The benefits the Elizabeth line will bring to your event A brand new train service will open which will change the face of London and the way that you travel to ExCeL. Services will commence on the Elizabeth line (Crossrail), with access to ExCeL’s onsite Crossrail station from Heathrow in just 43-minutes.
12 trains per hour, each carrying up to 1,500 visitors in comfort
Oyster / smart cards accepted
Trains will leave Heathrow every 15 minutes
There will be 40 Crossrail stations across London
The Crossrail route will run over 100km from Reading to Shenfield
A train every 2.5 minutes at peak time through central London
The Elizabeth line will open up increased business and leisure opportunities across the city. Elizabeth line route map
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Chadwell Romford Seven Ilford Heath Gidea Kings Park Manor Park Goodmayes Maryland Forest Gate Farringdon Stratford Taplow Burnham Ealing Tottenham Maidenhead Whitechapel Broadway Court Road Your event at ExCeL Langley West Drayton Hanwell London (Custom House) Southall Paddington Acton Liverpool London City Slough West Bond Airport Iver Street Ealing Main Line Street Canary Wharf Abbey Wood Hayes & Harlington Twyford Woolwich
Heathrow Airport Reading
Heathrow Airport to Custom House for ExCeL London
Canary Wharf Liverpool Street Farringdon Tottenham Court Road Bond Street Paddington Heathrow (from 2019) 3 minutes 10 minutes 12 minutes 15 minutes 17 minutes 20 minutes 43 minutes
Coca Cola Map key: Thames Barrier Tower of London Tate Modern Canary Wharf London Eye St Paul's Cathedral
Cutty Sark Westminster Abbey ExCeL London Shops Heathrow Airport Buckingham Palace
Shard Big Ben/ Houses The O2 Tower Bridge 30 St Mary Axe Nelson’s Column of Parliament (The Gherkin) The best connected city in the world, is just about to get even better
The Elizabeth line is coming to ExCeL London, making us the best connected venue — in the best connected city — in the world.
Linking us to central London in less than 15 minutes and Heathrow in under 43 minutes, the opening of the ‘events superhighway’ will be truly transformational for the shows that you bring to ExCeL.
We will be even closer to the centre of London resulting in more hotel rooms, more restaurants and crucially, enhanced connectivity with the rest of the UK. Ultimately, this means more visitors and exhibitors from around the world will be able to get to ExCeL and easily access the best that the capital has to offer. London’s getting smaller Canary Wharf
3 minutes from ExCeL via Crossrail
x 3 shopping malls: Canada Place, Cabot Place and Jubilee Place
The biggest Waitrose in the country is located at Canary Wharf
x 20 quality restaurants
x 12 hotels are situated at Canary Wharf, from budget to luxury London’s getting smaller Liverpool Street
10 minutes from ExCeL via Crossrail
Situated near to Spitafield Market
Connects Crossrail with London Overground services
x4 London Underground service connections
Direct connection with Stansted airport
Known as the ‘Gateway to the City’ with the capital’s financial district on its doorstep London’s getting smaller Tottenham Court Road
15 minutes from ExCeL via Crossrail
Interchange between the Northern, Central & Elizabeth line services
Provides direct access to Oxford Street shopping
Access to the West End London’s getting smaller Bond Street
17 minutes from ExCeL via Crossrail
Cultural hotspot with close proximity to The Royal Academy of Art and the world famous auction house, Sotheby’s
Home to some of the world’s most individual and unique hotels and restaurants, including Claridge’s and The Ritz
Home to the world’s most prestigious retailers