Crossrail central tunnels

[N Levers]

Hello everyone.

Does anyone know if there will be any crossovers between the two central tunnels in the core section of crossrail.

There will be the Kensal Green turn back and I assume some facility at Stratford but would like to know if there is anything more central.

 

[edwin_m]

There will be crossovers at Fisher Street, which is near Holborn about midway between Tottenham Court Road and Farringdon Crossrail stations. There will also be turnback sidings just outside the tunnel portal at Westbourne Park, and trains terminating at Paddington from the east will reverse there unless they need to go to the depot. This part may change if more trains are extended to Old Oak Common or beyond.

 

[swt_passenger]

I have some drawings of the changes on the mainline network which were available on the Network Rail website a couple of years ago, they don't show any change to the basic layout at Stratford other than the obvious junctions with the pair of extra tracks (positioned between the existing up and down electrics) heading into the Crossrail portal. The only significant changes down to Crossrail on the GEML are at Gidea Park and Shenfield, both of which seem to be additional stabling sidings.

The drawing for the SE leg shows a crossover between Customs House station and the Victoria Dock Portal, so with the existing crossover at Stratford and the facilities at Westbourne Park (as mentioned by edwin_m above) there seems to be a crossover at each main tunnel entrance.