London’s Elizabeth Line is to open on 24 May, it has been announced, with the long-delayed tunnelled central section of the £19bn Crossrail project now ready for passengers.
Transport for London said the line would open, subject to final safety approvals, the week prior to the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations.
The line is set to massively boost capacity on transport in London and south-east England, cutting journey times, with a number of new stations and much longer, spacious trains.
The Elizabeth line will initially operate as three separate railways, with the overground services already running as TfL Rail in the west and east planned to join directly with the central section from this autumn.
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