stop at Ealing Broadway.  Some of these trains will also stop at West Ealing and Acton Main Line.

 

The Crossrail programme is being run by Crossrail Ltd. This is now a wholly owned (but autonomous) subsidiary of Transport for London. There will be a whole series of contracts to implement various parts of the programme. Work on the tracks and stations on the existing surface railway (such as at Ealing Broadway) will be carried out by Network Rail, or by their contractors.

Some initial work on the Crossrail programme has already started, notably that at Tottenham Court Road. The bulk of the construction is expected to take place from 2010 to 2016. The Crossrail service should commence in 2017.