Network Rail is inviting bids for the design and construction of the 13 new stations to be built along the western section of the Crossrail route.
New station buildings are required at Acton Main Line, Southall, West Ealing and Hayes & Harlington and a major renovation at Ealing Broadway including an enlarged ticket hall, new footbridge, new lifts and pedestrianised forecourt.
Jorge Mendonca, Crossrail programme director for Network Rail, said: “Network Rail is transforming the railway to make Crossrail a success for the passengers who will use the service and the economic future of this region.
“We have developed our designs for the stations on the Western section, in order to provide better services for users and provide access to the communities served by the Crossrail route.”
The work is split into an inner section, from Acton Main Line to Hayes & Harlington, and an outer section from West Drayton to Maidenhead.
The contracts are planned to be awarded in spring 2013.
When it opens in 2018, Crossrail will provide ten trains per hour on the Great Western main line at peak. This will include four trains per hour to Maidenhead and Heathrow and two trains to West Drayton.
so how about reinstating the line between Old Oak Common and Northolt Junction back to main line standard, electrifying all the way to Birmingham via Banbury and running services that go direct from Central London to Birmingham without the need for treking to Euston?