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Occurred to me, if one of the two escalators at the Barbican end of Farringdon goes out of service, I assume they would need to make it one way only? I still think there aren't enough escalators at some of these stations.

The Northern and Jubilee are both now fully ATO lines and are mid table in terms of reliability. I think I recall that the Piccadilly Line is now the worst performing line, not really a surprise given its signalling is 100 years old, and the District Line, which still suffers from signal...

I noticed that too, although there is some Elizabeth Line branding and proper line diagrams on the platforms themselves which is an improvement. Will we ever see Elizabeth Line branding in the Terminals? After all, I suspect BAA would rather prefer you to buy a HeX ticket...

For Paddington to Reading I'd take the fast service from upstairs. For, e.g. Hayes and Harlington to Reading I'd get on whatever came first as it'd all be from the same platforms, GWR or XR. For, e.g. Canary Wharf to Reading, if I didn't want to change at Paddington I'd get on the first...

All of the live information screens had stopped functioning when I got on a Paddington earlier. Somewhat frustrating. Hopefully it was fixed by a server reboot or something? 1656626639 Several sources (including ones in this thread) seemed to suggest the date for through running was Sep 12...

Agreed, in a way it's very similar to the East London Line - the core section of that is owned by TfL, not Network Rail, but it connects to Network Rail lines with mixed traffic on them. Plus, run by a private company under contract.

I think there is a case for dotted walking lines between Farringdon's Elizabeth Line blob and Barbican, similar to Canary Wharf, and eventually Bond Street too, but they don't seem to show the dotted lines for most of the Zone 1 walkable interchanges, I guess there'd just be too many.

Why aren't BAA paying TfL to get passengers to their airport? It's not like anyone wouldn't be going there if the airport wasn't there after all.

That is more or less how Thameslink operates doors in the core vs outer branches already

Is the temporary-looking building to the east of the bus garage (with the silos) a Crossrail construction thing, or is it a staff facility for train drivers or something?

In terms of operational contingency, we know that by the time full service rolls around, the full 24tph service could be reversed at Paddington via auto reverse, which should serve us well if the GWML becomes blocked. I was wondering about the other end though - if there are issues on the GEML...

I'm looking forward to operating my handcar up and down to Uxbridge, so long as the system thinks I'm a 73ts I'll be fine right?

Really seems like there is a pretty weak case for interchanging from the Jubilee to the Liz and vice versa at Canary Wharf. Very few journeys would be improved by doing that rather than changing in town and taking a more sensible route that involves getting on the Jubilee at London Bridge...

Could catch the boat back!

Passengers will be forced to tap out at a gateline though, which seems much more likely to trigger them to tap in on something, so hopefully less of a problem

Crossrail's planning was completed well over a decade ago, tunnelling began 2 years before Putin even invaded eastern Ukraine and Crimea.

Not quite Crossrail relevant but St Pancras Thameslink has the same problem for similar reasons

Intrigued to see the knock-on effects for Woolwich as well, both from reduced interchange at Woolwich Arsenal and locals changing their start of journey to the Elizabeth Line.

While everyday commuters might complain it's a wee longer than they'd like, it's perfect for a one time trip from the Elizabeth Line to Thameslink with luggage, as there's full lift service. It's by far the best way to do the journey you describe.

Currently the whole central section is on a 12tph, 5 minute service, and they all go to Abbey Wood. However my understanding was in the final timetable, each eastern branch would get a 10tph, 6 minute service off peak, and the 12tph service would be for the peak only. So is the Abbey Wood...