The Elizabeth Line (aka Crossrail) is go!

[tim]

Apparently it will be called the Elizabeth line line.

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To help remind of if her glorious line of heirs and successors: Brian, Young Baldy and Baby Baldy To-Be

 

[skyscraper101]

Is it actually considered a tube line though? I'm not sure it is even though it integrates in all the same ways. Not sure if that was the rationale but hey.

 

[Pickman's model]

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[Pickman's model]

Apparently it will be called the Elizabeth line line.

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i'm glad you've caught up with 2016

WTF? Mayor announces that Crossrail is to be known as the Elizabeth Line

Extra large consignment of facepalms needed urgently: LONDON's new underground railway, which has been built as Crossrail, will have a new name when trains start running in 2018. Her Majesty the Queen visited the station site at Bond Street today, where the Mayor of London announced that the...

www.urban75.net

 

[tim]

It's not officially considered an underground line in the way that the DLR and the Overground are not considered part of the Underground. Given the distance out of London it travels, it's not that different from Thameslink or the Metropolitan which is considered to be the Underground. Don't forget there are still plans for Crossrail 2 (The Charlie Line?) Crossrail 3. ( The Khansonstone Line?).

 

[Elpenor]

Rumour is the Crossrail opening date is now being delayed by purdah, and is due to be announced after the election.

Although, judging by their track record, that may not necessarily mean this weeks local elections.

 

[skyscraper101]

Rumour is the Crossrail opening date is now being delayed by purdah, and is due to be announced after the election.

Although, judging by their track record, that may not necessarily mean this weeks local elections.

Leaves on the line... the wrong type of snow... purdah. What will they think of next.

 

[skyscraper101]

Opening May 24

Crossrail: Elizabeth line due to open on 24 May

The over-budget project was meant to open in December 2018 but will now begin running on 24 May.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Elpenor]

Shame, I’m up in London the weekend before

 

[skyscraper101]

I'll be in Ibiza that week. Oh well. Every cloud etc.

 

[platinumsage]

Just looked at this for going Stratford to Heathrow later this year.

OPENING MY ARSE

You will still have to change at Paddington and Liverpool Street, completely defeating the purpose. It will be three separate lines for another year at least.

 

[Elpenor]

Also not open on Sundays

 

[skyscraper101]

Yeah it will not be proper until I can get on a train a Liverpool St and ride all the way to Heathrow. I am however looking forward to going to Paddington and back in relative speed and comfort though without having to do the Circle/Hammersmith & City line.

 

[mack]

((( H&C )))

 

[bluescreen]

Tom Peck has been entertaining on this. Among other gems, he said if only they'd left it another year or so until HM carks it, they could have called it the Charlie Line.

 

[Chilli.s]

So its more novelty than useful for now

 

[Elpenor]

I suppose it’s handy for folk in Woolwich

 

[tim]

I suppose it’s handy for folk in Woolwich

They already have Pick & Mix, what more could they want?

 

[Dogsauce]

The British press will be busy right now preparing their articles about how much of a fuck up it’s going to be. Expect the slightest issue to be met with screams of chaos and failure. It’s what we’re good at in this country.

 

[platinumsage]

The British press will be busy right now preparing their articles about how much of a fuck up it’s going to be. Expect the slightest issue to be met with screams of chaos and failure. It’s what we’re good at in this country.

Foreigners are pretty good at it as well:

Chaos at the opening of Heathrow Terminal 5 (Published 2008)

www.nytimes.com

 

[tim]

The British press will be busy right now preparing their articles about how much of a fuck up it’s going to be. Expect the slightest issue to be met with screams of chaos and failure. It’s what we’re good at in this country.

You sound like a minor royal or a Virus ( I shall leave that typo)
Johnson supporter.

 

[DJWrongspeed]

Just looked at this for going Stratford to Heathrow later this year.

OPENING MY ARSE

You will still have to change at Paddington and Liverpool Street, completely defeating the purpose. It will be three separate lines for another year at least.

another year?

Until you can go from Abbey Wood to Heathrow it ain't Crossrail is it?

 

[alex_]

The British press will be busy right now preparing their articles about how much of a fuck up it’s going to be. Expect the slightest issue to be met with screams of chaos and failure. It’s what we’re good at in this country.

Suspect this is a factor in why it’s years late

 

[tim]

another year?

Until you can go from Abbey Wood to Heathrow it ain't Crossrail is it?

It's making you cross, isn't it?

And the 300 bus is being rerouted from the end of this week, which will leave some cross commuters, particularly on Prince Regent Lane were the buses will start running in the opposite direction.

 

[Pickman's model]

The British press will be busy right now preparing their articles about how much of a fuck up it’s going to be. Expect the slightest issue to be met with screams of chaos and failure. It’s what we’re good at in this country.

given how overdue it is anyway the british press have been somewhat tardy preparing those articles

 

[hash tag]

the british press have been somewhat tardy

Suitably amended

 

[Elpenor]

given how overdue it is anyway the british press have been somewhat tardy preparing those articles

The Daily Mail had this to say about Crossrail

 

[bluescreen]

The Daily Mail had this to say about Crossrail

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Rees-Mogg must be dictating that.

 

[Dogsauce]

The Mail obsession with civil servants working from home is a bit weird isn’t it? They need demons for the public to rail against to draw fire from the actual cunts in charge.

 

[krtek a houby]

The Daily Mail had this to say about Crossrail

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Crossmail, more like.

Surprised they didn't add "and wear a suit and tie, you scruffs" to it.