IntroductionI'm back and it's time for another episode. You might've heard about this new line in London. If you still don't know what it is. I'm here to tell you. In today's episode, I will tell you about the previous TfL Rail, what has been added, the new trains and what's to come. Let's get started. The TfL RailBefore the Elizabeth line was introduced, we had TfL rail. It was two different branches separated from each other. The first line was opened in 2015 between Liverpool Street in central London to Shenfield in the east. This replaced Greater Anglia services. In 2018, services started between Paddington and Heathrow airport, replacing the old Heathrow Connect line. Lastly for TfL Rail, Paddington to Reading in the east opened, replacing many Great Western Railway services between the two stations. This line used the 345 trains which we'll talk about later. What's new?On Tuesday the 24th of May 2022 at 6:30 am UK local time, the Elizabeth line officially opened! TfL Rail was rebranded as the Elizabeth line and 9 new stations were added, in the city between Paddington and Liverpool Street, Tottenham Court Road and Farringdon Elizabeth line stations were opened and past Liverpool Street was Whitechapel, Canary Wharf, Custom House, Woolwich and Abbey Wood were added. Why is the Elizabeth line important?There must be a reason the Elizabeth line was opened and well there is! Getting between the city centre of London takes a long time on the train and the Elizabeth line decreases travel time between the city. It also connects the largest areas of the city like Farringdon which connects people to Barbican and Moorgate and Bond Street which is a huge travel hub for commuters. The Elizabeth line also gets people in regional towns like Reading to be more connected to London, creating more jobs in the city and the towns. Lastly, it greatly helps people going to the Airport because the trains and platforms are more spacious and have more capacity meaning they can take more people. The trainsOriginally, Paddington to Heathrow and Liverpool Street to Shenfield had worse trains. On the Liverpool Street line, they used old Greater Anglia trains (Greater Anglia just bought new trains!) and on the Heathrow line they used the old trains of Heathrow Connect. Since 2019/2020, they used 7 car 345 trains and now they use beautiful 9 car 345 trains. The trains have a beautiful purple exterior, amazing LCD displays, wheelchair accessibility, standing handels with little roundels on them and of course the beautiful purple moquette.
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Grechka
5/27/2022 03:24:36 pm
Can't wait to see it, thanks for sharing! I love the purple colour, they are beautiful trains!
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