The Elizabeth line – your new east-west railwayWe’re building a new rail line for London and the South East. It will reduce crowding on trains, the underground, and buses; give you more choice and make it easier to get you where you want to go. The project is constructing 10 new stations, improving 30 more, creating 21 kilometres of twin-bore tunnels under London and delivering major improvements to the existing rail network.

New stations, new trains, new routeThe new service will open in phases.

May 2017 – new trains will enter the TfL Rail service between Liverpool Street and Shenfi eld.

May 2018 – TfL Rail service opens between Paddington and Heathrow

Dec 2018 – the Elizabeth line opens. Services will run between Paddington and Abbey Wood, Liverpool Street and Shenfi eld; and Paddington and Heathrow.

May 2019 – Elizabeth line services run from Paddington to Shenfi eld, Abbey Wood and Heathrow.

Dec 2019 – The Elizabeth line is fully open, with services running across the whole route.

Better connectionsThe new route will improve connections to key destinations including the West End, Heathrow, the City and Canary Wharf. It will bring an extra 1.5 million people within 45 minutes of central London and reduce many journey times across London and the South East.

More accessibleAll stations will be step-free from street to platform level. All new stations will have marked routes, clear signage and information to help passengers fi nd their way.

More comfortableSpacious, new, air-conditioned trains will be able to carry 200 million passengers a year, increasing central London’s rail capacity by 10% and reducing congestion across London.

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Contact usCall 03457 11 41 41 24hr | email CRCrossrail@networkrail.co.uk | visit www.crossrail.co.uk

Travel early this Christmas. There are no services from Paddington mainline station from 24 – 29 December24 – 29 DecemberKristian, Project Manager

#ChristmasWorks

Please plan ahead at nationalrail.co.uk/christmasas we work to deliver our Railway Upgrade Plan

24 December to 2 January

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As part of our Railway Upgrade Plan we are carrying out essential engineering work for the Crossrail Project between Paddington, Reading and Heathrow from Saturday 24 December until Monday 2 January which may affect your journey.

Improvement works are also taking place in the Cardiff area on 27-28 December and 1-2 January.

Please check before you travel.

Service changes Friday 23 DecemberAdditional services will run from Paddington throughout the day to accommodate people travelling ahead of Christmas.

Saturday 24 December GWR services There will be no trains between Paddington and Ealing Broadway on Christmas Eve. A revised timetable will run from Ealing Broadway to routes across the West of England with all services ending earlier than usual.

Last trains from Ealing Broadway: 18:04 Ealing Broadway to Penzance18:46 Ealing Broadway to Cardiff Central19:50 Ealing Broadway to Worcester

Shrub Hill20:04 Ealing Broadway to Exeter St Davids21:29 Ealing Broadway to Bristol

Temple Meads21:50 Ealing Broadway to Reading

Please use London buses or the underground to travel between Ealing Broadway and Paddington.

Services from Ealing Broadway are likely to be very busy during this period. There is no step-free access at Ealing Broadway, if you are travelling with luggage, children or need assistance, please use an alternative London terminal:

Your tickets will be valid for:

• Euston, if you’re travelling to and from the Hereford, Worcester, Cheltenham and Gloucester areas

• Marylebone, if you’re travelling to and from the Oxford area

• Waterloo, if you’re travelling to and from Bristol, South Wales, the South West and Basingstoke

Heathrow Express and Heathrow Connect services There will be no services between London and Heathrow Airport; trains will only run between Airport terminals.

Sunday 25 to Monday 26 DecemberGWR services There will be no trains across our network on Christmas Day or Boxing Day.

Heathrow Express and Heathrow Connect servicesThere will be no services between London and Heathrow Airport; trains will only run between Airport terminals.

Tuesday 27 to Thursday 29 DecemberGWR services There will be no trains between Paddington and Ealing Broadway. An amended timetable, which starts later in the day than usual, will run from Ealing Broadway to routes across the West of England.

Please use London buses or the underground to travel between Ealing Broadway and Paddington.

Buses will replace trains between Newport, Cardiff and Bridgend.

Heathrow Express and Heathrow Connect servicesThere will be no services from London to Heathrow; trains will only run between Airport terminals.

Friday 30 DecemberGWR services Trains will start running between Paddington and Ealing Broadway again but on a revised timetable which starts later in the day than usual.

Heathrow Express and Heathrow Connect servicesAn amended timetable will run on Heathrow Express and Heathrow Connect services.

Saturday 31 DecemberGWR services An amended timetable will run from Paddington to all routes with some services finishing earlier than usual.

Last trains from Paddington: 18:00 Paddington to Penzance18:57 Paddington to Cardiff Central19:50 Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill20:00 Paddington to Exeter St Davids21:27 Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads

However the 00:05, 00:30 and 01:00 Paddington to Twyford services will extend to Reading and additional trains will run from Paddington to Reading between 01:55 and 05:29.

Heathrow Express and Heathrow Connect services An amended timetable will run on Heathrow Express and Heathrow Connect services.

Sunday 1 January to Monday 2 JanuaryGWR services There will be no services between Newport and Bridgend. All other services will run on an amended timetable.

Heathrow Express and Heathrow Connect services An amended timetable will run on Heathrow Express and Heathrow Connect services.

Tuesday 3 JanuaryNormal services resume between Paddington, Reading and Heathrow.

Please check before you travel at:

nationalrail.co.uk/Christmas

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