{"id":67857,"date":"2016-02-23T12:43:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T12:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=1178fdb66912f3297747c3fa52bbaa85"},"modified":"2016-02-23T12:43:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T12:43:00","slug":"news-story-crossrail-to-become-the-elizabeth-line-in-honour-of-her-majesty-the-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=67857","title":{"rendered":"News story: Crossrail to become the Elizabeth line in honour of Her Majesty the Queen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<ul>\n<li>Crossrail to be named the Elizabeth line when the new service opens to passengers through central London in December 2018 <\/li>\n<li>new \u2018roundel\u2019 unveiled as Her Majesty visits Bond Street station<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Her Majesty the Queen today (23 February 2016) visited the under-construction Crossrail station at Bond Street as the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson <abbr title=\"Member of Parliament\">MP<\/abbr>, announced that the new railway will be known as the Elizabeth line in her honour.<\/p>\n<p>The Elizabeth line will transform travel across the city, boosting the economy by billions of pounds and supporting thousands of new jobs and homes. <\/p>\n<p>The Mayor was joined by Secretary of State for Transport, Patrick McLoughlin <abbr title=\"Member of Parliament\">MP<\/abbr>, London\u2019s Transport Commissioner Mike Brown <abbr title=\"Member of the Royal Victorian Order\">MVO<\/abbr>, the Crossrail construction company\u2019s Chairman Terry Morgan, and Chief Executive Andrew Wolstenholme, as they gave Her Majesty a tour of the Bond Street station site. It will see 24 trains per hour in each direction when the central section of the Transport for London (<abbr title=\"Transport for London\">TfL<\/abbr>) run railway opens in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The Queen was presented with a commemorative Elizabeth roundel, and met a wide range of people involved in the construction of Crossrail, Europe\u2019s largest infrastructure project. This included apprentices working on building the railway, engineers fitting out the station and drivers of the trains that will serve the line.    <\/p>\n<p>This marks the latest in a long-held association between the royal family and London\u2019s transport network.<br \/>\nHer Majesty became the first reigning monarch to travel on the London Underground in 1969, when she opened the Victoria line service.<\/p>\n<p>In 1979, the Jubilee line was officially opened by HRH the Prince of Wales and was named to mark 25 years since Her Majesty\u2019s accession to the throne. In the same year, Her Majesty opened Heathrow Central station (Terminals 1, 2, 3) on the Piccadilly line.<\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath of the 7 July terrorist attack on the London Underground, Her Majesty unveiled a plaque at Aldgate station in 2010 remembering the lives of the 52 victims who had died. <\/p>\n<p>In 2013, the celebrations of London Underground\u2019s 150th anniversary saw HRH the Prince of Wales and HRH the Duchess of Cornwall take a trip on the Underground, and Her Majesty the Queen, HRH the Duke of Edinburgh and HRH the Duchess of Cambridge visit Baker Street station.<\/p>\n<p>The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson <abbr title=\"Member of Parliament\">MP<\/abbr>, said: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Crossrail is already proving a huge success for the UK economy, and as we move closer to bringing this transformative new railway into service, I think it\u2019s truly wonderful that such a significant line for our capital, will carry such a significant name from our country. As well as radically improving travel right across our city, the Elizabeth line will provide a lasting tribute to our longest serving monarch.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin <abbr title=\"Member of Parliament\">MP<\/abbr> said: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Given Her Majesty the Queen\u2019s long association with UK transport, it is very fitting that this vital link across our capital will be named the Elizabeth Line in her honour. This is an example of British engineering at its best and will transform the way people travel across London and beyond from 2018, bringing better and faster journeys, while boosting jobs and driving economic growth.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mike Brown <abbr title=\"Member of the Royal Victorian Order\">MVO<\/abbr>, London\u2019s Transport Commissioner, said: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">This new railway is absolutely vital to meeting the needs of the capital\u2019s rapidly growing population. The Elizabeth line will transform the way people get across our city and will enable London to continue to succeed, contributing to the economic health of the entire country. In running this important new railway we will ensure that it serves as a fitting tribute to Her Majesty the Queen.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Terry Morgan, Chairman, Crossrail Limited said: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Construction for the new railway is now over 70% complete and is being delivered on time and within budget. The Crossrail project is one of the most ambitious and complex infrastructure programmes ever undertaken in the UK, the scale of engineering being delivered under the capital is quite incredible. The opening of the Elizabeth line in 2018 will be a significant moment for London.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stretching from Reading and Heathrow in the west across to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east, the Elizabeth line will change the way people travel around London and the south east and add much needed new capacity to London\u2019s transport infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>When the railway fully opens it will significantly increase the capital\u2019s rail capacity, carrying over half a million passengers per day \u2014 the same number of annual visitors to Buckingham Palace. Some 1.5 million people will have better access to the jobs and opportunities of London\u2019s main employment centres, and an estimated \u00a342 billion will have been added to the economy of the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<div class=\"contact \" id=\"contact_1016\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>News desk enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Press enquiries<\/span><br \/>\n              020 7944 3021\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Out of hours<\/span><br \/>\n              020 7944 4292\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Public enquiries<\/span><br \/>\n              0300 330 3000\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new railway will be named the Elizabeth line when it opens to passengers through central London in December 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67857"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67857"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67874,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67857\/revisions\/67874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}