Crossrail delayed: the central section of the Elizabeth line will now not open until 2021

Central section (mostly tunnel)

Current connection

National Rail connection

Shenfield

Stratford

Paddington

Abbey Wood

Reading

Ealing Broadway

Paddington

Stratford

Hayes to

Reading opens

15 December

2019

Tottenham

Court Road

Woolwich

Hayes & Harlington

Abbey Wood

Heathrow

Bond Street

Canary Wharf

Farringdon

Whitechapel

River Thames

Liverpool Street

10 km

10 miles

National Rail connection

Central section (mostly tunnel)

Current connection

Shenfield

Brentwood

Ealing Broadway

Paddington

Ilford

Hayes &

Harlington

Tottenham

Court Road

Romford

Slough

Maidenhead

Stratford

Abbey Wood

Twyford

Woolwich

Bond Street

Canary

Wharf

Hayes to

Reading opens

15 December

2019

Reading

Heathrow

West Ealing

Farringdon

Whitechapel

10 km

Liverpool Street

River Thames

10 miles