Crossrail transforming travel across the capital - Railtex conference Jeremy Long, MTR Corporation, CEO European Business 9 May 2017 Page 1
The Crossrail Journey Construction May 2015 Dec 2018 Page 2
Crossrail the 15bn Railway Page 3
Construction update TfL Rail services today Staged Opening of Crossrail Benefits to London and the UK Page 4
Crossrail The History 1941 George Daw, article in London newspaper The Star 1974 GLC study first refers to the name Crossrail 1991 Private Members Bill defeated no case had been made 2005 to 2008 Hybrid bill goes through Parliament 2009 Construction started 2018 First trains through central section Page 5
Funding The funding framework for Crossrail was agreed in October 2007 when the Prime Minister announced that Crossrail s cost will primarily be met by Government, the Mayor of London and London businesses. Funding Source bn DfT Grant 4.7 Business Rate Supplements 4.1 Network Rail 2.3 Transport for London 1.9 Community Levy 1.1 Other 0.7 Total 14.8 Page 6
Building Crossrail Over 42km (26 miles) of new 6m diameter rail tunnels have been bored through central London Tunnelling began in May 2012 completed in June 2015 Page 7
Building Crossrail 8 Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM) were used to construct the main Crossrail running tunnels. Each TBM is up to 120 metres in length. Page 8
Surface Work Examples Railway Depots and Sidings 27 Stations (10 Major) Track 66km 61 Platform Extensions Electrification 146km Signalling Systems In cab CCTV Page 9
Railway and Station Systems Page 10
New Stations Page 11
Stations Tottenham Court Road Farringdon Page 12
Station Fit out Bond Street Station Paddington Station Page 13
Stations Canary Wharf Station Page 14
Crossrail Trains a new generation of trains New Class 345 Aventra will be built & maintained by BT Page 15
Crossrail Trains a new generation of trains Bombardier Class 345 ( Aventra design) 200m full length (9 car), 145 kph, 25kv 450 seats (1500 total capacity) 66 trains (15 initially in 7 car formation for TfL Rail) First 9 car train Heathrow Paddington May 2018 Maintained (initially) at Ilford, then Old Oak Common Page 16
Crossrail Signalling Eastern route Shenfield to Liverpool street Conventional line-side signalling Central operating section Siemens CBTC, moving block No line-side signals In-cab signalling for driver Trackside train detection Train auto-reverse at Westbourne Park, near Paddington Western route Paddington to Reading/Heathrow Enhanced TPWS ETCS level 2 on Heathrow Spur Page 17
Construction update TfL Rail services today Staged Opening of Crossrail Benefits to London and the UK Page 18
Start of Operations May 2015 as TfL Rail MTR took over existing rail services MTR took over operation of 12 stations Stratford to Brentwood Stations and trains rebranded as TfL Rail Page 19
Immediate Improvements 2015-17 All stations staffed first to last Stations Deep cleaned New ticket machines 2015-16 New gatelines Cleaned twice daily and maintained to improve standards Turn up and go, accessibility for all Better security Trains Deep cleaned and refreshed (seating, signage, panels) Turn round cleans and exterior washing Improved reliability Operating performance improved punctuality Page 20
Driver training programme Recruitment and training of over 300 new drivers 16,000 applicants Sophisticated assessment and psychometric testing Group-based training, PC-based simulators Driver ipad (no paper Rulebook), fault rectification Full Crossrail operation 390 drivers Page 21
Construction update TfL Rail services today Staged Opening of Crossrail Benefits to London and the UK Page 22
Stage 2 20 th May 2018 4 trains per hour (tph) service commences between Paddington and Heathrow Terminal 4 using full-length Class 345 trains Paddington Station (Crossrail) Artists impression Page 23
Stage 3 9 th Dec 2018 Central Operating Section (COS) opens between Paddington and Abbey Wood Abbey Wood Station (Crossrail) Artists impression Page 24
Stage 3 9 th Dec 2018 From Dec 18 Crossrail will become The Elizabeth Line On 23 rd February 2016, it was announced that Crossrail will be known as the Elizabeth Line once operational Page 25
Stage 4 May 2019 Eastern interface commissioned, services from Shenfield to Paddington commence through the Central Operating System (COS) Central Operating System (COS) Tunnel Page 26
Stage 5 Dec 2019 Western interface commissioned - completion of Crossrail Introduction of full end-to-end services Page 27
Construction update TfL Rail services today Staged Opening of Crossrail Benefits to London and the UK Page 28
Journey Times Bond Street - Shenfield 57 mins 48 min Maidenhead - Liverpool Street 67 mins 48 mins Paddington Liverpool St 25 mins 10 mins Heathrow - Canary Wharf 71 mins 40 mins Page 29
Generating Economic Value Page 30
Property and Regeneration Page 31
Legacy Learning Page 32
Skills for the Future Page 33
Crossrail 10% additional rail capacity for TfL Up to 24 trains per hour through central section Reduced journey times across London Best-in-class European Metro Page 34
Crossrail key lessons Strong focus on legacy from outset Effective and comprehensive communications and stakeholder strategy Shadow operator appointed early Page 35