BRAYBROOK STREET SHAFT Crossing the Capital, Connecting the UK CROSSRAIL PROPOSALS
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BRAYBROOK STREET SHAFT Crossing the Capital, Connecting the UK CROSSRAIL PROPOSALS Old Oak School eet ook Str Wormwood Scrubs Street Park Braybr Wulfstan HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs Braybrook Street Shaft Intermediate shafts are required where there are Emergency Access - Firefighters and distances of more than 1km between stations. emergency services will need access to the tunnels in the event of an incident. They serve several purposes: Emergency Evacuation - Passengers would Ventilation - Fresh air is needed to keep be guided to the nearest station except in temperatures comfortable in the tunnels and situations where they are more than 2km provide cooling around trains. apart. Some shafts therefore will be designed to bring passengers to the surface. Smoke Extraction - In an emergency the shafts will be used to keep the evacuation routes free from smoke. Braybrook Street Shaft 1i0601-w6v01-50004 Manor Seven Chadwell Gidea Heathrow Hayes and Harlington Ealing Broadway Stratford Park Kings Heath Park Brentwood Tottenham Liverpool Forest Ilford Goodmayes Romford Harold Shenfield Paddington Court Road Street Gate Wood Hampton Strawberry Bond Street Farringdon Whitechapel Custom Slade Stone Wick Hill Richmond Gunnersbury House Belvedere Green Crossing Swanscombe Kingston Teddington Twickenham Kew Turnham Braybrook Street Isle of Abbey Erith Dartford Greenhithe Ebbsfleet Gardens Green Shaft Dogs Wood Crossrail BRAYBROOK STREET SHAFT Crossing the Capital, Connecting the UK SHAFT DESIGN Braybrook Street Shaft A ventilation and emergency intervention shaft A surface structure would be required to enable would be required in the south west part of access to the tunnel in an emergency. The Wormwood Scrubs Park. The shaft would be design of the surface structure will be subject to approximately 16 metres in diameter. An access further consultation as the project develops. The for construction and for emergencies would be drawing above shows how the structure could created from Braybrook Street. look. Braybrook Street Shaft 1i0601-w6v01-50009 Manor Seven Chadwell Gidea Heathrow Hayes and Harlington Ealing Broadway Stratford Park Kings Heath Park Brentwood Tottenham Liverpool Forest Ilford Goodmayes Romford Harold Shenfield Paddington Court Road Street Gate Wood Hampton Strawberry Bond Street Farringdon Whitechapel Custom Slade Stone Wick Hill Richmond Gunnersbury House Belvedere Green Crossing Swanscombe Kingston Teddington Twickenham Kew Turnham Braybrook Street Isle of Abbey Erith Dartford Greenhithe Ebbsfleet Gardens Green Shaft Dogs Wood Crossrail CHISWICK COMMON PORTAL Crossing the Capital, Connecting the UK PORTAL LOCATION Acton Green Common Road Hardwicke Mills Row ontTerrace Superstore Belm Chiswick Common Portal Crossrail proposes a tunnel from the Great The ramp and station would be constructed from Western Main Line near Ladbroke Grove to a a site on the Back Common. The District line portal at Chiswick Common. A station is would be diverted southwards onto a temporary proposed at Turnham Green to provide alignment to provide space for the construction. interchange with London Underground services. On completion of construction the site would be reinstated. New platforms would be situated underground beneath Chiswick Back Common on a level section of the Crossrail tunnels. West of this point the tracks would rise on a 'cut and cover' ramp to emerge in the vicinity of Bridge Street. Chiswick Common Portal 1i0601-w6r02-50000 Manor Seven Chadwell Gidea Heathrow Hayes and Harlington Ealing Broadway Stratford Park Kings Heath Park Brentwood Tottenham Liverpool Forest Ilford Goodmayes Romford Harold Shenfield Chiswick Common Paddington Court Road Street Gate Wood Hampton Strawberry Portal Bond Street Farringdon Whitechapel Custom Slade Stone Wick Hill Richmond Gunnersbury House Belvedere Green Crossing Swanscombe Kingston Teddington Twickenham Kew Turnham Isle of Abbey Erith Dartford Greenhithe Ebbsfleet Gardens Green Dogs Wood Crossrail COWLEY ROAD SHAFT Crossing the Capital, Connecting the UK CROSSRAIL PROPOSALS Acton Vale Industrial Park ey Road Cowl The Vale The Vale Valetta Road Neighbourhood Centre Jeddo Ro ad Cowley Road Shaft Intermediate shafts are required where there are Emergency Evacuation - Passengers would distances of more than 1km between stations. be guided to the nearest station except in situations where they are more than 2km They serve several purposes: apart. Some shafts therefore will be Ventilation - Fresh air is needed to keep designed to bring passengers to the surface. temperatures comfortable in the tunnels and provide cooling around trains. A ventilation, intervention and evacuation shaft of approximately 10 