Duration of work What to expect What we will do

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July 2017

Notification of energisation of the Crossrail overhead line equipment (25kV) From 00:01 hours on 1 October 2017, the Crossrail overhead line equipment from Pudding Mill Lane to the east of Whitechapel and from the Stepney Green Junction to Abbey Wood station will be energised at 25,000 volts and from this time must be regarded as being live at all times. The exact limits of the energisation are as follows and are shown on the diagram below: The section known as Zone 1, 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. The section known as Zone 2, is classified as the eastern section running from Canary Wharf station to Abbey Wood station. It includes the open sections (areas of track not within a tunnel) between Victoria Dock portal to Connaught tunnel, Connaught tunnel to North Woolwich portal and Plumstead portal to Abbey Wood. The electrical supply will be taken and controlled from the feeder station at Pudding Mill Lane portal. The feeder station at Plumstead (Church Manorway) will also become live on 1 October 2017. Notices will be placed at all normal entrances to the railway corridor. In case of emergency after 1 October please contact: Rail Movement Controller Emergency number 020 3846 1180

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Duration of work • From 00:01 hours on 1 October 2017

What to expect • The overhead line equipment (OHLE) will be energised at 25,000 volts and must be regarded as being live at all times.

What we will do • Send a further reminder/advice prior to 1 October 2017.

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.