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  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,365
    Takes about 50 mins to walk direct from Woolwich Crossrail to The Valley. 
  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,454

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eex-vuS5Hak


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  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    seth plum said:
    I wonder how many minutes it would take the average walker to get from the Woolwich station to the Valley?
    Mind you walking that route would not be a pleasant experience hard by that lower road.
    The river walk would be ok once the flats next to the ferry have been finished and the river path reopened.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,022
    Off_it said:
    clive said:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR0kWfZTcrY


    Design & Architecture: Abbey Wood Elizabeth line station

    It looks smart, but by Christ architects can talk some pretentious bullshit sometimes.

    "We wanted to create a dynamic language that creates a sense of arrival".

    I'd imagine that stepping off a train already creates a sense of arrival, but what do I know?!
    Could be worse, "you'll feel like you've just come".
  • Off_it said:
    clive said:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR0kWfZTcrY


    Design & Architecture: Abbey Wood Elizabeth line station

    It looks smart, but by Christ architects can talk some pretentious bullshit sometimes.

    "We wanted to create a dynamic language that creates a sense of arrival".

    I'd imagine that stepping off a train already creates a sense of arrival, but what do I know?!
    1 minute 10 sec and you can see the wife's car go down the road without a tree sitting on it. 
  • Crusty54
    Crusty54 Posts: 3,232
    cafctom said:
    Takes about 50 mins to walk direct from Woolwich Crossrail to The Valley. 
    It takes me about half that. I walk it most weeks.

    The riverside walk has a point where it is usually flooded before Anchor and Hope Lane. It can be negotiated by stepping along the kerb and hanging onto the chain link fencing.
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,365
    Crusty54 said:
    cafctom said:
    Takes about 50 mins to walk direct from Woolwich Crossrail to The Valley. 
    It takes me about half that. I walk it most weeks.

    The riverside walk has a point where it is usually flooded before Anchor and Hope Lane. It can be negotiated by stepping along the kerb and hanging onto the chain link fencing.
    I usually walk from West Thamesmead down the river path and then will cut off back in-land just past the Woolwich ferry. You’re right though, it’s quicker than 50 mins from the Crossrail station now I think about it 
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,993
    Crusty54 said:
    cafctom said:
    Takes about 50 mins to walk direct from Woolwich Crossrail to The Valley. 
    It takes me about half that. I walk it most weeks.

    The riverside walk has a point where it is usually flooded before Anchor and Hope Lane. It can be negotiated by stepping along the kerb and hanging onto the chain link fencing.
    Agreed. 
    I used to walk from Woolwich ferry to 5 mins past Blackheath Standard in 45 mins, back in the day, when I'd missed the last bus home.
  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,454

    Progress Update (March 2022)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1dYxAcFnhs
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,801
    Projected journey times which hopefully will be sometime in the next 6 week 

    https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/crossrails-predicted-elizabeth-line-journey-times-53736/
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  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,117
    I had a walk round some of my old haunts in the city recently and was pleased that Crossrail had almost finished with Finsbury Circus.

    Crossrail had taken it hostage for ten years and turned one of the few green city oases into a gigantic hole in the ground.  


     I took this photo while having a cuppa - reminiscing a time where once a brass band could entertain the city workers during lunch time on a Summer's day.  Gents would be indulging in a game of bowls, birds would be singing, pretty girls all around  ...  and I would be skiving as usual. Ah halcyon days.  

     
    Don’t think I’ve ever been described as a gent before. 

    (Former singles champion at City of London bowls club)
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,801
    Elizabeth Line/Crossrail/Lizzie trains are now on CityMapper, so you can now put your journey in, and see how much time you could save

    https://content.citymapper.com/news/2512/elizabeth-line-opening-soon 
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,365
    Can’t wait for this. Massive game changer for those around Woolwich. The idea of getting to Paddington in less than 30 mins is mad.
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    edited April 2022
    cafctom said:
    Can’t wait for this. Massive game changer for those around Woolwich. The idea of getting to Paddington in less than 30 mins is mad.
    its going to transform london i think. It makes living in places like west ealing etc feasible for millenials like me who otherwise might not fancy giving up rented places more central to buy in those less fashionable areas whilst maintaining a good commute time. 

