Date: 31/05/2015

When complete, Crossrail will be a three-legged railway. The western leg will emerge from under London at the Royal Oak portal and run out as far as Reading with a connection off to Heathrow. To the North East, the portal is at Pudding Mill Lane and the Crossrail route will then go through Stratford and out to Shenfield in Essex. In the South East, after a couple of open sections at Custom House, the line finally emerges from under the Thames at Plumstead but then runs for only about a mile to the terminus at Abbey Wood. [From Richard Buckby]

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When complete, Crossrail will be a three-legged railway. The western leg will emerge from under London at the Royal Oak portal and run out as far as Reading wit

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