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CityMapper app already displays routes via the Elizabeth Line. For me (not living on the Elizabeth Line) they are disappointingly similar to current routes. Your blog post explains why.
Tottenham Court Rd's eastbound Central & southbound Northern line platforms are already connected by a short passage underground, which would allow a route from Central to Crossrail without going up to & through barriers in the ticket hall.

dg writes: see 2nd n.b.
What would also be really interesting is the "close but not connected" stations.
eg victoria line to crossrail via oxford circus.

also temporarily the crossrail-crossrail at liverpool st and paddington temporary interchanges.
but i guess those will have to wait a couple of weeks.
'Absolutely nothing about interchanging at Paddington will be quick.'

Look upon it as preparation for your journey to the West Country.

"Moorgate: Northern → Crossrail 0 min"

Is that a typo?

dg writes: no.

Do you know about the connection time for the Northern City line to Hertford North?
Some of these will I suggest rarely be needed as part of a real journey, particularly to/from the Central or Jubilee lines.
The length of some is very much a result of Crossrail being a recent development and so having to squeeze between all the other lines and everything else already down there. In that respect the Victoria line with its cross-platform interchanges had it easy.
For Paddington H&C it should be quicker to walk all the way over the transfer bridge in the mainline station to Platform 1, then exit at the Clock Arch by Paddington Bear, next to McDonald's. There another set of escalators at the northwest end of the canopy, and the lifts are in the middle of the canopy.

The photos at the architect's website appear to me to show three escalators at the 'Clock Arch' end, and only two at the Praed Street end (i.e. the exit from The Lawn by Sainsbury's).

dg writes: this could well be a minute quicker, yes.
Glad to note that you use 'Crossrail' rather than 'Elizabeth Line'. I hope you and others will continue to do so.
I wonder whether E-line will catch on.
Now, I’m worried that the Crossrail trains will dawdle along and dwell at stations for what seems like ages, just like they do as TfL Rail and on Overground…
Excellent photos, as ever.

I cannot honestly say I miss London even a little bit. Every London post makes it seem more and more like a movie set rather than something in the real rest-of-England world.
Wait - do you have to go through the gateline to get to Crossrail everywhere? Your interchanges seem to imply that.

dg writes: no
"Shame they hid the exit sign behind a next Train Indicator though."
Well, it's at least a reversal from hiding the next train indicator behind the exit sign...
Canary Wharf Jubilee -> Crossrail is actually very simple if you use the eastern escalators at the Jubilee to get into the mall that way - you just go into the mall and keep walking straight on until you get out the other side.
There's arguably a whole pedantic article on the weird lack of coverage of the Liverpool Street/Moorgate Crossrail interchange, and how it isn't properly factored into journey planners - especially using the Northern City Line. For instance, both Google Maps and Citymapper seem to think you need to walk from Moorgate to Liverpool Street. Google Maps estimates an 8 minute interchange, Citymapper almost seems to get it but still reckons 5 minutes.










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