What is Crossrail
Crossrail will be a new high-frequency railway across central London, directly linking up the UK's key economic centres of Heathrow, the West End, City of London and Canary Wharf, which are currently home to around 850,000 jobs. The Crossrail route will travel from Heathrow and Maidenhead in the west to Paddington, through central London and out east, with the route splitting into two branches at Whitechapel, with one travelling onto Shenfield in Essex and the second branch passing through the Royal Docks and onto Abbey Wood in the Thames Gateway. The line will be built to high regional rail standards and provide direct interchange with other rail, underground and local transport services in London.
Crossrail services, through a train operating company managed by Transport for London, will have a capacity double the Jubilee line. In the central section there will be 24 trains in each direction per hour during the peak.
For more details on the scheme see www.crossrail.co.uk
Campaign for Crossrail Contact Information
Address: Campaign for Crossrail, c/o Transport for London (TfL), Windsor House, 42-50 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0TL