Duration of work What to expect What we will do

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March 2018

Notification of energisation of the Crossrail overhead line equipment (25kV) in Zones 3 and 4 We would like to take this opportunity to inform you that on or about 00:01 on 20 May 2018, the Crossrail overhead line equipment from Westbourne Park to Stepney Green will be energised at 25,000 volts and from this time must be regarded as being live at all times.

Duration of work

The exact limits of the energisation are as follows and are shown on the diagram below:

What to expect

The section known as Zone 3 runs from the Network Rail connection at Westbourne Park to Fisher Street shaft and includes the open section (area of track not within a tunnel) between Westbourne Park and the Royal Oak portal. The section known as Zone 4 runs from Fisher Street shaft to just east of Whitechapel . The electrical supply will be taken and controlled from the feeder station at Kensal Green. In case of emergency after 20 May please contact: Rail Movement Controller, emergency number 020 3846 1180 General enquiries, 24/7 Control Engineer 07833 495 639

Zone 1, which runs from Canary Wharf station to Abbey Wood station and Zone 2, which runs from the Network Rail connection at Pudding Mill Lane to Canary Wharf, via Stepney Green Junction, and includes infrastructure up to the east of Whitechapel, were energised in February and so from 20 May the whole central section area will be live. Dynamic testing of the new Class 345 trains has begun in Zones 1 and 2 and will be progressively introduced into Zones 3 and 4.

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• From 00:01 on 20 May 2018

• The overhead line equipment (OHLE) will be energised at 25,000 volts and from this time must be regarded as being live at all times

What we will do • Warning notices will be placed at all normal entrances to the railway corridor and on equipment visible to the public

About Crossrail - Crossrail is Europe’s largest infrastructure project, delivering a new railway for London and the South East. When the service opens, the new railway will be known as the Elizabeth line. Trains will travel from Reading and Heathrow in the west to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east via new twin tunnels under central London. Linking Heathrow Airport, the West End, the City of London and Canary Wharf it will change the way people travel around London and the South East and add much needed new capacity to London's transport infrastructure.