Crossrail
Crossrail is a completed railway project centred on London. It provides a high-frequency hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system known as the Elizabeth line, that crosses the capital from suburbs on the west to east and connects two major railway lines terminating in London: the Great Western Main Line and the Great Eastern Main Line.Photo: Robin Webster, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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- Type: Building
- Description: railway in London, UK
- Also known as: “Crossrail Mile End ventilation shaft” and “Crossrail project”
- Roof shape: flat
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mile End Stadium and St Paul’s, Bow Common.
Mile End Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mile End Stadium, also known as the East London Stadium, is a multi-sports stadium in Mile End and situated in the park of the same name in the East End of London, England. Mile End Stadium is situated 530 feet west of Crossrail.
St Paul’s, Bow Common
Church
Photo: Ekphraster, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Paul's Bow Common is a 20th-century church in Bow Common, London, England. It is an Anglican church in the Diocese of London. The church is at the junction of Burdett Road and St Paul's Way in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. St Paul’s, Bow Common is situated 570 feet southeast of Crossrail.
Ragged School Museum
Museum
Photo: Pierre Terre, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Ragged School Museum is a museum in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The museum was opened in 1990 in the premises of the former Dr Barnardo's Copperfield Road Ragged School. Ragged School Museum is situated 1,000 feet west of Crossrail.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Limehouse and East London.
Limehouse
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Limehouse is a district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London. It is 3.9 miles east of Charing Cross, on the northern bank of the River Thames.
East London
Photo: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0.
East London is the part of London, England, east of the ancient City of London and north of the River Thames as it begins to widen. East London developed as London's docklands and the primary industrial centre.
Mile End
Suburb
Photo: Tarquin Binary, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Mile End is an area in London, England and is located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is in East London and part of the East End. It is 4.2 miles east of Charing Cross.
Crossrail
- Categories: transport megaproject and railway line
- Location: Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.51864° or 51° 31′ 7″ northLongitude
-0.03117° or 0° 1′ 52″ westOpen location code
9C3XGX99+FGOpenStreetMap ID
way 226271440OpenStreetMap feature
building=tunnel_shaftOpenStreetMap feature
railway=ventilation_shaftOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=flatWikidata ID
Q732649
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Crossrail” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Crossrail”
- Arabic: “كروس ريل”
- Basque: “Crossrail”
- Bengali: “ক্রসরেল”
- Catalan: “Crossrail”
- Chinese: “伊麗莎白線”
- Chinese: “橫貫鐵路”
- Danish: “Crossrail”
- Dutch: “Crossrail”
- Finnish: “Crossrail”
- French: “Crossrail”
- German: “Crossrail”
- Gujarati: “london”
- Hebrew: “קו אליזבת”
- Hungarian: “Crossrail”
- Indonesian: “Crossrail”
- Irish: “Crossrail”
- Italian: “Crossrail”
- Japanese: “クロスレール”
- Korean: “크로스레일”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Crossrail”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Crossrail”
- Norwegian: “Crossrail”
- Persian: “کراسریل”
- Polish: “Crossrail”
- Portuguese: “Crossrail”
- Russian: “Crossrail”
- Slovenian: “Crossrail”
- Spanish: “Crossrail”
- Swedish: “Crossrail”
- Turkish: “Elizabeth Hattı”
- Ukrainian: “Crossrail”
- Yiddish: “קרייצבאן”
- Yue Chinese: “橫貫鐵路”
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Notable Places Nearby
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