The scheme now approaching the finish is Crossrail: All aboard the Elizabeth line

By Jordan Marshall2022-03-10T07:00:00

Source: Crossrail Ltd

We take the 10-minute journey from Paddington to Liverpool Street with the railway’s boss Mark Wild

Standing on the concourse at the entrance to the Paddington Elizabeth line station on a crisp spring day, my eyes cannot resist being drawn to look upwards at the huge glass roof that has been decorated with clouds, an installation piece by US artist Spencer Finch.

The area no longer looks like a Costain Skanska JV construction site - with all that separates the Scott Wilson, Weston Williamson and Gillespies-designed Crossrail station from platform one of platform one at Paddington a gate that will soon come down.

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