Network Rail are building a railway across London from Reading to Shenfield and Abbey Wood. Network rail started building Cross Rail 1 in 2009. It is supposed to help with the overcrowding on the London Underground.
The line is to run over ground before going under just before London Paddington Station. Between West Drayton and Hayes and Harlington, a branch will join from Heathrow Airport. The line will then continue on in the tunnel. After White Chapel the line splits and one branch goes off, comes out of the tunnel and joins the Abellio Greater Anglia main line to Shenfield. Mean while the other branch line continues in the tunnel until it gets to Custom House, before plunging into another tunnel before coming out again at Abbey Wood. At the moment Network Rail have finished doing the tunnels and have started fitting them out with signalling. Not long ago Cross Rail 1 was given the name 'The Elizabeth Line'. They hope to open part of the line in 2018. They hope to complete the railway in 2019.
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