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Crossrail

Crossrail is a completed railway project centred on London. It provides a high-frequency hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system known as the Elizabeth line, that crosses the capital from suburbs on the west to east and connects two major railway lines terminating in London: the Great Western Main Line and the Great Eastern Main Line. The project…

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Owner
Transport for London
Electrification
25 kV 50 Hz AC (overhead lines)
Locale
Greater London
London Underground
v · t · e
Number of tracks
2
Opened
24 May 2022; 4 years ago (2022-05-24) Paddington–Abbey Wood

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Construction

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Design and infrastructure

Management and franchise

Crossrail International

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Crossrail

Nodes255
Edges254
Triples254
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007843
Components1

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Crossrail

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related to Archaeology · 36
Crossrail → AD, Black Death, Blackwell, Canary WharfA Victorian, Canning Town, Charterhouse Square, Crosse, Europe, Farringdon, February, Great Plague, High Speed, Liverpool Street, London, London Docklands, London's, Many, March, Much, Museum
related to Later proposals · 32
Crossrail → Chelsea, City, City Crossrail, Crystal Palace, East, Euston, Great Northern, Great Northern Route, Great Western Main Line, Hackney, Hounslow, King's Cross/St Pancras, Liverpool Street, London, London Bridge, Metropolitan, North, Paddington/Marylebone, Piccadilly Circus, South Crossrail
related to General and cited sources · 26
Crossrail → April, Archived, BBC News, Commons, Crossrail Act, Crossrail Bill, Crossrail's, Election, February, First Crossrail, Geoghegan, Government, January, July, June, London, May, Network Rail, November, Queen's Speech
related to Early proposals · 17
Crossrail → Although, Committee, County, George Dow, Greater London Plan, It, June, Liverpool Street, London, London Plan, London Rail Study Report, Paddington, Patrick Abercrombie, Railway, The, The Star, These
related to Tunnel boring machines · 17
Crossrail → After, August, Earth Pressure Balance Machines, EPBM, February, Germany, Herrenknecht AG, January, Lambeth Group, March, TBM, TBMs, Thames, Thanet Sands, The, The TBMs, Two
related to Electrification and signalling · 16
Crossrail → Abbey Wood, AWS, CBTC, Communications-based, ETCS, European Train Control System, Great Eastern, Great Eastern Main Lines, Great Western, Great Western Main Lines, Hz AC, The Automatic Warning, The Heathrow, TPWS, Train Protection, Warning
related to Name and identity · 14
Crossrail → Heathrow Terminal, It, Liverpool Street, London, May, Paddington, Queen Elizabeth II, Reading, Shenfield, TfL, TfL Rail, TfL-blue, The Elizabeth, Transport
related to Management and franchise · 12
Crossrail → Agreement, Berkeley Homes, Canary Wharf Group, Crossrail Business Rate Supplement, Funding, GovernmentCity, Greater London, Heathrow Airport Holdings, London, London CorporationMajor, Section, TfLMayoral Community Infrastructure Levy
related to Health, safety, and industrial relations · 11
Crossrail → In April, In September, It, March, Network Rail, On, Rene Tkacik, Slovakian, The, The Observer, Westbourne Park Underground
related to Approval · 8
Crossrail → Both Conservatives, CLRL, European Investment Bank, In September, July, Labour, TfL, The Crossrail Act

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line london rail tfl station new project paddington heathrow may main section tunnel elizabeth west central construction would great stations

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
CrossrailElectrification25 kV 50 Hz AC (overhead lines)1.00infobox
CrossrailLocaleGreater London1.00infobox
CrossrailLondon Undergroundv1.00infobox
CrossrailLondon Undergroundt1.00infobox
CrossrailLondon Undergrounde1.00infobox
CrossrailNumber of tracks21.00infobox
CrossrailOpened24 May 2022; 4 years ago (2022-05-24) Paddington–Abbey Wood1.00infobox
CrossrailOperating speed95 km/h (60 mph)1.00infobox
CrossrailOther nameElizabeth line1.00infobox
CrossrailOwnerTransport for London1.00infobox
CrossrailRolling stockClass 345 (9 carriages per train)1.00infobox
CrossrailStations101.00infobox
CrossrailSystemNational Rail1.00infobox
CrossrailTerminiWest: Paddington1.00infobox
CrossrailTerminiEast: Abbey Wood and Stratford1.00infobox
CrossrailTrack gauge1,435 mm (.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output…1.00infobox
CrossrailTransport for London rail linesv1.00infobox
CrossrailTransport for London rail linest1.00infobox
CrossrailTransport for London rail linese1.00infobox
CrossrailTypeCommuter rail1.00infobox
CrossrailTypeRapid transit1.00infobox
CrossrailWebsitewww.crossrail.co.uk1.00infobox
Crossrailis acompleted railway project centred on London0.90text

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