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Workers lay railway track in a tunnel of the Crossrail project in Stepney, east London, Britain, November 16, 2016. Crossrail train project runs from west to east London through the heart of the capital. There’s light at the end of the tunnel for Londoners patiently waiting for the opening of the keenly anticipated Elizabeth line, with the first trains due to run in May 2017. When fully completed in 2019, the high-frequency service will connect towns in Berkshire and Buckinghamshire to Essex and south-east London, via the centre of the capital. The new service is designed to ease pressure on the existing Underground network, particularly the busy Central and District lines, and the Jubilee link to Heathrow Airport (it will take 20min off the journey time from central London). The mega-expensive project has caused heavy disruption in central London, particularly around Tottenham Court Road and Oxford Street. While the construction project is officially known as Crossrail, the line itself has been officially named after Queen Elizabeth II, who attended a special ceremony in February 2016. The Elizabeth is actually the second line to be dedicated to her majesty – the Jubilee line was named after the Queen’s Silver Jubilee, which commemorated 25 years on the throne in 1977. (Photo by Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)
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