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COUNTDOWN GETTING FARRINGDON READY FOR THE ELIZABETH LINE

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On December 9 the tunnel section of the Elizabeth Line under Central London will open to passengers, with services between Paddington and Abbey Wood via Canary Wharf running 15 times an hour in each direction. As this issue closed for press, there were 28 days before dynamic testing will begin, fewer than 300 days before the first public trains begin operation.

The first thing anyone entering the work site opposite Smithfield Market sees is a digital countdown to live testing of Class 345 trains through the station. Everyone who works there, and visitors, can’t help but notice this as it’s deliberately placed to be noticed. Visiting the station site on November 24, 2017 there were 92 and a half days left before this was planned to start on February 24. Arriving

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