Design
Crossrail is based on new east-west tunnels under central London connecting the Great Western Main Line near Paddington and the Great Eastern Main Line near Stratford. An eastern branch diverges at Whitechapel, running through Docklands and emerging at Custom House on a disused part of the North London Line, and then under the River Thames to Abbey Wood. Trains will run from Maidenhead and Heathrow in the west to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east. On the Shenfield, Heathrow and Maidenhead routes Crossrail will take over existing stopping services.
The tunnelled sections will be about 22 kilometres (14 mi) in length.
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