    I think acton hanwell etc could transform into being the next "cool" areas, along with woolwich, atm basically nothing goes on there and they're a bit dumpy. Or was when i was a student in the area about 10 years ago!
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,617
    My daughter is going to UCL next year for her Masters, 14 mins from Abbey Wood to Farringdon instead of 45 mins.
  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    Rothko said:
    Elizabeth Line/Crossrail/Lizzie trains are now on CityMapper, so you can now put your journey in, and see how much time you could save

    https://content.citymapper.com/news/2512/elizabeth-line-opening-soon 
    i like "The Thunderground"
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,801
    Rothko said:
    Elizabeth Line/Crossrail/Lizzie trains are now on CityMapper, so you can now put your journey in, and see how much time you could save

    https://content.citymapper.com/news/2512/elizabeth-line-opening-soon 
    i like "The Thunderground"
    the Purp, or the Betty, or the Purple (t)rain are others doing the round 
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,022
    Rothko said:
    Rothko said:
    Elizabeth Line/Crossrail/Lizzie trains are now on CityMapper, so you can now put your journey in, and see how much time you could save

    https://content.citymapper.com/news/2512/elizabeth-line-opening-soon 
    i like "The Thunderground"
    the Purp, or the Betty, or the Purple (t)rain are others doing the round 
    Purple Betties, isn't that some sort of acid tab? 
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Crossrail for me.  But then again I still say "midland bank"
  • Abbey Wood gets Crossrail, Bexleyheath gets this  :|


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  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,365
    Confirmed opening date of Tuesday 24th May.
  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,454

    Crossrail: Elizabeth line due to open on 24 May

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-61095510
  • RedPanda
    RedPanda Posts: 4,986
    Rothko said:
    Projected journey times which hopefully will be sometime in the next 6 week 

    https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/crossrails-predicted-elizabeth-line-journey-times-53736/
    This will be very handy for the likes of Cheltenham and Exeter away next season. Just watch Forest Green get scheduled for midweek though...
  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,454

    The Elizabeth line - opening the new railway

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RcXq-8cOac
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,625
    I see the new line runs from Reading (BERKSHIRE) in the West to Shenfield (not far from Brentwood in ESSEX) in the East. However, in the good old South East in runs as far as Abbey Wood. And thats it. Still no tube lines in Kent, or even in the London Boroughs that were once in Kent (like Bexley or Bromley).

    Us poor old South Eastians or dare I even say the word, Kentish folk, get shafted once again. I dare anyone to look up the tube map based on proper geography & see how far it stretches South Eastwards compared to North, East & Westwards.

    Argh  !!!!!
  • bolloxbolder
    bolloxbolder Posts: 7,960
    clive said:

    The Elizabeth line - opening the new railway

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RcXq-8cOac
    24th May start date according to that. Excellent.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    I am intending to go on it on the 24th.
    Best to get a journey in before all the seats are ruined😉
  • Crusty54
    Crusty54 Posts: 3,232
    I see the new line runs from Reading (BERKSHIRE) in the West to Shenfield (not far from Brentwood in ESSEX) in the East. However, in the good old South East in runs as far as Abbey Wood. And thats it. Still no tube lines in Kent, or even in the London Boroughs that were once in Kent (like Bexley or Bromley).

    Us poor old South Eastians or dare I even say the word, Kentish folk, get shafted once again. I dare anyone to look up the tube map based on proper geography & see how far it stretches South Eastwards compared to North, East & Westwards.

    Argh  !!!!!
    HS1 runs into quite a lot of Kent.
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,783
    cafctom said:
    Confirmed opening date of Tuesday 24th May.
    Yes, but which year?