West Drayton Station – 27th April 2015
These pictures show the progress at West Drayton station.
Unlike at New Cross Gate, the bridge was built off-site and then lifted into position. This page on the Crossrail web site has a picture of the lift.
This is a Google Earth image of the area round West Drayton station.
West Drayton Station
Note the Grand Junction Canal, which will surely end up as a water-feature at the station.
This page on the Crossrail web site describes how the final station will look.
In the Google Earh image you will notice there are five platform faces, numbered 1 to 5 up the image. 1 and 2 face the two fast lines and 3 and 4 the slow ones. Platform 5 is not used at present and is anyway blocked by the reconstruction of the station. Will it be used in the future?
Stockley Flyover – 27th April 2015
The Stockley Flyover is now being fitted out with rails and overhead lines. This image from Ceequal shows a visualisation of how the flyover will look.
Stockley Flyover Visualisation
And this is a Google Earth image of the junction.
Stockley Flyover
And these are some photographs I took from trains going to and from West Drayton.
It’s certainly starting to look like a real railway from below.
Jubilee Line Vent Shaft At Durand’s Wharf
The pictures show the ventilation and access shaft at Durand’s Wharf for the Jubilee Line.
It is certainly a much more subtle and smaller design than the shafts for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.
This Google Earth image shows that it fits well into the small park.
Durand’s Whaft Vent Shaft
It’s just by the silver line, which marks the Jubilee Line.
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