Full running of Crossrail / Elizabeth Line (NE Section)
Request ID: FOI-0982-2223 Date published: 09 August 2022
You asked
When is the full north-eastern service likely to start given the successful launch of the ‘central’ section?
By north-eastern section, I mean the ability to run the trains from Shenfiield through Central London without the need to change at Liverpool Street. Also once this section is fully functional, will these trains call at Whitechapel as seemed to be indicated by the early project maps.
We answered
Our ref: FOI-0982-2223/GH
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 22 July 2022 asking for information about the Elizabeth Line.
Your request has been considered under the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and our information access policy. I can confirm that we do hold the information you require.
Following the opening of the central section, services from Reading, Heathrow and Shenfield will connect with the central tunnels, in autumn 2022 when frequencies will also be increased to 22 trains per hour in the peak between Paddington and Whitechapel. An announcement will be made on dates in due course.
If this is not the information you are looking for, please do not hesitate to contact me.
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Yours sincerely
Graham Hurt FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
