Crossrail Explained In 2 Minutes
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Published 2016-03-10
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(And now you're wondering how many other previous videos we've done this on, aren't you?)
All Comments (21)
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Explained in two minutes. Delayed for two years.
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Watches video in January 2020: "Well, this is awkward..."
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Ah yes, been a brilliant 3 years of Crossrail. Really made an impact on my commute!
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Well, those timings aged really well 😭😭
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May 2017 right - we are in September 2019 and nothing is done
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The timings are so on track! Never been more punctual
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I like crossrail for two reasons. Taxi is expensive from Heathrow to the center of London. Heathrow express doesn't ends on Paddington and not the center of London. Piccadilly line is a solution but it's slow and the station doesn't permit elder people with luggages to climb so many stairs from the old piccadilly station. Crossraill is luggage friendly, it goes to the center of London, it's cheaper and fast.
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Funny to watch this now in July 2020 and still no services running in the new tunnels.
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I have no idea why but I literally get so excited when I see a new Londonist train video pop up. Am I a closet train nerd?? Oh god haha! Please keep them coming Geoff! Loving it
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The year is 2022, and still have NO crossrail yet.
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SO MUCH PURPLE!
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They should focus on building / connecting more stations South side instead of being so far out of London. You can get everywhere North of the river by Tube but have to use buses in South. If they opened more in South it would bring wealth to area and mean less traffic.
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if there's any GCSE people here - we have to know: 1. it will bring an extra 1.5 million people within 45 minutes of London 2. It is planned to complete in the near furutre (whatever that means) 3. it links London to Reading and Heathrow in the west and London to Shenfeild and Abbey Wood in the east. and then we have to discuss the pros and cons of that
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On a train to Liverpool, we passed an Crossrail/Elizabethan Line train in a siding outside Crewe. I know they are being built in Derby, so there must be some testing being done prior to delivery to Crossrail/Elizabethan Line.
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Will you be able to use Oyster out to Reading?
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The first time I heard the "Elizabeth line", I cried.
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So much purple! I feel like running a book on whether the line will open while the monarch after whom it is named is still on the throne...
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How do you remember all of what you said. I'm not from London but have added this to my bucket list, can't wait to see everything when the project is totally complete. I have been following the progress on TV and through your video's. Massive massive British engineering feat, just shows the UK at it's best. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧😁👍
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Good stuff, nice and clear. And thank you for saying scheduled and not skeduled!
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Called the Elizabeth Line, seems a pity this new rail link does not develop to also serve both Windsor and Henley directly from the City and West End. Windsor and Henley are major tourist destinations and does not seem insurmountable to terminate some trains each hour using other branch lines than just the one to Heathrow.
