Crossrail review
Some facts and figures about Crossrail
- Crossrail will cost up to £16 billion
- Work will begin in 2010 and end in 2018
- It will be the largest transport infrastructure project in Europe
- The line will stretch some 118 kilometres long from west to east
- It starts at Maidenhead in the west and runs to Shenfield in the east with a south eastern leg to Abbey Wood
- There will be 37 stations served, many of which will be
substantially upgraded. - There will be an estimated 200 million Crossrail passenger journeys a year
- At its peak period Crossrrail will carry approximately 78,000 passengers per hour, twice the amount of the Jubilee Line
- Each train will be about 200 metres long and will be made up of 10 air conditioned carriages
- Each train will be capable of carrying a total of 1500 passengers
- On the central section, 24 trains per hour will operate in each direction, making a total of 48 trains per hour serving each central area station in peak times.
- More than 160,000 passengers will be carried on Crossrail in the morning peak period
- Trains will reach speeds of up to 100 miles an hour on overland sections and 60 miles an hour underground
- It will increase UK GDP by up to £67 billion* over 60 years - and boost Treasury tax revenues by £19.2 billion
- It will provide as many as 14,000 new jobs, predominantly in construction
- It will slash current journey times, eg, Heathrow to Canary Wharf on Crossrail will take just 43 minutes
- Crossrail is a 50/50 joint venture between Transport for London and the Department for Transport
- Transport for London will take over sole ownership of Cross London Rail Links Limited the company promoting and developing Crossrail - when the Crossrail Bill receives Royal Assent next year.
* Upper range of economic forcast by some GLA/CLRL advisors