Crossrail is a completed railway project centred on London. It provides a high-frequency hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system known as the Elizabeth line, that crosses the capital from suburb
Crossrail platform at Farringdon
Construction of the Crossrail portal at Royal Oak, from a footbridge to the west of Royal Oak Underground station, July 2011
Construction of Crossrail at Tottenham Court Road in September 2011
Construction of the link with Liverpool Street at Moorgate, November 2018
The British Rail Class 345 Aventra is a fleet of electric multiple unit passenger trains built by Bombardier Transportation for use on London's Elizabeth line. Part of Bombardier's Aventra family of t
Crossrail
…Eastern Main Line; and a branch to Abbey Wood in southeast London. When the Elizabeth line became fully operational in May 2023, the new nine-carriage Class 345 trains started to run at frequencies in the central section of up to 24 trains per hour in each direction through the central core, after which services…
Class 345 unit at Abbey Wood
Interior of a Class 345 unit
The depot built for Class 345s at Old Oak Common
TfL Rail Class 345 approaching Reading