Before Crossrail – The Shenfield Metro
The Shenfield Metro is a six trains-per-hour local service from Shenfield to London Liverpool Street, run using over thirty years old Class 315 trains.
In the next few years the service will be incorporated into Crossrail and form an Eastern branch that will be linked through the central tunnels to heathrow and Reading. Wikipedia says this about the service, when Crossrail is up and running.
At peak hours the frequency of service will increase from seven trains per hour to 12, necessitating the construction of a new 210-metre long platform 6, which will be built to the north of platform 5, replacing one of the existing three western sidings.
The trains will also be longer at ten opposed to eight coaches, so there will be a gigantic increase in capacity.
Changes start next year, when in May the Shenfield Metro will be taken over and run by Crossrail from May.
So I went to Stratford and then took a train to Shenfield, before coming back a stop at a time, to see the current service in action.
The Anonymous Widower 
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