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May 23, 2022 8 tweets 4 min read Read on X
A Poem for @Crossrail fans struggling to sleep tonight:

(1/7) Twas the Night before Crossrail, and all through the town
The Platforms stood ready, some 100ft down.
Roundels, display screens, maps, set out with care
For thousands of passengers soon to be there. A spacious train platform.
(2/7) The new #trains were nestled all snug in their sidings,
Ready to move out at five-minute timings;
Commuters and tourists were ready to master
Nine brand-new stations … and Bond Street soon after. An aerial shot of trains parked up.
(3/7) It’s been a long wait: thirty years in the making,
But the passenger journey will now be breath-taking:
Bright stations, time savings, and better connections,
New possibilities in every location. The purple symbol of The Elizabeth line.
(4/7) Three years of tunnelling in deep London clay
To dig out the spoil for the new railway:
But 3 million tonnes would then guarantee
A nature reserve for the #RSPB. A picture of Jubilee March, a nature reserve in Essex create
(5/7) Then services start on The #ElizabethLine
The 6.30 from Paddington leaving on time:
The 200 metre-long nine-car formation
Gently accelerates out of the station. Paddington Station platform.
6/7) The West End, The City, and Eastwards it races
With wifi and air-con and accessible spaces.
The passengers exit or interchange lines,
Making their journey in much shorter times, A diagram showing the 41 stations of The Elizabeth line.
We glide to Abbey Wood on the Bexley border
Waiting for checks to see all is in order.
After many more journeys she goes out of sight
‘Merry Crossrail to all, and to all a good night’.

Photos @Crossrail. An empty Elizabeth line train.
Thanks @BBCLondonNews for setting part of this poem to @Crossrail imagery, and thanks all for the kind reception to the poem.

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