The Anonymous Widower

From Ladbroke Grove To Ealing Broadway

I took a train to West Drayton this morning and on the way, I took these pictures of the Crossrail works . The map from carto.metro.free.fr, shows the line between Ladbroke Grove and Ealing Broadway station.

Labroke Grove To Ealing Broadway

These are the pictures I took on the same stretch of line.

The pictures show various features of the line.

• The route by which empty trains move between Paddington station and the depots at Old Oak Common.
• The depots at Old Oak Common.
• Where the Acton-Northolt Line leaves the Great Western Railway.
• The Acton Yard
• The now almost-complete Acton Dive-Under.

This Google Map of the Acton Dive-Under was probably captured a few months ago.

The Acton Dive-Under

Note the buttresses and how the other lines cross over between them.

The best information I can find on the structure of the Acton Dive-Under is this article from IanVisits. Ian sums up the Acton Dive-Under like this.

When it is all finished, that small but complex bit of work, a single line of track in a cutting will do more to cut delays on the mainline into Paddington that could ever be appreciated by its simple size and design.

I wouldn’t be surprised to see the knowledge learned in this project, put to good effect in other places on the UK rail network.

Incidentally, it looks like the project cost around twenty million.

May 2, 2016 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Acton Dive-Under, Crossrail, Great Western Railway, Trains