There are too few passengers to justify building a second entrance at Woolwich’s Elizabeth Line station, despite complaints about crowding, Greenwich Council’s planning officers have concluded. Problems with crowds on the platforms are down to too many people choosing to get off trains close to the escalators, they said in a report to councillors. A […]
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Elizabeth Line closure to hit Woolwich and Abbey Wood travel this weekend
A closure of the Elizabeth Line through central London will affect trains to Woolwich and Abbey Wood this weekend. Travel options will be further reduced on Sunday when engineering works close Southeastern and Thameslink lines through Greenwich, Woolwich and Abbey Wood. Cross-river travel will also be hampered by the southbound Blackwall Tunnel being closed on […]
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Greenwich Council finally pays off its £15 million Woolwich Elizabeth Line bill
Greenwich Council has finally paid off the £15 million it owed towards Woolwich’s Crossrail station – 11 years after striking the deal that put the area on the Elizabeth Line map. The town hall agreed a complex deal with City Hall and Berkeley Homes to get the station built because neither the Westminster government nor […]
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Greenwich Council hopes to pay off £15m Woolwich Crossrail bill by April
Greenwich Council hopes to finish paying off the £15 million it owes for the construction of Woolwich’s Elizabeth Line station by April, a senior councillor has said. Aidan Smith, the cabinet member for regeneration, was speaking as a report revealed that the council still had £4.4 million to pay towards the station under a complex […]
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Elizabeth Line at Woolwich to get mobile phone coverage next spring
Elizabeth Line passengers at Woolwich will get mobile phone reception on trains and in the station next spring, Transport for London has confirmed. All four networks – Three, O2, EE and Vodafone – will be available when the signals go live across the central section of Crossrail, from Paddington to Abbey Wood and Stratford. The […]
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Elizabeth Line strike this Thursday: No trains at Woolwich or Abbey Wood
No Elizabeth Line trains will run from Woolwich or Abbey Wood this Thursday because of a strike by managers over pay and pensions. Members of the TSSA union voted before Christmas to walk out. Transport for London announced today that the new line’s central section – from Paddington to Abbey Wood – will be closed […]
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Elizabeth Line boosts Woolwich Works ticket sales by 70 per cent
Woolwich Works says it has seen ticket sales leap by 70 per cent after the opening of the Elizabeth Line, which stops a few hundred metres from the arts venue. Slow ticket sales meant Greenwich Council had to make £2 million in loans available to the trust that runs the cultural hub, which cost the […]
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TfL gives Greenwich two more years to pay Woolwich Crossrail bill
853 exclusive: Greenwich Council has been given two more years to pay the £15 million it owes Transport for London for the construction of Woolwich’s Elizabeth Line station. Greenwich pledged to pay £15 million towards the fit-out of the station as part of a deal with the government and TfL. The original Crossrail plans did […]
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