metres diameter would be Smoke Extraction - In an emergency the required. This shaft is proposed to be located shafts will be used to keep the evacuation on an industrial site. On completion the site routes free from smoke. would be reinstated in accordance with requirements of the local authority. Emergency Access - Firefighters and emergency services will need access to the tunnels in the event of an incident. Cowley Road Shaft 1i0601-w6v01-50002 Manor Seven Chadwell Gidea Heathrow Hayes and Harlington Ealing Broadway Stratford Park Kings Heath Park Brentwood Tottenham Liverpool Forest Ilford Goodmayes Romford Harold Shenfield Paddington Court Road Street Gate Wood Hampton Strawberry Bond Street Farringdon Whitechapel Custom Slade Stone Wick Hill Richmond Gunnersbury House Belvedere Green Crossing Swanscombe Kingston Teddington Twickenham Kew Turnham Cowley Road Isle of Abbey Erith Dartford Greenhithe Ebbsfleet Gardens Green Shaft Dogs Wood Crossrail EALING BROADWAY STATION Crossing the Capital, Connecting the UK SERVICE PROPOSALS Existing Ealing Broadway Station Crossrail would improve train services to/from Crossrail is being planned to deliver up to 6 Ealing Broadway Station by providing journey trains per hour in each direction between time savings and a much greater variety of Paddington and Heathrow replacing the convenient travel destinations. Heathrow Express service. Comparative journey time from Ealing Broadway station Paddington Tottenham Court Road Liverpool Street Isle of Dogs Heathrow 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Minutes With Crossrail Without Crossrail Heathrow Central Terminal Area represents Terminals 1,2 & 3. This chart assumes Suburban Heathrow Express services are operating The graph highlights some of the journey time It is not proposed that Crossrail services would savings that would be available to passengers stop at Acton Main Line, West Ealing, Hanwell & travelling on Crossrail services to/from Ealing Elthorne or Southall stations. They would Broadway Station. continue to be served by train services to/from Paddington. 1i0601-w1s12-50002 Manor Seven Chadwell Gidea Heathrow Hayes and Harlington Ealing Broadway Stratford Park Kings Heath Park Brentwood Tottenham Liverpool Forest Ilford Goodmayes Romford Harold Shenfield Paddington Court Road Street Gate Wood Hampton Strawberry Bond Street Farringdon Whitechapel Custom Slade Stone Wick Hill Richmond Gunnersbury House Belvedere Green Crossing Swanscombe Kingston Teddington Twickenham Kew Turnham Isle of Abbey Erith Dartford Greenhithe Ebbsfleet Gardens Green Dogs Wood Crossrail EALING BROADWAY STATION Crossing the Capital, Connecting the UK CROSSRAIL PROPOSALS Haven Green Ealing Broadway Station The Broadway The Mall Ealing Broadway Station Crossrail Ealing Broadway station would provide: The design of Ealing Broadway station is presently under consideration. It is proposed to New direct journey opportunities to Heathrow significantly redevelop the station. This would and central London include: 6 Crossrail trains per hour during peak times Substantial new transport capacity and Platform extensions congestion relief into central London Enlarged and reconfigured Ticket Hall Interchange with London Underground and Step-free access from street to platforms, Thames Trains services including lifts Passive provision for future tram/bus These proposals could change as a result of this interchange consultation or our ongoing discussions with Forecourt improvements in conjunction with existing owners and operators. local authority proposals Ealing Broadway Station 1i0601-w1s12-50001 Manor Seven Chadwell Gidea Heathrow Hayes and Harlington Ealing Broadway Stratford Park Kings Heath Park Brentwood Tottenham Liverpool Forest Ilford Goodmayes Romford Harold Shenfield Paddington Court Road Street Gate Wood Hampton Strawberry Bond Street Farringdon Whitechapel Custom Slade Stone Wick Hill Richmond Gunnersbury House Belvedere Green Crossing Swanscombe Kingston Teddington Twickenham Kew Turnham Isle of Abbey Erith Dartford Greenhithe Ebbsfleet Gardens Green Dogs Wood Crossrail GUNNERSBURY STATION Crossing the Capital, Connecting the UK SERVICE PROPOSALS Crossrail would improve train services to/from Gunnersbury Station by providing journey time savings and a greater variety of convenient travel destinations. Existing Gunnersbury Station Existing Gunnersbury Station Crossrail is being planned to deliver up to 12 Passengers would be able to interchange with trains per hour in each direction between the District line at Turnham Green. Paddington and Richmond replacing the current 7 trains per hour District line service. 4 of these These proposals could change as a result of this trains would serve onwards to Kingston in consultation or our ongoing discussions with addition to the current South West Train service. existing