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| operator = MTR Crossrail〔 | character = | depot = Ilford Old Oak Common Plumstead (if Transport & Works Act Order approved) | stock = Class 345 9 carriages per trainset〔 | linelength = | tracklength = | notrack = 2 | gauge = | el = 25 kV 50 Hz AC (Overhead line) | speed = Up to | elevation = | map = | map_state = }} Crossrail is a railway line under construction in London and its environs. It is expected to begin full operation in 2019 with a new east-west route across Greater London. Work began in 2009 on the central section of the line—a new tunnel through central London—and connections to existing lines that will become part of Crossrail. It is one of Europe's largest railway and infrastructure construction projects.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Europe's Largest Construction Project )〕 Crossrail's aim is to provide a high-frequency commuter/suburban passenger service that will link parts of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, via central London, to Essex and South East London. The new line will relieve the pressure on several London Underground lines such as the Central and District lines which are the current main east-west passenger routes, and the Heathrow branch of the Piccadilly line. The need for transportation along this corridor is such that the former TFL boss, Sir Peter Hendy, predicts that Crossrail lines will be "immediately full" as soon as they open.〔"Bagehot: London is Working." ''The Economist'' 1 August 2015: 52. Print〕 The project's main feature is of new twin-tunnels. The main tunnels will run from near Paddington to Stratford via central London and Liverpool Street. An almost entirely new line will branch from the main line at Whitechapel to , crossing the River Thames, with a new station at and connecting with the North Kent Line at Abbey Wood. Services will run on of line from Reading ( to the west of London) to (to the north east) and Abbey Wood (to the south east). They will share parts of existing lines with existing services, mainly parts of the Great Western Main Line in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and London (between Reading and Paddington) and the Great Eastern Main Line in London and Essex (between Stratford and Shenfield). Nine-carriage trains will run at frequencies of up to 24 trains per hour in each direction through the central section. It is the first of two routes that are the responsibility of Crossrail Ltd, the other being the proposed Crossrail 2. It is based on new mainline-gauge east-west tunnels from Paddington in the west to beyond Whitechapel in the east. Cross London Rail Links (CLRL) (now Crossrail Ltd) was formed in 2001 to deliver the scheme. The project was approved in 2007, and the Crossrail Act received Royal Assent in 2008. Crossrail will be operated by MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Ltd as a London Rail concession of Transport for London,〔 in a similar manner to London Overground. Services between Liverpool Street and Shenfield transferred in May 2015 under the brand TfL Rail and will be extended to other parts of the route in 2018 and 2019.〔 The original plan was that the first trains would run from 2017. However, in 2010 a spending review aiming to save over £1 billion of the £15.9 billion projected cost meant that the first trains are now planned to run on the central section in 2018. ==History== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Crossrail」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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