London’s NEWEST RAILWAY is Finally Here! Elizabeth Line (Crossrail) Review - Inaugural Service 

For all the complaints and delays, it was worth waiting for, for those who got to travel on that line. Patience was certainly a virtue in this case. I have to rely on youtube vids to keep up with the railway systems in the UK. So from 'down under' to the 75000 people who worked on the project all these last few years, well done.

At long last the Elizabeth line is open. I'm extremely impressed by the stations architecture. Proof that we can still build great infrastructure projects in Britain. Look forward to HS2. Great video.

I had to use the Elizabeth Line on the opening day from Abbey Wood, as my mum had an appointment to Moorfields Eye hospital. She normally uses Southeastern trains to London Bridge then bus. I persuaded her to use the Elizabeth line as this would cut at least 30 - 45 minutes from the journey time. Elizabeth Line is a game changer in many ways, especially if you live fairly local. One issue of note, even though more bus routes have been provided or changed to get to Abbey Wood, parking just beyond the CPZ of Bexley and Greenwich boroughs has become an issue. The last thing residents want is not being able to park by their home. I am in the Bexley half and know that parking permits are expensive. I have my own driveway as do most of my street, so parking is not an issue. Other roads are not so fortunate. When live 10 minutes walk to Abbey Wood great advantage. Great video.

Absolutely stunning ❤️ can't wait to get on board

What an enjoyable description of the Elizabeth Line. Thank you!

London commuters, leisure travelers, and train nuts, must be so excited about the Elizabeth Line innovation. I mean, I'm excited half a world away here in Queensland. Thanks for a wonderful coverage of this special day!

Thank you very much for sharing this amazing video!!very informative. So much effort you made. Well done. Keep it going!👏🏻👏🏻🇬🇧

finally TFL rail became elizabeth... im so proud now..

Beautifully put together. Relevant to the point and a pleasure to watch

Great video. Looking forward to using this for regular journeys in future

Great video! I will be back in London soon so I can go on Crossrail. I’m extremely excited.

Also change at Paddington for the Bakerloo, Circle, District and Hammersmith & City lines. ALSO Woolwich Arsenal is served by Thameslink services too. Great video too. Loved the commentary. Very efficient and great shots as well.

Really enjoyed this video, hopefully having a look at the new line later this month.

Lots of interesting information - thank you for taking us along on this journey! Can't wait to visit the UK again and try it for myself in the not too distant future. :)

A really helpful video! I am not confident travelling underground but this has helped as I know what to expect! Thank you!

nice video mate how london has changed since i've been, over 30years i've been in France( an hour south of Lyon )i worked a while down in london the names of the stations bring back happy memories ,i'm going to watch more of your videos ,thanks for doing them

Really enjoyed watching this, well presented, managed to head down there myself on the opening day but when you riding the first train, I was in Newcastle waiting to catch a LumO service to London! But I do agree after the delays it was worth the wait.

Went on this train yesterday it was awesome, the stations are highly advanced in terms of design.

Great video, love your style !

Fantastic mate. Looking forward to exploring it myself soon.

Would definitely not complain if they reopened the Silvertown Station. Considering Silvertown has a huge new residential development which is still being built. DLR trains are much smaller and get too busy.

I believe better signal is supposed to come online later

I was on the first train from Abbey Wood but was not given a commemorative badge or map. Nice video. Great editing.

Deffo worth the wait, this will be a game changer for London, it's just a pity the rest of the country doesn't have infrastructure like this, as it would help to rid our clogged streets of cars.

Stunning looking train system!!

Yes! 1hr 20min journey cut to 31mins today🤘 Love it!

Don’t expect the Wifi to improve at all! It’s notoriously bad on any train service! Think I’ve only ever used it reliably once on a TfL Rail service, on a route between Liverpool St and Romford.

I travelled on the other direction that morning, took the 1st train from Paddington at 06 : 33 all the way to Abbey Wood, and there were bunch of people waiting at Paddington before opening!

Very nice video thanks

I intended to take the SE service yesterday morning, but mis-remembered the El opening time as 0600 and thought , nah, too early to get up to get to London Bridge.

Thanks for sharing, hopefully next time I'm up from downunder....

