TfL Rail

TfL Rail
Basic information
owner	Transport for London
Concession and duration	TfL Rail May 31, 2015–2023 Option until 2025
operator	MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Ltd
statistics
fleet	44 British Class 315 66 British Class 345 0 5 British Class 360
Train stations	23
Main regions	Greater London , Berkshire , Buckinghamshire and Essex
Secondary regions
website
tfl.gov.uk/modes/tfl-rail

TfL Rail
Liverpool Street - Shenfield
Legend London Liverpool Street Stratford Maryland Forest Gate Manor Park Ilford Seven Kings (Redbridge) Goodmayes Chadwell Heath (Barking) Romford Gidea Park Harold Wood Brentwood Shenfield
Paddington - Heathrow / Reading
Legend London Paddington Acton Main Line (to / from Hayes & Harlington only) Ealing Broadway West Ealing Hanwell (Paddington - Heathrow only) Southall Hayes & Harlington Heathrow Central (Terminals 2 & 3) Heathrow Terminal 4 West Drayton Iver Langley Slough Burnham Taplow Maidenhead Twyford Reading

TfL Rail is the current name of a London suburban railway that runs 14 stations on the Great Eastern Main Line from Liverpool Street Station in central London to Shenfield ( Borough of Brentwood ) and parts of the Great Western Main Line between Paddington Station and Reading in one S-Bahn -Similar clock served. TfL Rail is part of the future Elizabeth Line route from Shenfield to Reading and Heathrow Airport .

The Transport for London (TfL), the company has to operate the route MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Ltd commissioned which the Chinese company MTR Corporation , headquartered in Hong Kong.

history

In June 2013, TfL announced that Arriva , MTR Corporation , Keolis / Go-Ahead-Group and National Express Group had been shortlisted to bid for the operating license of the Crossrail project under construction.

In July 2014, TfL signed a contract with MTR for a term of eight years, with an option to extend for a further two years.

The MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Ltd was founded in May 2015 as a new railway company and took over the operation of the suburban route from Liverpool Street to Shenfield from the previous operator Abellio Greater Anglia on May 31, 2015 . 44 four-part British Class 315 electric multiple units were also taken over for operation under overhead contact lines with 25 kV 50 Hz.

Tfl Rail will merge with the Elizabeth Line , which is under construction , when its central section under central London, a 13 km long tunnel, opens. It is then linked several times with the London Underground .

Since November 2019, regional operations on the route from Reading to London have been gradually taken over by the Great Western Railway .

As a third, the central section is now to go into operation in isolation as Elizabeth Line for the first time in 2021, before all sections of the route are linked with one another

Appearance

The distinguishing feature of TfL Rail is the ring with crossbars, which is also known from other London means of transport, in the case of TfL Rail all in blue. The existing Class 315 trains were repainted in white / blue and signs according to TfL design were installed at the 14 stations along the route. In contrast to this, the new class 345 railcars are painted white and purple, the color code of the future Elizabeth Line (2018 plan).

Route network

TfL Rail operates 20 miles on the Great Eastern Main Line between Liverpool Street and Shenfield and 16 miles on part of the Great Western Main Line and the Heathrow Tunnel between Paddington, Heathrow and Reading. The future Elizabeth Line will also use this route, but will run in the tunnel between Liverpool Street and Stratford to connect the existing outer branch with the newly built central section of the route.

The train stations of TfL Rail are:

Surname	Tariff zone (s)	Administrative district	Umsteige- possibility	managed by
Liverpool Street - Shenfield
Liverpool Street	1	City of London		Network Rail
Stratford	2/3	Newham		TfL Rail
Maryland	3
Forest Gate	3
Manor Park	3/4
Ilford	4th	Redbridge
Seven Kings	4th
Goodmayes	4th
Chadwell Heath	5	Barking & Dagenham
Romford	6th	Havering
Gidea Park	6th
Harold Wood	6th
Brentwood	9	Brentwood
Shenfield	C.			Abellio Greater Anglia
Paddington - Heathrow / Reading
Paddington	1	City of Westminster	HE	Network Rail
Acton Main Line	3	Ealing		TfL Rail
Ealing Broadway	3
West Ealing	3
Hanwell	4th
Southall	4th
Hayes & Harlington	5	Hillingdon
Heathrow Central (Terminals 2 & 3)	6th		HE	Heathrow Express
Heathrow Terminal 4	6th
West Drayton	6th			TfL Rail
Iver	-	Buckinghamshire
Langley	-	Slough
Slough
Burnham	-			TfL Rail
Taplow	-	Buckinghamshire
Maidenhead	-	Windsor and Maidenhead
Twyford	-	Wokingham
Reading	-	Reading		Network Rail

TfL Rail also manages a train station that is not yet used by TfL Rail.

Surname	Tariff zone (s)	Administrative district	Umsteige- possibility
Abbey Wood	4th	Greenwich

Every station is manned from the first to the last train of the day.

Rolling stock

TfL Rail initially took over 44 four-part electric railcars of the British class 315 from the years 1980–1981. They have been slightly modernized inside and adapted to the TfL design on the outside. Since June 22, 2017, individual journeys have been made with the new class 345 multiple units intended for the Elizabeth Line. Due to the limited length of the platform in Liverpool Street station, these are initially only used in seven parts (total length approx. 160 m). With the start of operations through the Crossrail tunnel, they will be expanded to nine-part units with a total length of 205 meters.

Vehicles from TfL Rail
model series	image	Type	Top speed	Trolleys per unit	number	Construction year	in action
British class 315		Railcar ( electric )	120 km / h	4th	44	1980-1981	2015 until today
British class 345		Railcar ( electric )	145 km / h	7 (later 9)	66	2015-2018	since June 2017
British class 360		Railcar ( electric )	160 km / h	5	5	2002-2005	since 2018

Web links

Commons : TfL Rail  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• TfL Rail website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/documents/liverpool-street-romford-shenfield.pdf (English)
2. ^ First Elizabeth Line train enters service in East London and Essex. Rail Technology Magazine., June 23, 2017, accessed July 11, 2017 .