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December 2018 Tube Map Preview

anon5422159

19 Dec '17

The construction of the line has entered its final stages and it will open to the public in phases from December next year.

Fifteen trains per hour will run through the tunnels, increasing to 24 trains through the central section by May 2019, Transport for London said.

The line will operate as three services before a full service begins in 2019.

From December 2019, customers from Reading and Heathrow will be able to travel through central London to the West End without needing to change trains.

Elizabeth Line timeline:

May 2018: Rail service opens between Paddington and Heathrow, replacing the existing Heathrow Connect service and part of the Great Western inner suburban service

December 2018: The Elizabeth Line opens, initially operating as three services:

Paddington (Elizabeth Line station) to Abbey
Wood via central London

Paddington (mainline station) to Heathrow (Terminals 2 & 3 and 4)

Liverpool Street (mainline station) to Shenfield

May 2019 : Direct services to operate between Paddington and Shenfield and Paddington and Abbey Wood. Services from Paddington to Heathrow will continue to start and terminate at the mainline station

December 2019: The Elizabeth Line fully opens with services running from Reading and Heathrow, including Terminal 5, in the west through the central tunnels to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east

Brett

20 Dec '17

I expect there will be a lot of Canary Wharf commutes using this line. It will be interesting to see to what extent this relieves congestion at Canada Water.

starman

20 Dec '17

I got a behind the scenes tour at Farringdon Station a few weeks ago. The station is massive! While it may be called Farringdon the other end of the platform is in Barbican.

rbmartin

20 Dec '17

While not directly affecting Forest Hill, it’s almost certainly going to relieve Canada Water of some peak congestion, instead staying on the train to Whitechapel to get into Central London.

Hollow

21 Dec '17

Canada Water getting on the Jubilee should be easier. But I think it will make the Overground worse. Any improvement to any train line just attracts more people to the area. People will see Whitechapel to/from Crossrail as more of a reason to relocate down here

Foresthillnick

21 Dec '17

Christmas Day Tube Map

rbmartin

22 Dec '17

I suspect passengers from the south including us will continue to use Canada Water for Canary Wharf, where I’d expect a cut in passengers is from Highbury & Islington down to Whitechapel who’ll change for Elizabeth line/Crossrail.

As for Central London, Canada Water will benefit from less passengers crowding down on the single escalator down from the Northbound platform with passengers more evenly split between CW and Whitechapel to get into Central or East London.