Wow! That’s a long train, it was dark by the time it got to the last carriage. 😜

Great video! I got the 5.09 from London Bridge too. I will share your video - it brilliantly captures that first trip. How long did you stay in the network? It’s very thorough - with your overground explanations / shots too

If I am being honest, the delay of "just" four years was actually pretty normal for a project this size, and totally worth it. Now then why "just" four years, well it's a big infastructure process, going under some of the most expensive property out there, when a project is of this size delays can be expected, but then the corona virus played it's part too in almost stopping the works at some parts of the line adding a bit of unexpected delay, and in the end the delay could have been much worse than four years.

IIRC airline seating means face to back seating, as opposed to face to face or Bay seating - what you mean here is transverse seating \m/

@5:27 I'm at the front on that qué somewhere However when we arrived it was still dark 🤣

Which would be the best way to marble arch from Heathrow please?

where do I get the western card Elizabeth line?

I am always annoyed by the name Custom House. A very attractive building THE custom house was destroyed 25 years ago so that Excel could cover the area. I am sure a little effort could have kept it or moved it to an adjacent site.

I ALSO MEET THE ELIZABETH LINE

I'm going from Heathrow to East Croydon in the summertime, and I'm looking at taking the Elizabeth line from Heathrow T3 to Farringdon for a Thameslink transfer. I know you have to change trains enroute at Paddington, but how efficient is the transfer between the west route and the east route there? I'm thinking that's probably the best route that doesn't involve the Tube.

Errrrr.....so crossrail doesn't cross London - it stops at Paddington requiring a 5 min walk to another platform/train.... can someone explain what the benefit is?

Elizabeth Line

These trains have been running for months at the Reading end of the line.

Ooh

Canary yellow esculators at Canary Wharf.

Do you not think its time for the Welsh to have its own North South Rail link???

Hi At Liverpool street the train to Shenfield is at platform no’s 15 to 17. Can someone tell me what platform is it if yo take the train to Paddington

I'm just waiting for services to run through to East London, that change at Liverpool Street is non-trivial and adds too much journey time

will the line ever run direct from ilford to bond street

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Just in time for the huge reduction in commuters due to WFH!

London Newest Railway is the Elizabeth Line not Crossrail, Crossrail was the builders..........Pete (oldboysteaming).

Hi guys, please help...Can I travel from Terminal 4 to Reading via Haye&H station on Elizabeth line?

This is not finished,its apolitical patsey for the three and half year delay. the moving walk ways in the new tunnels and illeligent ntice boards for the sevely disabled and blind have still not been install after a year.This as a concequence cannot comply with sign off for operations until complete. Further procrastination of these essential requirements means the line cannot be safely opened. Why is there no station at London City airport ?

The Crossrail’s Elizabeth Line isn’t as great as vast majority of people think; for example there are far too many station-stops along the route for it to be considered a lot quicker than using the Underground. Prior to the opening, the outer ends of the route were National Rail branch lines, later incorporated into the Elizabeth Line, a lot of those stations had very little passenger usage. I can understand why the need for a branch to Reading, as Reading is a hub for tech firms and so Reading is an up and coming area. There was no need for a Elizabeth Line branch to Heathrow as Heathrow already has the Heathrow Express from Paddington. Most of the stations between Reading and Southall hardly see much passenger traffic, if there were far fewer stations on the Reading branch the Elizabeth Line service would have been so much faster. The same goes for the Shenfield branch, most of the stations on the Shenfield branch should not have been covered by the Elizabeth Line, in doing so would have made the Elizabeth Line faster. Considering the above points, and the fact that TfL is made up of university graduates, it’s utterly shocking that such highly educated employees can make utterly stupid decisions; just goes to prove that having a university Degree doesn’t necessarily make one intelligent.

Southeastern Class 465’s much much better trains than those new Liz Line trains, better seating and a much smoother ride, such a shame that the Liz Line had such shoddy rolling stock.

In 70 years it will be completely replaced.

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Crossrail is not worth it and will never be. Built with rose tinted glasses, much too late, and should have been built with double decker trains in mind, even if it meant widening or lowering track at stations. Lastly, it should be run by National govt, not TfL. Typical British leave alone stand offish attitude to everything nowadays and worse therefor.