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Section sizes Section size forCrossrail (37 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 4,898 4,898 History 2,005 11,867 Early proposals 2,473 2,473 Later proposals 5,766 5,766 Approval 1,623 1,623 Construction 20 40,825 Chronology 20,749 20,749 Tunnel boring machines 4,486 4,486 Health, safety, and industrial relations 2,432 6,415 Blacklisting 3,983 3,983 Archaeology 4,297 4,297 Operational testing 1,142 1,142 Expected completion 3,716 3,716 Route 2,989 8,589 Western end 5,055 5,055 Eastern end 545 545 Design and infrastructure 33 13,002 Name and identity 2,785 2,785 Tunnels 2,691 2,691 Stations 4,956 4,956 Electrification and signalling 1,564 1,564 Depots 973 973 Further proposals 22 17,183 Additional stations 181 5,907 Silvertown (London City Airport) 3,733 3,733 Old Oak Common 1,993 1,993 Extensions 202 11,254 To Ebbsfleet and Gravesend 6,049 6,049 To the West Coast Main Line 2,975 2,975 To Staines 636 636 To Southend Airport 1,392 1,392 Management and franchise 5,093 5,093 See also 313 313 References 17 2,251 Citations 31 31 General and cited sources 2,203 2,203 External links 983 983 Total 105,004 105,004

On 8 May,Zsteve21 mergedHistory of the Crossrail line into this article. I disagree with this change, as I think there is more than enough content to have a separate History article to keep this page more readable. Does anyone else agree/disagree?Bellowhead678 (talk)14:11, 15 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Such a major change should have been proposed for consensus first. Revert perWP:BRD. I would do it but not practical on mobile. --John Maynard Friedman (talk)15:07, 15 May 2022 (UTC) revised --15:10, 15 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Can I suggest just waiting a few days? Given that the railway line and service operating on it, i.e.Elizabeth line, is going to become (almost) fully operational on 24 May, quite a bit of information from both here andTfL Rail is going to go over to that Elizabeth line article. At that point this article will be all about the project to build the line - a key part of which is its history. I'm suggesting wait-see because I think at the point the article (including the merged in history and moved-out operational stuff) will likely be of an acceptable size.10mmsocket (talk)15:22, 15 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I've reverted it back to how it was before, so that a clear consensus can be reached before we decide anything. Personally I think it should remain a separate article, with theCrossrail article's History section being a summary of the History article, with a "Main" link.Mattdaviesfsic (talk)16:16, 15 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

And I have reverted the history section back to where it was before the content was moved across from the other article. Obviously there's work to be done on both to reduce overlap and make the summary here more succinct / focused. --10mmsocket (talk)16:33, 15 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, i got to know that Crossrail was bogged down by numerous delays and other controversies between 2015 and 2019. But there is no mention of these issues in the article. Shouldnt we have a separate section dedicated these issues?Learninglawry (talk)10:28, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Crossrail is a completed railway project ...

And the Great Pyramid is a completed funerary project? It's an odd description. Is the nameCrossrail not used for the result of the project?—Tamfang (talk)17:34, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The railway service called theElizabeth line. ~~Jessintime (talk)17:37, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sources also back up the "Crossrail Project" moniker.e.g. Crossrail projectTurini2 (talk)18:37, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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