On 2016\07\29 13:50, Schnuzelbug (Chris Date) wrote:
Photos and video in link.

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Crossrail Elizabeth Line trainset unveiled
http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/t...-unveiled.html

"UK: The first of 66 electric multiple-units for the Crossrail project was unveiled by Transport for London at Bombardier’s Derby factory on July 29.

Following dynamic testing at the Derby plant, the first train is to undergo trials at the Old Dalby test centre during August. This will include carrying more than 100 tonnes of weight to simulate passengers. A car is also to be sent to a climatic chamber. Once trials are completed, the test equipment will be removed from the first trains and the interiors will be fitted out with seats before delivery for passenger service.

The Class 345 EMUs are part of Bombardier’s Aventra family, and according to TfL production in Derby is helping to support 760 jobs and 80 apprenticeships. Barber & Osgerby is acting as design adviser.

The EMUs feature wide gangways, air-conditioning, CCTV and real-time travel information, and are equipped for regenerative braking which is expected to result in energy savings of up to 30%.

The Class 345 is scheduled to enter service on TfL Rail services between London Liverpool Street and Shenfield in May 2017. The first trainsets will initially comprise seven cars and be 160 m long to fit the existing platforms at Liverpool Street. Nine-car sets 200 m long with a capacity of 1 500 passengers are expected to be introduced from May 2018, initially running between Heathrow Airport and Paddington.

The full route linking Reading and Heathrow in the west and Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east via new tunnels under central London is scheduled to open in 2019, and will be called the Elizabeth Line.

‘The Elizabeth Line trains, which are a great showcase of British design and manufacture, will be running on part of our network within a year’, said London Transport Commissioner Mike Brown at the unveiling event. ‘The trains are fully accessible, will have air-cooling, and once the whole line opens, they will help our passengers move more easily into and across the city every day.’"


Thanks. They seem to have put the full Elizabeth Line map over the door
at 1:12 ... surely they will need a Liverpool Street - Shenfield only
map initially!